Ponderings Ponderings of the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley Sue Westfall April 24, 2023 Dear Friends, Last Saturday the United States, along with 190 other countries around the globe, celebrated Earth Day which
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Ponderings of the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley Sue Westfall April 10, 2023 Christ is Risen! He is risen, indeed! Alleluia! With joy yesterday the church declared the great mystery of our faith, Christ has
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Ponderings of the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley Sue Westfall March 27, 2023 Dear friends, Greetings to you in these closing weeks of Lent. I have been asked to re-run an article I wrote
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Ponderings of the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley Sue Westfall February 27, 2023 Lenten greetings, friends, Over the years, I’ve had a love/hate with the season of Lent which, this year, began last Wednesday with a
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Ponderings of the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley Sue Westfall February 13, 2023 Dear friends, I’ve been thinking about dying churches. This is not because we will be closing several churches this year. A
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Ponderings Ponderings of the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley Sue Westfall January 30, 2023 Dear friends, February 1st begins the celebration of “African American History Month.” Its origin dates back to 1926 when
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Ponderings of the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley Sue Westfall November 15, 2022 Dear friends, I’ve been thinking about hope. Maybe it’s because I’ve been listening lately to people who are not feeling very hopeful about
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Ponderings of the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley October 31, 2022 There is a meme making it around Facebook that reads: Halloween – a day we get it right. Strangers come to us,
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Ponderings of the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley Sue Westfall October 3, 2022 The month of October has been designated as Pastor Appreciation month. The designation was made back in 1992 and had strong
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Ponderings of the General Presbyter Sue Westfall Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley As my devotional reading lately, I have been reading through the book of James. I recommend it. James, believed to be the James mentioned as one
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