Yes, it's true that Mary and I are leaving Pauls Valley. The official announcement can be found here: https://www.fpcpvok.com/post/a-new-season-for-our-community Yes, this will be the beginning of a new season for this congregation, but the old season still has a couple more weeks in it. There will be time enough to work out the new ways of doing things during the interregnum, and to form a Pastor Nominating Committee, and get to know your new pastor later. These last weeks are about...

Hello, friends, This is a short pastoral blog post to let you know that I have notified session that I wish to resign my position here as your pastor. In scripture there is a difference between clock or calendar time and God's time. Sometimes the Greek word for God's time is translated season. For personal reasons, it is the right season for Mary and me to move to Baltimore and be closer to our family. We're looking forward to the next season of our life. We're sad to leave, but I'm...

I mentioned a section of the Constitution of our denomination in one of my sermons recently. The Constitution of the PC(USA) comes in two parts. The first part is called the Book of Confessions. It lays out the theology of our denomination as captured in various historical statements of faith, or confessions. From the beginnings of the church, we have the Apostle's Creed and the Nicene Creed. From the Reformation we have confessions from Germany, Switzerland, Scotland, and England. The...