NorthPark Presbyterian Church

Search Blog Archives

All Jesus, All the Time

The nativity is not the climax. It is not the end of a great epic. It is the beginning.
Every year some well-meaning person posts an image or e-card that reminds us that Christmas is not about presents, but “presence.” Or “it’s not about what’s under the tree, but who… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/all-jesus-all-the-time/

Desmond Tutu: Activist and Legacy

"We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth..."
Editor’s note: Each time the NorthPark congregation reaches a new goal in logging minutes of service in the church and its wider community, a blog entry is published about various… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/desmond-tutu-activist-and-legacy/

Optimism or Hope?

What does hope mean for the long haul?
I think a long-term commitment to love and justice (not to mention sanity) hangs in the balance between which one we choose – optimism or hope. My understanding of optimism is th… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/optimism-or-hope/

Centered in Divine Mystery

Embracing the risk to trust divine mystery with humility, as both a position of weakness and the key to reconciliation.
There is a theme in some of Brent’s sermons lately that I get really excited about when I hear it. It might seem odd, but when I hear pastoral urgings toward ‘humility,’ all the ge… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/centered-in-divine-mystery/

Lenten Devotional: March 12th

If order could be created in this crazy world, if what has been destroyed could be restored, wouldn’t that be good news?
And will come again to judge the living and the dead Every so often I will get a comment like the one I got at the back door of our church a few years ago. It went something lik… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/lenten-devotional-march-12th/

Search Blog Archives

All Jesus, All the Time

Desmond Tutu: Activist and Legacy

Optimism or Hope?

Centered in Divine Mystery

Lenten Devotional: March 12th

Tags

Archives

2020

2021