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Stories of faith by members of the Ginter Park Presbyterian Church Family.
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"Hello - My Name Is ... "
You may recognize that phrase on a name tag. But I first saw it in an English-Khmer book that my dad was given in a refugee camp. It's...
Aug 29, 20211 min read


More and Less
Is it strange to say that I missed it? Being a part of Session, that is. Who wants to be in more meetings? This guy (see photo). Six...
Aug 13, 20212 min read


Belonging
Author Brene Brown talks about the difference between fitting in and true belonging. Fitting in takes lots of forms. Sometimes it’s based...
Aug 7, 20212 min read

Being Back
Loretta and I just finished watching Marvel’s WandaVision series. It begins with reality viewed through a strange and quizzical lens,...
Jun 13, 20212 min read


Hands on the Pole
If my past year had a prologue, it might have been coffee with Ann Knox at Early Bird Biscuit Company: maskless, at a tiny table that...
Feb 25, 20213 min read


Star Reflections - Two
As Epiphany approaches, GPPCers offer reflections on the Epiphany star they drew from the basket in worship a year ago. This is our...
Jan 3, 20218 min read


Star Reflections - One
As Epiphany approaches, GPPCers offer reflections on the Epiphany star they drew from the basket in worship a year ago. The link for the...
Jan 1, 20216 min read


A Time for Stories
What’s your story? One dictionary says a story is an arrangement of words that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of...
Dec 20, 20203 min read


Thankfulness Playlist!!
Here is a Spotify "Thankfulness Playlist", which has been compiled by our Youth. The songs on this playlist are those that speak to our...
Nov 30, 20201 min read


Money Stories: Reimagining II
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken away much we share as a community of faith. What I miss most is the ability to gather in our sanctuary...
Oct 9, 20203 min read


Money Stories: Restoring
One of my earliest money stories involves shame and restoration – the theme that we explored in worship this past week and in our weekly...
Oct 3, 20203 min read
What's in Your Wallet? - a Money Stories Extra
Last week’s Money Stories zoom discussion spilled past its cutoff time into emails among the group. In the midst of those, John Marriner...
Sep 30, 20201 min read

Money Stories: Reimagining
In the Money Stories study group this week, we looked at a Leviticus passage that describes (and prescribes) the year of Jubilee....
Sep 26, 20202 min read


Money Stories: Releasing
I never realized how quietly the acquisitive consumerist values of a capitalist economy had taken up residence in my heart and soul until...
Sep 19, 20204 min read


Money Stories: Remembering
We all have a money story. Sometimes our story seems like one of scarcity, sometimes it seems like manna. Sometimes it is fearful and...
Sep 11, 20202 min read


A Kairos Statement
In this God-moment – this kairos – God is undoing us. God is remaking us. Among our congregation, as in our city and world, are members...
Aug 4, 20202 min read

Memorial Information for Dr. David Richardson
Dr. David Richardson died last weekend after a long and wonderfully full life much devoted to the care and repair of human hearts. He was...
Jul 8, 20201 min read


Joy in the Midst of Fear and Uncertainty
The struggles are real at this moment of time. Cancelled plans, grief for moments lost, fear of uncertainty, the list can be so...
May 9, 20203 min read


Quarantunes!!
Here is a Spotify playlist, called "Quarantunes", which has been compiled by our Youth. The songs on this playlist are those that speak...
May 8, 20201 min read


Reflections in the Present Time
Along the Road to Amazing It is Sunday afternoon, so a confession today seems appropriate. We are headed into Week 9 of stay-at-home in...
Apr 11, 20204 min read
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