THE ONCE-AND-FUTURE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION DIRECTOR With great pleasure, First Presbyterian Church of Dalton announces that Jean Strain has agreed to come on-board as our new Director of Christian Education. Jean served previously as our D.C.E. from 1995 until 2012. Following the church transition in 2012, Jean remained employed in the same capacity at ChristChurch [...]
blessed be the lonely stuck in sameness bored of the view waiting for the phone to ring watching the seasons change through the window daring to look inwards to find hope they couldn’t see by looking out --Kate Buckley[1] A Plug for the Humble Lectionary As I’m writing this, there is [...]
“THE WORLD IS CHANGED BY YOUR EXAMPLE, NOT BY YOUR OPINION” A photograph of a young man, ignoring the onslaught of rain as he holds his umbrella over a wheelchair-bound woman, accompanies this quote in a Facebook meme. No other words are needed. His example says it all. How often do we see Facebook [...]
A View from the Wilderness My déjà vu always wakes up with the change of seasons—especially in the Fall. I know it’s not Fall yet; but if feels that way once the children are in school and normal family routines have resumed. It has even been almost cool a few mornings in the [...]
Finding Sanctuary For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. Psalm 84:10 In Luke 2, we read about the prophetess Anna who “never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day” (v. 37). For her, as for the psalmist, the temple was [...]
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