The Future We Come Back To - Telling our stories 2017
One of the things that attracted me to this congregation over ten years ago was a statement in your description of the church – what’s...
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Telling Our Stories
Stories of faith by members of the Ginter Park Presbyterian Church Family.
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- Dec 23, 2017
- 6 min
Back to the Future
Count your blessings. I could have written a very, very long story about my experiences on November 9th and 10th. I will spare you all of...
- Dec 9, 2017
- 2 min
See and Hear Amid the Winter's Snow
Lessons and Carols services traditionally are made up of music from a variety of musical sources, from different countries and times and...
- Nov 4, 2017
- 3 min
Praying with Pictures
Next month, the state of Ohio will mint a new resident, but the bloodline will be familiar. Marcia Perry is moving from her longtime...
- Sep 23, 2017
- 4 min
A Love Letter
2017 has not been my favorite year. If I’m being completely honest, for me, 2017 began in November. Things have felt pretty dark since...
- Sep 16, 2017
- 2 min
An Ambulance for Issac
So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went, And took the fire with him, and a knife. And as they sojourned both of them together, Isaac...
- Sep 9, 2017
- 4 min
To Mars from Ginter Park
Full disclosure: reading each of the marvelously written posts from my fellow new Session members over these past few weeks has done...
- Sep 1, 2017
- 3 min
The Idea Planner
“VOCATUS atque non VOCATUS Deus aderit” “Bidden or not bidden, God is present.” Noted psychologist Carl Jung had these words carved over...
- Aug 26, 2017
- 3 min
I Have a Dream...
I had a recurring dream during childhood, occasionally experienced even now. It goes something like this. I walk through a slight fog. ...
- Aug 19, 2017
- 4 min
Somos Uno en Cristo
I am that church member that loves to sing “Somos Uno En Cristo” / ”We Are One In Christ” – loudly and all in Spanish – each Sunday in...
- Aug 12, 2017
- 3 min
More than Squat
One day last year I happened upon an article espousing the benefits of squatting like a cavewoman: better pelvic floor health and...
- Jun 17, 2017
- 5 min
Pentacost Faith Stories Part 2
The further reflections of Pentecost Sunday, courtesy of their authors, each of whom served as a confirmation mentor for one of our...
- Jun 10, 2017
- 5 min
Pentacostal Faith Stories Part 1
We are gratified to present faith stories shared by GPPC members in worship this past Pentecost Sunday. Each of our contributors mentored...
- May 27, 2017
- 3 min
Longing for Mendelssohn
About twenty years ago, I sang in a chorus that was preparing performances of Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the...
- May 3, 2017
- 4 min
Finding Carla
In the fall of 2006, GPPC’s Pastor Nominating Committee set up a conference call with a candidate who sounded promising: one Carla Pratt...
- Mar 11, 2017
- 2 min
The Space Between
I have a friend, Martha, who has as her email address “livingintheand”. When she first told me, very excitedly, about it, I thought...
- Feb 4, 2017
- 3 min
Half of What?
Century. Half of a century. One morning last spring, it occurred to me that come the following fall, I would be a 50-year member of GPPC....
- Jan 14, 2017
- 3 min
Water - in Plastic - from a Christian Perspective
While a camper at Camp Hanover, I fell in love with Virginia’s rivers and pursued a career as an environmental biologist with the state....