Author Archives: rpccommunication

Unplanned If you know me, you know that I am a planner and organized to a fault. I actually keep four calendars, one wall calendar each for home and work and two honest-to-goodness paper calendar/planners, one for personal use and one for work. It used to be my habit to get up each morning andContinue reading “May 16, 2020”

More than One Way to be Together Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who wereContinue reading “May 15, 2020”

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.  As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time on and  forevermore.  Psalm 125: 1-2. As a student of literature, I learned long ago to translate poets’ visual images into concrete memories fromContinue reading “May 14, 2020”

Many years ago I taught Spin classes at the YMCA on Riverside Avenue.  I became fast friends with a Naval Helicopter pilot, Kevin & his wife Beth, a Calculus teacher at Episcopal High School. After coming to the Wednesday morning 6am Spin classes for a while, Beth asked for modifications for the workout because she was newlyContinue reading “May 13, 2020”

Listen for the Hope in Others Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence. -I Peter 3:15-16 The verses above serve as my go-to text when preaching/teaching about evangelism. Evangelism for me tells storiesContinue reading “May 12, 2020”

Counting Our Days So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. -Psalm 90:12 Thus saith Moses. I read a Psalm a day in my morning devotional liturgy. A while back, I read Psalm 90. It is the only chapter in that book attributed to Moses, one of the greatestContinue reading “May 9, 2020”

Consider, one of the positive benefits coming from Safe at Home is that for my age group, retirees, etc.,  the  pace of life has slowed. Suddenly the quality of serenity has started to appear in our household. This has raised the question, is an untended benefit of the Holy Spirit that we should be re-examining our lives andContinue reading “May 8, 2020”

This morning modern technology gave me the gift of two devotionals that resonated in my soul. One was Dean Kate Moorehead from St. John’s Cathedral in Jacksonville. The other was from Rev. Shannon Kershner, Pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago.  Both captured the truth of our lives – we were not created to be alone. These timesContinue reading “May 7, 2020”

What I Miss A friend asked me why I am sad to be separated from Riverside and what I miss so much. It is so complicated. and so simple. I miss the physical building. I miss the way the light comes through the stained glass windows. I miss the organ pipes in the chancel. I missContinue reading “May 6, 2020”