Category: Pastors’ Letters

In telling the story of Jesus’ life and death, it had to be awkward to acknowledge that Peter, the lead disciple, publicly disowned Christ in a moment of weakness. Or …

Back in the 1940s, John Gunther traveled all across America and published a bestseller called Inside U.S.A. He was a reporter with an eye for the unusual details that make …

Where do your emotions reside? Are they things in your head or things you feel in your heart and gut? For most of us, it is likely a combination of …

Everybody loves a good volunteer. You know the person I’m talking about—that one volunteer who is dependable, quick with a smile or to ask “What do you want me to …

My dad never got a chance to go to college. After a short stint in the Navy, he started work at my grandfather’s small family business—a metal plating shop in …

The first Sunday of every month, we celebrate the sacrament of communion. It is a powerful ritual and one that communicates on many levels. I remember being a young boy …

On Easter Sunday, our Book of Common Worship offers this prayer of adoration: Glory to you, O God: you have won victory over death, raising Jesus from the grave and …

In a recent issue of Presbyterian Outlook, the writer Johari Jabir told about a conversation with a beloved neighbor of his, a man simply known as Papa Lee. He was …

If you ever think you can’t make a difference, or that your input into a conversation doesn’t matter, just remember Diane Hartley. The Citicorp building in New York City opened …

In this day and age of satellites able to read from outer space the date on a dime, or Google Maps seemingly able to show us any place in the …