Ginter Park Presbyterian Church

Seven years ago I was the mother of a baby and a toddler. We live in a neighborhood where the average home costs twice the median home...

Hi, I’m Diane Estep. I’ve been at GPPC since B.C. - that’s Before Carla. I’m a member now and this will be my second time on the Session....

In reading many of the Psalms, I’ve been struck by the characterization of God as “rock”. In general, the image from the many references...

When I was asked to serve as an Elder for GPPC it was an obvious answer, Yes. A few years ago, 2 weeks before I retired from 38 years of...

Jess Cook was ordained as a minister of word and sacrament by the Presbytery of the James on June 29, 2019. Despite a very busy week,...

I don’t think I will ever hear the story of Mary at the tomb in the same way again. Writer Sarah Bessey, dear friend of Rachel Held Evans, read from the Gospel of John at Rachel’s funeral. Sarah, like all of Rachel’s family and friends, has been absolutely shattered by her death. Never had I considered how grief-stricken and shattered Mary Magdalene would have been to discover that Jesus was missing from where he was supposed to be. Sarah read the words “So she ran and went t

Waking up can be hard to do...but it is the only way to move forward in life. My awakening has been gradual. It began in my early years....

IF I WERE A LEAF If I were a leaf, I would stir in springtime and work my way through stem, still curled and tight. Expectant, I would...

On the farm, the expectation was that you would see wildlife every day. Mice were ubiquitous, in and outside the house. The mice...

Charles Cornwell served as our beloved associate pastor during the mid-1980s. He heard the call to Presbyterian ministry while...

Write-bites from our 2018 contributors: When I left my job last summer to return to school, several people asked me where I would go to...

The show started at 11 PM on a Thursday night in a small nightclub in Little Havana. I had never heard of Philbert Armenteros Y Los...

I’ve been praying for the president. That may not sound radical to you, but it is for me. I long for a president who sings “Amazing...

I’ve been fixated on Genesis 1 lately. Well, always—many of you know my passion for learning about and taking care of the environment....

Recent questions, asked of us who are candidates preparing to become members of Session, triggered my willingness to tell more about...

Untitled Lustrous blue gem precipice that shelters fountain that rains showers of blessing expendable nest with ample room for all of us...

As the date to produce a piece for this blog approached, I whined to the blog’s curator (who is incidentally my dad) that I did not want...

Who are you? What answer would you give if someone asked you this question? Some of my replies would include: I am Noell, Elliot’s Baba,...

GPPC has been part of me from the beginning. I grew up dripping hot wax on my hands during the Love Feast, learning the Lord’s Prayer...

When I was young, we had what was known as “the 3 o’clock rule”. On Sundays, we would come home from church and eat lunch, and then all...