Friends, Once again we are reeling in the wake of a tragic school shooting, this time in a church school affiliated with our PCA siblings in Christ. We know how close the bonds between a congregation and the school within its walls are and therefore we weep with those...
I am certain that each of you marked March 20th on your calendar. That happened to be Mr. Rogers Day. So on Tuesday the 21st, I shared a story Mr. Rogers wrote about what an incredible teacher his grandfather was. Not a professor, but a teacher of life, an example for...
This past Saturday nine of us from FPC worked with students from North Carolina A&T and two Habitat homeowners on a Habitat house. It was a full day. There was a great team of members with a lot of experience who came to work. I learned a lot from them and from...
We are on the journey to Jerusalem, a few weeks into the forty days of Lent, but not far from the Jesus’ last supper, the cross and, yes, thankfully, the empty tomb. This year we will again mark the Triduum—Maundy Thursday through Easter—with a variety of special...
Dear Mom, Often, I walk the halls of this church and remember. I remember. I remember roller skating in Redhead Hall, singing (well, mouthing the words) in the children’s choir with Dr. Pethel from the side balcony. I remember the classrooms and see the faces, on...
We are now in the first week of Lent which traditionally through the centuries has been a forty-day period of fasting and repentance in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection on Easter Sunday. This is typically a time when we think about giving up...
I just spent nearly a full week at a continuing education opportunity for Presbyterian pastors sponsored by our Board of Pensions. The goal of these events is to nurture physical, financial, emotional and spiritual health. There was a presentation on eating right,...
Music is certainly an important part of our worship experience and also in our faith development. Often there are hymns that I have heard/sung a 100 times, but never really paid attention to the lyrics or the story behind them. Recently I have been listening to and...
A week ago, I participated in a training with the Racial Equity Institute which is located here in Greensboro. Their approach is unlike any I have experienced before. It helped me begin to think more deeply about how we can affect lasting change in people’s lives. On...
At our women’s retreat I was asked to lead a workshop on spiritual discernment. As it turns out, I needed the workshop perhaps more than any of the participants. (I should not be surprised that the Holy Spirit speaks through Donna Chase’s requests!) Spiritual...
