What happens when you invest in Lenape Valley Church? We send people away! You may have expected the opposite answer. Shouldn’t we welcome people in? Yes! But at Lenape Valley we also work hard to send our people out into the world where the need is, to be God’s gracious gift to the world. Like a City on a Hill, God calls us to send our light out, finding those who live in darkness, to bring God’s...  Read More

Imagine the rug pullout out from under you. How many of us have experienced that moment when the things we trust become like shifting sand? In those times when our health, relationships, and finances begin to quake beneath our feet, we look for a solid place to stand. Every night we see on the news images of those who are struggling to find the basic necessities of life. A quick glance around our ...  Read More

“Safe!” is what a runner hopes to hear from the umpire when he reaches the bag in baseball. “Safe!” is what children call out when they reach home base in the game of Tag. “Safe” is what we all need to feel at the end of a long, hard day out in the world. “Safe space” is what Lenape Valley Church offers to young and old throughout the week.On Sunday mornings, our children gather from infant throug...  Read More

For all the Saints, who from their labors rest; Who Thee, by faith, before the world confessed. Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blessed Alleluia!Thou wast their rock, their fortress and their might; Thou, Lord, their captain in the well fought fight; Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light. Alleluia! On Saturday, Lenape Valley celebrated the life of one of our saints, William A. Burnett. S...  Read More

There has been much talk of peace… promises of peace… peacekeeping missions… talk of peace prizes… and recently the declaration that peace has been achieved after 3000 years in the most embattle region of the world. My newspaper celebrated peace with a picture on the front page above the fold of signatories to a document that the framers claimed would secure peace. But those documents are only as ...  Read More

Each week, I write a Tuesday letter trying to make sense of the world in which we live. My hope is that we can learn to see the world through the lens of Scripture, to see the world as God sees, and to find our place in God’s plan. This week, I tried to find a wise word to offer about the celebration and grief in the Holy Land- the joy of hostages home with their families, and the hopelessness of ...  Read More