Pastor's Blog

You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my...

As we enter Lent we often focus on practices to take up or recommit to for the coming season, practices such as prayer and fasting. More...

The Bible sits at the forefront of our faith. In these ancient texts we find words of wisdom, inspiration, and challenge. As the...

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was...

“Go tell it on the mountain, over the hills, and ev'rywhere; go, tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born.” This well known...

15 So she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” 16 But Ruth said,...

In the 1930’s Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, PA began the tradition that we know today as World Communion Sunday. On the...

The COVID pandemic presented both opportunity and challenge as the Session began to reflect on the church’s mission statement and whether...

Scripture is full of references to the created world; from Genesis 1 and the poetry of how God spoke the cosmos into being to Revelation...

The past 16 months have been an experience of a lifetime (and hopefully the only one of its kind in our lifetime). COVID19 seemingly...

With Pentecost now past us we have entered the long stretch of time in the church calendar called ordinary time. Ordinary time is the...

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and master it. Take charge of the fish of the sea, the birds...

11But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; 12and she saw two angels in white, sitting...

Indeed, more and more believers in the Lord, large numbers of both men and women, were added to the church. As a result, they would even...

It's hard to believe that February is already here. Ash Wednesday is on February 17th this year and thus Lent begins. We were partway...

As we begin each new year it is to be expected that Christmas is still on our minds, after all the first five days of January are the...

We mark the weeks of Advent by lighting candles placed in a wreath, one each week, until all are lit and Christmas is here. The candles...

When I was a child I was hesitant to go upstairs or down to the basement if the lights weren’t on. I don’t know that I was afraid of the...

I’ve been thinking a lot about ancestors recently, specifically my ancestors. Most often when the topic of ancestry comes up we think of...

It is hard to believe that it is already September and back to school time. I’m sure many of us had hoped back in the spring, when the...