Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Craig M. Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org I am so glad that 2020 is coming to an end! This has been one tough year. The year has been marked by a pandemic crisis,…
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Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Craig M. Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org One of my first memories of coming to serve as your interim presbytery leader was the magnificent church buildings in the St. Louis metro area. It…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Craig M. Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org I am feeling a sense of gladness as 2020 comes to an end. What a year it has been! The cloud of COVID is passing over,…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Craig M. Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org Advent has many meanings. Advent is a time for waiting. It is a time for preparation. Advent is a time of expectation and anticipation of the…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Craig M. Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org My father is a veteran of the Korean war. My grandfather is a veteran of WWI. My grandfather was only 16 when he served. He lied…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Craig M. Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org If you want to know what wakes me up at 3:00 am, it is a congregation that is trying to do something (call a pastor, sell…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Craig M. Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org I was on the freshman high school wrestling team. I wanted to wrestle because my oldest brother was district champion in his weight class. While on…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Craig M. Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org Every now and then I see a film and just say, “Wow!” Last week I watched the documentary, My Octopus Teacher. It is a film about…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Craig M. Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org We all contain invisible parts of ourselves, parts that are not apparent, or displayed. This doesn’t mean we should fear what we cannot see. Our hidden…
Rev. Dr. Craig M Howard Presbytery Leader choward@glpby.org Moses told this (message of God’s deliverance) to the Israelites. But they didn’t listen to Moses, because of their complete exhaustion and their hard labor. Exodus 6:9 CEB It…