Transformations and Whispers

By John A. Dalles

Thursday, November 3, 2016

God says, "Here I Am!"

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What current events in the media just now worry you?  I will not seek to bring my personal observations to bear regarding these, but I to...

Faith of the Presidents: Grover Cleveland

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Did you know that U.S. President Grover Cleveland (1837-1901, 22 nd and 24 th President) was a Presbyterian and the son of a Presbyteri...
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Faith of the Presidents: James Buchanan

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            Lancaster, County Pennsylvania, where I grew up, is filled with history and in addtion to the beautiful farms that are so ...

Your Assist is Needed!

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Recently a concept has come my way in conversations with members of our congregation and other faithful Christians.  In a sentence, it ...

What Must I Do to Be Saved?

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In one of the most telling encounters in the New Testament, a terrified jailer, whose prison had been reduced to rubble by the power of p...

Reinhold Niebuhr, Author of the “Serenity Prayer”

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Did you know that this coming year is the 125 th anniversary of the birth of one of the finest theologians America has produced?  To be ...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

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And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good ...
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John A. Dalles is a Presbyterian clergyman & hymn-writer. Most recently he was Interim Senior Minister of Shadyside Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. A graduate of Penn State, Lancaster Seminary (MDiv) & Pittsburgh Seminary (Doctor of Ministry), he has served First Presbyterian Church of South Bend, & Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. From 1997 through 2018, he was Senior Pastor of Wekiva Presbyterian Church in Longwood, FL. As a part of his ministry, Wekiva became the first church in the USA to present live webcasts of worship, a ministry inaugurated Sun, Jan. 2, 2005. Dalles is a writer of hymn texts. His hymns are published in hymnbooks in the USA, Canada and Australia. He has published three books of hymns, COME, O SPIRIT, SWIFT CURRENTS AND STILL WATERS, and WE TURN TO GOD. His hymn texts are also set as choral anthems by noted sacred composers. His 2009 hymn, "God Bless the Work Your People Do" won the 14th annual Macalester Plymouth United Church Hymn Contest. He is married to the former Judith Taylor; they have a son, John Taylor Dalles and a daughter, Anne Elizabeth Dalles Sandoval.
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