Category: Pastors’ Letters

Presbyterians are part of the Reformed faith tradition. This means we are Protestant churches who trace our history to the Reformation countries (mostly Switzerland, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and the …

Happy New Year. Now what? The start of 2019 is an opportunity to review your life and set some goals for a positive, fruitful year of existence. What are some …

Sometimes in conversations, a person will interrupt the discussion by offering a challenging word, prefaced by the phrase “Let me play the devil’s advocate.” It’s a funny phrase (Side note: …

I think both Steve Jobs and Henry Ford were wrong. There’s an apocryphal saying (wrongly) attributed to Henry Ford, in which he says “If I had asked people what they …

It’s odd that something as straightforward as forgiveness can actually be quite complicated. Saying the words “I forgive you” does not seem like a huge undertaken. But all of us …

Maybe it’s a sign of getting older, of having strong feelings of nostalgia. Maybe it’s a reaction to the breakneck pace of our internet age and Twitter-intoxicated world. For whatever …

“Narrative psychology” is a fancy term for something that all of us do. We all think about the “story of our lives.” We gather at family reunions and tell stories …

I stumbled onto a book review recently that not only pulled me into the story but hit me with a poignant reminder about how we are all called to see …

Columnist Paul Krugman once quipped that the federal government is basically an insurance company with an army. (That’s because the non-military spending of our Federal budget is dominated by Social …

Just about one year ago we officially launched our ELPC “Building our Future” renovation project. There was a short ceremony after worship, a time of prayer, and a cluster of …