I’m currently in St Louis, attending the 223rd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), our biennial national meeting. The first GA I attended was 22 years ago in Albuquerque, where we were living at the time. My son Alden was a baby in a stroller at that assembly, and he was there with me…
A sermon preached at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on Aug 17, 2014 Genesis 12:1-9 2 Corinthians 5: 1-7, 16-21 I prayed long and hard about which text to read this morning. And I kept returning to the story of Abram. This text is from the early narrative of our ancestors. He’ll go on…
In Presbyterian Church tradition, regional groups of churches are called presbyteries. And when presbyteries meet, we worship together, as representatives of the various congregations. We do work and we enjoy fellowship with people we love but don’t always get to see. Even though our presbytery meetings are on Saturdays, when I am often also expected…
Today was the closing worship service at the Presbyterian Youth Triennium. This is a denominational youth event of both the PCUSA (the denomination I serve) and the Cumberland Presbyterian Churches. It takes place every three years at Purdue University in the heat of summer. I have been to every Triennium since 1998 and hope to…
This past week, I had the distinct privilege of being a part of a Holy moment. There is a young couple in our church who wanted to get married. I had baptized both of them, when they came to faith and joined the church. Andy proposed to Chris on the labyrinth, in front of the…
Yesterday I was installed into my call as Minister of Southminster Presbyterian Church. It was a great celebration and was very humbling to be welcomed into ministry by such a great crowd. In addition to church members who came out in big numbers, there were many representatives from other Presbyterian congregations and clergy, and even…
Glass Overflowing 