http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/ Monthly columns by the pastors of Grace Presbyterian Church, Montclair, New Jersey en fan44@aol.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-01T04:00:44+00:00 http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/faith_in_our_society http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/faith_in_our_society#When:04:00:44Z It seems that Christian faith is starting to emerge as a topic in our society once again.  My wife and I just saw the new film A Joyful Noise starring Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah. The film is about a gospel choir competing for a choir championship.  Strikingly, for… Pastor's Pulse, 2012-02-01T04:00:44+00:00 http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/looking_forward_to_2012 http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/looking_forward_to_2012#When:04:00:43Z On behalf of Beth and myself I want to thank the congregation for their many gifts, cards, letters and greetings on the occasion of both my thirtieth anniversary as pastor and our thirtieth wedding anniversary.  We quite frankly have been overwhelmed and can’t tell you how grateful we are… Pastor's Pulse, 2012-01-01T04:00:43+00:00 http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/the_tragic_events_taking_place_at_pennsylvania_state_university http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/the_tragic_events_taking_place_at_pennsylvania_state_university#When:04:00:40Z The news has been dominated recently by the tragic events taking place at Pennsylvania State University.  This is being seen not only as the worst scandal in American college sports, but also as one of the worst in higher education.  In a staggering five days, a former assistant football… Pastor's Pulse, 2011-12-01T04:00:40+00:00 http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/facebook http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/facebook#When:04:00:50Z Recently Grace Church has set up a Facebook page. Facebook, like so many other new technologies, gives us the possibility of sounding forth the gospel in new and expanding ways. When Paul wrote to the Thessalonians that the word of the Lord had sounded forth from them to “every… Pastor's Pulse, 2011-11-01T04:00:50+00:00 http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/coming_together http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/coming_together#When:04:00:49Z The apostle Paul tells us that we all belong to each other, so that we “may have the same care for one another” (I Corinthians 12:25). One of the challenges we face in living out the reality of being the body of Christ is that we have difficulty coming… Pastor's Pulse, 2011-10-01T04:00:49+00:00 http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/september_is_an_exciting_month http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/september_is_an_exciting_month#When:04:00:35Z September is an exciting month. It is the beginning of our program year which will start with Rally Day on September 11. This September will also be a special month in the life of Grace Presbyterian Church because on the weekend of September 24-25 we will be having both… Pastor's Pulse, 2011-09-01T04:00:35+00:00 http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/a_time_of_constant_change http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/a_time_of_constant_change#When:04:00:06Z We live in a time of constant change.  We have noted this before.  Technology, communications and mobility combine to create a climate of seemingly perpetual change.  This can make us feel disoriented, even apprehensive.  It is at these times that we need to focus on the things which are… Pastor's Pulse, 2011-08-01T04:00:06+00:00 http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/biblical_view_of_sex_and_marriage http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/biblical_view_of_sex_and_marriage#When:05:00:15Z As I write this, congressman Anthony Weiner has just announced his resignation following a protracted “sex scandal” over the internet. In fact the news recently has been dominated by such scandals including former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Presidential candidate John Edwards not to mention other accounts involving… Pastor's Pulse, 2011-07-01T05:00:15+00:00 http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/amendment_10-a http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/amendment_10-a#When:05:00:03Z As I write this it is less than a week since Amendment 10-A passed a majority of presbyteries (Presbyterian local governing units) and is now part of the Presbyterian Church USA constitution.  The significance of this change is to remove from the constitution the “requirement to live either in… Pastor's Pulse, 2011-06-01T05:00:03+00:00 http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/lessons_of_our_american_civil_war http://www.gracemontclair.org/pastors/columns/lessons_of_our_american_civil_war#When:05:00:24Z This year marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.  This was not only the most traumatic moment in the history of the United States of America, it was also a terrible time for American Christians.  For over two hundred years the United States had been… Pastor's Pulse, 2011-05-01T05:00:24+00:00