I want to begin this week’s note with a reminder that the memorial service for our Senior Minister Emeritus Don Harp is tomorrow, May 15, at 11:00 am in the sanctuary. The [...]

Over the course of the last 14 months, we have done our best to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and guard one another’s health. Now, with so many of our folks [...]

I want to begin this week’s note by letting you know that last week we were pleased to welcome this year’s Confirmation Class. It happened during a special service at [...]

Our hearts are heavy this week as we grieve the death of Don Harp, our Senior Minister Emeritus. Don was appointed to Peachtree Road in 1988, fell in love with [...]

I really am looking forward to Sunday as we continue our celebration of Easter. This week we will be considering a strange post-Easter story from Luke’s Gospel in which Jesus [...]

If we have learned nothing else in the last year, we have learned this lesson: do not take a single day of life for granted. Last Sunday, I made that [...]

As we come to the close of Holy Week, I still am reflecting upon last Sunday’s image of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Was it a parade or [...]

As I write these words, we are merely hours away from the beginning of Holy Week. This Sunday has two names (Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday) and two moods – [...]

Let me begin this week’s message by sharing some very good news with you. Our associate minister Elizabeth Byrd has been approved for ordination as an elder in full connection [...]

Last Sunday’s worship service offered a welcomed return to a sense of normalcy form me in at least one way – I held a baby for the first time in [...]

On Sunday we will bring to a close our stewardship emphasis for the month of February. You may remember that one of our goals for 2021 is to finish the [...]

Lent has begun, and I believe this will be a most meaningful season as we intentionally set out to remove the distractions of our lives and make time for spiritual [...]

We continue to bask in the mountaintop experience of Youth Sundaylast week here at Peachtree Road. A representative group of our youth consisting of seniors and members of the Doxology [...]

I understand that one of the emerging trends in early 2021 is a yearning for “hybrid normalcy.” What that means is we are becoming anxious for some aspects of our [...]

I hope you are well, and I really mean that! We are seeing a surge in new COVID-19 cases like never before, and I hope you are staying safe and [...]

Today we come to the close of an extraordinary week. On Monday, we commemorated the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a national holiday and day of service. [...]

Today is the beginning of the holiday weekend marking the 92nd birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As we prepare to celebrate MLK Day here in the city of [...]

I hope you are safe, healthy, and well. Let me begin this week’s note by issuing a call to prayer. The sanctuary will be open today, Friday, January 8, between [...]

Happy New Year! I hope this note finds you well. The past year was as difficult as any I have encountered in my 40 years as a pastor in the [...]

I hope this note finds you well. We are less than a week from Christmas Eve and our celebration of the birth of Christ. Normally, Christmas Eve at Peachtree Road [...]