First Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso

One day last week, I was on the phone waiting to be connected, and the audio space was being filled with a combination of jazzy music...

I’ve been thinking about tradition. Our family is big on that. Perhaps like you, we do certain things to mark certain events. Singing...

Sharon and I are visiting our son and his wife in Eureka, CA (Northern California near the Avenue of the Giants redwood forest) and it...

I have to admit, in my much younger days, I wasn’t much into riding rollercoasters. Yes, at that point of my life, the thought of riding...

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 (NIV) In previous blogs, I have talked...

“He who sings prays twice.” Saint Augustine Beyond the ritual dyeing of a couple of dozen hard boiled eggs and hunting for hidden...

One of the best things about having an old Bible that you have carried around and written in and underlined and marked-up over the years...

On Sunday afternoons, a small group of our church members meets on Zoom to talk about poems. While I’ve loved poetry all my life,...

This phrase is used most frequently to describe how, despite dire or daunting conditions or circumstances, people still expect things to...

Some of the beautiful aspects of the Lenten season are that they represent new beginnings in our spiritual growth while continuing our...