From the Desk of Pastor Nick

Beloved, Two years ago today, Tessa and I arrived at our new home on Lookout Mountain with a nervous excitement in our souls. A new place with new people who had called me to be their new pastor. It is…

Beloved, It won’t come as a surprise to you, but we are a congregation in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. As a pastor in the OPC, I enjoy watching peoples’ responses to the O-word when I tell them the name of…

Beloved, From the start, there has been no method to the madness of my weekly pastor’s email. Every Thursday I simply write about whatever is on my heart. This isn’t necessarily bad, and I hope my weekly quips have served…

Beloved, This past Friday and Saturday, I had the joy of teaching a mini, five-session conference for visitors and prospective new members. It was a sweet time of teaching and fellowship, and personally it served to renew my vision for…

Beloved This morning I took my usual run route through downtown. As I passed the divorce attorney office just a mile from the church, something caught my eye in the window. It was a treasure chest full of candy with…

Beloved I’m very excited to introduce to you our first book of the month which will be promoted and available during the month of July. Michael Reeves, the president of Union School of Theology in the UK, has written a…

“Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and renew a right spirit within me.” Those were the words of broken-hearted David upon the heels of his lying, adulterous, murderous escapade with Bathsheba. He needed restoration and renewal of soul,…

Beloved, I’m beginning to wonder if Danny Olinger, our General Secretary for the Committee on Christian Education, can see into the hidden recesses of my heart. In the past year, he has asked me to review two books for New…

Beloved, Every week I go into the grocery store to get one thing: avocados. Can you think of anything that combines robust flavor, smooth texture, healthy fat, and essential nutrients quite like an avocado? That is a rhetorical question. The…

Beloved, Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been reconsidering my theology of the sabbath. Before you jump to conclusions and move to file charges, let me assure you that I’m not questioning the abiding validity of the fourth commandment…

Beloved, We had planned to go hiking, but due to the weather I ended up taking the boys to the library on Monday morning. We climbed the stairs to the second floor and were greeted by a friendly librarian who…

Beloved, Right as I was getting back from a run yesterday the UPS man pulled up to the church and got out carrying a large box. My heart leapt for joy because I knew it was a box of books.…