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PNews 12/16/21

The Mercy of Waiting Every year Advent invites us yet again to reflect on waiting. Waiting goes against the grain of human appetites and expectations. Advent focuses on our waiting on Jesus, but might it not also inform how we … →

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PNews 12/9/21

Gathering in Person – Cause for Celebration or Alarm? Giving each other the benefit of the doubt is not only a neighborly thing to do – it marks us as disciples of Jesus, who demands that we do to others … →

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PNews 12/2/21

Getting Out of the Way Advent is not merely passively waiting for the Lord’s coming, but actively doing what we can to “prepare him room,” as Isaac Watts so memorably put it in “Joy to the World.” We prepare room … →

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PNews 11/18/21

Table Manners For Christians, participation in the Lord’s Table is an essential feature of an authentic church, something underscored by our Book of Order (F-1.0303). Whether in worship or at mealtime, we need to break bread together. The Lord’s Table … →

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PNews 11/11/21

Waters of Welcome Jesus’ final words to his disciples in Matthew are water words: Go and baptize! We baptize because Jesus told us to. But there’s more. Can Jesus’ diverse interactions with water disclose many other essential things for an … →

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PNews 11/4/21

For All the Saints Christians trust that death is no more the final word in our story than it was in Jesus’ story. This is why, in our Book of Common Worship, the funeral is called a service of “Witness … →

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PNews 10/28/21

Created, Seen, Loved Loving your neighbor as yourself is not an easy task for any of us. There is a lot of division in the world today. But we should hold nothing above the love of God and the love … →

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PNews 10/21/21

Lenses Where we get our news determines and reinforces many of our political and cultural views. Our media lenses shape our values and our choices of conversation partners more than our scriptural lenses. This raises the basic question of which … →

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PNews 10/14/21

Getting a Hearing The necessity of making our proclamation compelling has never been greater during our lifetime than it is today. More than ever, we need to work diligently to assure both that our message is honestly preached and truly … →

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PNews 10/7/21

Keeping it Honest The Notes of the Reformed church were developed in the Reformation partly as litmus tests of a church’s authenticity. The first of the three Notes, as set forth in the Book of Order, is: “The Word of … →

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PNews 9/30/21

Breathing Again The horror of covid is that it robs its victims of their ability to breathe. The pandemic has created a corporate breathing problem for the church as well. As the church looks ahead to life beyond the pandemic, … →

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PNews 9/23/21

Where are the Kids? In this week’s digital letter, Rev. Brian Wallace (Associate Minister) reflects on the question of why we’re not seeing kids and their families coming back to church. read more >>> Session Minutes Reading Registration is Open! … →

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PNews 9/16/21

A War with no End? Will our battle against Covid ever end? It is a war we did not choose, yet whose consequences we cannot avoid. Yet while God does not promise to give us relief from our struggles, God … →

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PNews 9/9/21

Becoming What We Are Are we ready to be who we truly are, as the church of Jesus Christ? In a time of pandemic, the world needs that from us more than ever. May we rise to the challenge, for … →

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PNews 9-2-21

Going Public Everything about the church is meant for public witness and benefit, to the glory of God. The church exists not for its own sake, but for the sake of the world for which its Lord died. If it … →

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