Tag: resurrection

  • John 20: 19-31 Offered to the congregation of the Long Valley Presbyterian Church, Long Valley, NJ April 12, 2026, by Mel Prestamo, Ruling Elder PCUSA This passage from John begins the story of the culmination of Jesus’ first day being resurrected as the Christ [the Chosen One] of God. Previously, his body has been taken…

  • Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA Luke 24 What we do here at this table is an extraordinary thing. Granted the elements that we begin with are quite ordinary – common bread, grape juice or wine, ordinary plates & cups, a cloth and a wooden table. Ordinary things – “signs” Augustine would have called them. In ancient…