First Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. -Hebrews 13:2 Recently, I was scrolling through Facebook, as one does when seeking out the latest news on high school friends you haven’t seen in decades. Swiping through post after post with the flick of a finger, one of the many anecdotal ‘news’ posts offering lighthearted entertainment caught my attention. I’m glad it did. The author recounts a flight experie

I have been working at home since March of 2020. Working at home can be a very isolating experience. Also, when the boys are home, a dad needs distractions to keep from grounding his children for the rest of their God given lives. I used several different things to create a bit of background noise to help with work. One of the tools I discovered is podcasts. I had known about podcasts but really did not listen to them that much. Lately, I discovered all the different topi

Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night. And all the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron; the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder; would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” So they said to one another, “Let us choose a cap

It was a great joy to participate in the ordination of Bill Rogers in our church last week. So many of Bill’s friends and colleagues were gathered in our sanctuary to witness and affirm God’s call on his life. It caused me to look back and remember the day of my own ordination, a steamy June day in the sanctuary of the Noroton Presbyterian Church of Darien, Connecticut. The people of that church had nurtured my faith and encouraged my call to ministry. They had loved and supp