12/12/2019

In the life of the church, January is when pastors and staff members (hopefully) take some time to breathe. You’re through Advent, and the wise men are making their way to the manger soon enough. You may find that cold weather slows down and even cancels some activities – and that’s not always unwelcome.

11/14/2019

11/8/2019

11/5/2019

Rev. Dr. Steve Locke recently preached a series of three sermons on stewardship at his congregation, and we wanted to share them with you. He is pastor at Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church in San Diego, CA.

10/29/2019

December 2019 lectionary texts are related to presence, or, for the Advent/Christmastide season, we can say they portray God’s present of God’s presence. In other words, God’s gift to us is God’s self. And when God’s self is present, people and things necessarily change.

10/23/2019

Today I want to talk with you on one of Jesus’s favorite subjects, money. It’s my sense that we’re not very good when it comes to talking about money in the church. We mention the subject only when we need it or during our once-a-year fundraising effort when we timidly ask for more. Ironically, fundraising and asking for money was not something Jesus talked about. Why then did Jesus talk so much about money? Why did money matter to Jesus?

10/21/2019

10/18/2019

10/11/2019

10/1/2019

9/24/2019

9/24/2019

I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “Keeping up with the Joneses” or for you more hip and trendy folks “Keeping up with the Kardashians”

But who on earth are the Macedonians?!

Let me give you a little bit of background.