Category: Pastors’ Letters

“We walk by faith, not by sight”—2 Corinthians 5:7. It’s a short, familiar verse and upon reflection, it is a very true statement. There are many times in our lives …

The journalist Leslie Jamison recently wrote an essay that included these lines: A few years into sobriety, I went to a potluck where no one ate or drank anything. Half …

In a few short days, we will move from the shadows of Lent to the bright light of Easter. The language of the suffering Servant will give way to the …

I took a class in January titled, “Death and Resurrection: Risk as a Faithful Practice of the Church.” The title, content, and facilitation of the class were provocative and unusual …

As my toddler’s vocabulary expands by the day, I find myself not just teaching him words, but also teaching him about words. When driving by a construction site the other …

Welcome to the year 2020! We picture the old year as a tired, long-bearded figure shuffling off into the distance and the incoming year as a sash-draped baby energetically stepping …

I’m sure most of you have heard about the Rosetta Stone. It’s a large piece of black basalt that was found by Napoleon’s soldiers in North Africa back in 1799. …

Back in 2012, I was blessed to receive a Lilly Foundation grant that helped underwrite a sabbatical for myself and my family. Charlotte and Ian were in middle school, and …

Somewhere on my desk, amidst the “ever shifting piles of paper” (as my wife lovingly refers to it), can invariably be found a “To Do” list. It is usually on …

On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your faith right now? Are you moving through your days seeing life as if through a “faith filter”—imagining God …