Eleanor Presbyterian Church

06/05/2026

06/05/2026

Save the date! The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People is excited to announce the return of its "The Struggle is Real" webinar series this September.

Join us on the first Thursday of each month from September through November to engage with experts, make connections, and foster awareness on issues surrounding affordability. We will feature partners and specialists who will offer resources, guidance, and support as you navigate your next steps.

Stay tuned for more information!

06/05/2026

Don’t tell people what your faith is.

Show them.

Show them in how you love.
In how you treat the wounded.
In how you respond to the people everyone else steps around.

And eventually, they’ll know exactly what your faith is.

You'll be known by your fruit.
By your love.

Jesus already gave us the blueprint in the Good Samaritan.

A beaten man is lying in the road...

Two religious men walk by... men who knew the Scriptures, knew the rules, and looked like the kind of people everyone assumed were close to God.

But they kept walking.

Maybe the man was too messy.
Too inconvenient. Too risky.
Too costly. Too easy to ignore.

Then the Samaritan shows up.
The outsider.
The one the religious crowd would have dismissed.

And he stops and helps.
With no judgment.
No worthiness test.
No “what about his choices?”
No “how did he end up like this?”
No "pull up your bootstraps!"
No "helping you is socialism."

The Samaritan simply moves toward the need instead of away from it.

He treats the wounded man like someone made in the image of God.

And Jesus is not subtle here.

If our faith looks more like the passersby than the Samaritan…

If we are more committed to our comfort, our politics, our suspicion, or our opinions about who “deserves” love, help, or compassion…

Then we are not living the faith Jesus taught. We are living a faith shaped by everything but Jesus.

The Samaritan didn’t stop to ask whether the man was worthy.

He stopped because the man was hurting.

He didn’t talk about love.
He did love.

And Jesus said,
“Go and do likewise.”

That’s the assignment.

Love first.
Ask fewer questions.

Cross the road.

06/05/2026

I believe this is a Benjamin Cremer original, but if it isn't, I'm giving him credit for it anyway.

06/04/2026