Ginter Park Presbyterian Church

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...

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...

Lessons and Carols services traditionally are made up of music from a variety of musical sources, from different countries and times and...

Next month, the state of Ohio will mint a new resident, but the bloodline will be familiar. Marcia Perry is moving from her longtime northside Richmond digs to Oxford, Ohio. While she is a native of Miami and spent the bulk of her childhood in Macon, Marcia is the daughter of a Kemper - her mother's family name. One ancestor was a Presbyterian circuit rider and his long cabin continues to stand in a city park. Many of us know Marcia through her photographs of life at GPPC, i

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...

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 the first-born spake and said, My Father, Behold the preparations, fire and iron, But where the lamb for this burnt-offering? Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps, And builded parapets and trenched there, And stretched forth the knife to slay his son. This is how Wilfred Owen begins his retelling of the familiar story of Abraham

Full disclosure: reading each of the marvelously written posts from my fellow new Session members over these past few weeks has done...

“VOCATUS atque non VOCATUS Deus aderit” “Bidden or not bidden, God is present.” Noted psychologist Carl Jung had these words carved over...

I had a recurring dream during childhood, occasionally experienced even now. It goes something like this. I walk through a slight fog. ...

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...

One day last year I happened upon an article espousing the benefits of squatting like a cavewoman: better pelvic floor health and...

The further reflections of Pentecost Sunday, courtesy of their authors, each of whom served as a confirmation mentor for one of our youth. Paired with last week’s entry, this completes the presentations from our Pentecost service. Many thanks to our contributors! I will with God’s help. I remember driving home from a Godspell rehearsal with Miriam, Anita, and Anna last year. Godspell is full of parables, and I’d like to tell you that we were discussing the theological meaning

We are gratified to present faith stories shared by GPPC members in worship this past Pentecost Sunday. Each of our contributors mentored...

About twenty years ago, I sang in a chorus that was preparing performances of Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the...

In the fall of 2006, GPPC’s Pastor Nominating Committee set up a conference call with a candidate who sounded promising: one Carla Pratt...

I have a friend, Martha, who has as her email address “livingintheand”. When she first told me, very excitedly, about it, I thought...

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....

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. However, I hit the glass ceiling and was told I could never work in the field because I was a woman; so I ended up with a career teaching science. My concern for protection of our environment never wavered, and I wove it into many chemistry lessons. Today I pay attention to decisions I make every day and their impact on our planet. Plastic w