Pastor Adam Parker You may be familiar with the common digital refrain: “Pics, or it didn’t happen.” For a long time, we believed that unless there was a digital trail or a lens involved, a claim remained mere hearsay. But now we’ve entered a day where neither pics nor vids convince us that something has … Read More
When Charlie Kirk was assassinated, most people on both right and left reacted with pained human sorrow and condolences for his family and those who loved him. I have seen, however, that there is also a minority of people – some of whom are our friends, family members, and neighbors – who have reacted to … Read More
by Pastor Adam Parker The Evergreen Session is very glad to announce that we will begin offering another opportunity once a month for us to gather, worship the Lord, and to hear a message from God’s word. I want to take a moment to explain what this is, how often we will have it, and … Read More
If one is a Christian for long enough, they will likely have the experience of seeing friends or family members make the decision to leave the Protestant church to begin attending or joining the Roman Catholic church. It is also not unusual for a Protestant Christian to think deeply about the Roman Catholic church and … Read More
Four years ago today, I was installed as the Senior Pastor of Evergreen. If you were here at Evergreen in 2020, I don’t have to tell you how much has changed since I first came. However, from where I stand staring out each Sunday morning, I can tell you that many of the faces at … Read More
[At our congregational meeting on December 3rd, 2023 I presented to the Evergreen congregation the session’s plans to begin holding two identical worship services each morning beginning in January of 2024. This is a big change for any church, and so the following article is a distillation of what was said in that congregational meeting … Read More
There is an old joke (not very funny) that the thing that destroys churches is not theological controversy or scandal, but the age old question of what color the carpet ought to be. Every pastor knows that aesthetics and decoration can be a very fraught subject, and so we tend to fear it. However, I … Read More
To the Editors of ByFaith, As the official magazine of the denomination of the Presbyterian Church in America, of which I am a teaching elder, I am concerned with the discernment you used in printing the recent article from David Cassidy titled “Prayer and Work in the Face of Violence” in which he called gun … Read More
Pastor Adam Parker My heart is very heavy. I’m referring, of course, to the shooting that took place at The Covenant School in Nashville, TN yesterday (March 27th). A 28 year old former student entered the school and fatally wounded three 9 year-olds, a custodian, a substitute, and the headmistress of the school before responding … Read More
Pastor Parker “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time, for the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15-16 A few weeks ago I wrote about the need for us to be thoughtful about our devotional habits in the new year – how will we be systematically reading Scripture and … Read More
