First Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso

Let’s begin this blog a bit differently than usual. I’d like you to take a moment to think about this question: Who is Jesus for you?...

Having put the ‘lost year’ of 2020 behind us, we are entering the Summer of 2021 in a much more positive mood. The weather is warming,...

“School’s Out for Summer…” As the students and teachers in our greater community celebrate the recent completion of another school year,...

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so...

I think it is no big secret that my chosen profession is the law. I often get asked what type of attorney I am, and I often quip, “a good...

“Sometimes," I ventured, "it doesn't occur to boys that their mother was ever young and pretty. . . I couldn't stand it if you boys were...

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...