2017

Telling Our Stories

Stories of faith by members of the Ginter Park Presbyterian Church Family.

Dec 30, 20176 min read

The Future We Come Back To - Telling our stories 2017

One of the things that attracted me to this congregation over ten years ago was a statement in your description of the church – what’s...

Dec 23, 20176 min read

Back to the Future

Count your blessings. I could have written a very, very long story about my experiences on November 9th and 10th. I will spare you all of...

Dec 9, 20172 min read

See and Hear Amid the Winter's Snow

Lessons and Carols services traditionally are made up of music from a variety of musical sources, from different countries and times and...

Nov 4, 20173 min read

Praying with Pictures

Next month, the state of Ohio will mint a new resident, but the bloodline will be familiar. Marcia Perry is moving from her longtime...

Sep 23, 20174 min read

A Love Letter

2017 has not been my favorite year. If I’m being completely honest, for me, 2017 began in November. Things have felt pretty dark since...

Sep 16, 20172 min read

An Ambulance for Issac

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went, And took the fire with him, and a knife. And as they sojourned both of them together, Isaac...

Sep 9, 20174 min read

To Mars from Ginter Park

Full disclosure: reading each of the marvelously written posts from my fellow new Session members over these past few weeks has done...

Sep 1, 20173 min read

The Idea Planner

“VOCATUS atque non VOCATUS Deus aderit” “Bidden or not bidden, God is present.” Noted psychologist Carl Jung had these words carved over...

Aug 26, 20173 min read

I Have a Dream...

I had a recurring dream during childhood, occasionally experienced even now. It goes something like this. I walk through a slight fog. ...

Aug 19, 20174 min read

Somos Uno en Cristo

I am that church member that loves to sing “Somos Uno En Cristo” / ”We Are One In Christ” – loudly and all in Spanish – each Sunday in...

Aug 12, 20173 min read

More than Squat

One day last year I happened upon an article espousing the benefits of squatting like a cavewoman: better pelvic floor health and...

Jun 17, 20175 min read

Pentacost Faith Stories Part 2

The further reflections of Pentecost Sunday, courtesy of their authors, each of whom served as a confirmation mentor for one of our...

Jun 10, 20175 min read

Pentacostal Faith Stories Part 1

We are gratified to present faith stories shared by GPPC members in worship this past Pentecost Sunday. Each of our contributors mentored...

May 27, 20173 min read

Longing for Mendelssohn

About twenty years ago, I sang in a chorus that was preparing performances of Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the...

May 3, 20174 min read

Finding Carla

In the fall of 2006, GPPC’s Pastor Nominating Committee set up a conference call with a candidate who sounded promising: one Carla Pratt...

Mar 11, 20172 min read

The Space Between

I have a friend, Martha, who has as her email address “livingintheand”. When she first told me, very excitedly, about it, I thought...

Feb 4, 20173 min read

Half of What?

Century. Half of a century. One morning last spring, it occurred to me that come the following fall, I would be a 50-year member of GPPC....

Jan 14, 20173 min read

Water - in Plastic - from a Christian Perspective

While a camper at Camp Hanover, I fell in love with Virginia’s rivers and pursued a career as an environmental biologist with the state....