Ginter Park Presbyterian Church

“Doug, you gotta listen to this new CD!”  I was in my dorm room in 1995, and my friend Glen Segger had stopped by. This was how we shared...

How has your week been? An innocent question. A common question. A friendly question from a friend today. "Well, I've been busy" is my...

Those who visit our home often comment on the beauty of the yard.  But if our guests were to stand in our yard this time of year, they...

“Hi, Amanda. I have an idea for a project at church, and I wanted to see what you might think of it.” I had heard my friend and seminary...

What are the images and influences you bring into your life, the ones there by invitation? The books kept at our bedside, the art...

Do you listen?  Do you obey, even when it doesn’t make sense? From personal experience, I can unequivocally say YES to all, although not...

Can you believe our youth musical was 8 weeks ago? Does it seem like yesterday - or several holidays back? Before Christmas, while it...

In April while keeping vigil over our mom in her last days, my siblings and I sang hymns, and I listened—really listened—to the lyrics,...

Be still and aware of God’s presence within and all around. I don’t remember the first time I saw a gingko tree, but I remember the first...

At the beginning of this year, we were blessed with a generous gift to support instrumentalists in worship at GPPC. “Have you thought...

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...