Ginter Park Presbyterian Church

Alfred asked me to write this blog for Good Friday in the series of reflections for the season of Lent. I reluctantly agreed because I...

Not who. What. This is a question that has been on my mind for a few months as we begin to slowly rebuild connections after being...

Even though I grew up going to church I never learned how to be an adult Christian. As a child, I loved going to church. Before my opa...

Of course I said yes and then my mind went blank. I had no idea what to say. I read Randy Hallman’s post again and thought I could just...

I need help these days. Help being willing to see the good in other people. Help being kind. Help quelling anger. I need help. I need it...

It’s been a strange couple of years, hasn’t it? Stressful, confusing, exhausting, isolating. There have certainly been moments of peace...

In a Sunday school class on baptism he led earlier this year, Roger Gench proposed a daily morning practice: before you even rinse your...

Our church, Ginter Park Presbyterian, owns a half-acre of undeveloped land one block away from the main church property. Church members...

The work of so many GPPC members on the session and on the committees of our church reminds me of the gospel story about the friends who...

The last 20 months have been hard on me as well as others. Recently I started thinking how thankful I have been for GPPC over those 20...

You may recognize that phrase on a name tag. But I first saw it in an English-Khmer book that my dad was given in a refugee camp. It's...

Is it strange to say that I missed it? Being a part of Session, that is. Who wants to be in more meetings? This guy (see photo). Six...

Author Brene Brown talks about the difference between fitting in and true belonging. Fitting in takes lots of forms. Sometimes it’s based...

Loretta and I just finished watching Marvel’s WandaVision series. It begins with reality viewed through a strange and quizzical lens,...

If my past year had a prologue, it might have been coffee with Ann Knox at Early Bird Biscuit Company: maskless, at a tiny table that...

As Epiphany approaches, GPPCers offer reflections on the Epiphany star they drew from the basket in worship a year ago. This is our...

As Epiphany approaches, GPPCers offer reflections on the Epiphany star they drew from the basket in worship a year ago. The link for the...

What’s your story? One dictionary says a story is an arrangement of words that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of...

Here is a Spotify "Thankfulness Playlist", which has been compiled by our Youth. The songs on this playlist are those that speak to our...

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken away much we share as a community of faith. What I miss most is the ability to gather in our sanctuary...