First Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso

Recent headlines reported that the Federal EPA has moved to “repeal the science” behind regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The phrase is striking — “repeal the science”. Laws can be repealed. Regulations can be rewritten. But science is not a statute. It does not yield to a vote. Science is our ongoing and forever unfinished effort to describe the natural world as it is — through observation, measurement, testing, and correction. When new discoveries are made or b

Sacrament: An outward, visible sign of an inward,invisible grace. You may recognize this definition, words that describe the holy mysteries at the center of our faith. God’s love, made visible in the tangible world.   Baptism and Holy Communion are the two acts recognized as sacraments by our denomination. We experience them in the place where we expect to find them—the church—where they are communal, witnessed and shared by all who are gathered. Powerful reminders of the G

These past few weeks have been a bonanza for me since as I seem to always work in the weather in my blogs. ARCTIC COLD, HIGH WINDS, FROZEN WATER (didn’t want to use ICE), LAKE EFFECT SNOW, SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES and more predictions of BIG STORMs coming. Scary stuff indeed. But, hey, this year is just one of the normal winters we used to have but have not seen the last two years.   Those of us who don’t escape to warmer climates have our shovels, snowblowers, mittens, scarves,