How do we learn?  How do we grow?  How do we mature?  Oftentimes, the first step in learning anything is recognizing everything we actually do not know.  As people of faith we are called to continue to move forward into becoming the......

Have you ever wondered why the majority of Presbyterian churches celebrate communion once a month, unlike our Catholic sisters and brothers who celebrate the sacrament every week?  It all started in John Calvin’s Geneva and the birth of our Presbyterian heritage.......

I have a “use of language” confession this morning.  I must admit that I am immensely wishy-washy in my use of the word “hope.”  I am constantly using it in such an embarrassingly watered-down fashion.  Sometimes I use it in rather mundane matters. “I hope the weather is ......

Water.  It is an essential element in our lives.  It is also a powerful and evocative symbol.  We think of water for its gift of slaking our thirst and keeping us hydrated.  We think of water and its ability to cleanse.  But water can be a powerfully destructive ......

A wise person once said that ministry is more about interruptions than anything else. The same can be said for each of our spiritual journeys.  In other words, the Holy Spirit always arrives in guises we do not expect, when we do not expect her. Years ago, at a previous church in early ......