First Presbyterian Church of Valparaiso

One of the great contemporary Christian writers is Juan Carlos Ortiz. He is a preacher with an interesting and rather bombastic style. ...

"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light." IN ONE RESPECT if in no other this metaphor of Isaiah's is a very relevant...

This year, the autumnal equinox fell on September 22. On that day, the sun rested above the equator, meaning that there was an equal...

Thirty plus years ago at a planning conference with my company the following quote was on the wall of the room where we were meeting. "A...

Hills. To a runner or a bicyclist or any endurance athlete, the mere mention of the slightest incline is met with disdain. Tracy and I...

Over the Labor Day weekend, my wife Kathy and I helped our oldest son, our daughter-in-law and five of our grandchildren move into their...

I have been thinking lately about the subject of prayer. Thinking, but not so much praying. Theologian William Barclay once said:...

Sitting in my office, I was wondering what I was going to write about for this blog, when the obvious hit me - Charlottesville. Isn't it...

Be Still, and Know That He Is God Recently I've been getting lessons in waiting. Not just the kind of waiting we experience daily. ...

Summer Travels When the summer weather is nice (usually) and the temperature is warm... it is a good time to get on the road or in the...