Silence and Speech

A message from Pastor Larry R. Hayward, published in the December 2017 Chronicle In recent months, women have come forward and accused well-known men in journalism and media, entertainment, the corporate world, and political life of having sexually harassed or abused them. While women or girls are not the only victims of abuse, nor are men the only abusers, at …

Farewell Day for Casey FitzGerald

Rev. Casey FitzGerald has accepted a call to become Co-Pastor of John Calvin Presbyterian Church in Annandale. We are excited about this opportunity for Casey, though we will miss her greatly. Having been on our staff since the fall of 2006, Casey’s leadership, gifts, creativity, and welcome have been a significant reason Westminster has grown in many ways. The Session …

The Fireplace

From 1999 until 2013, I lived in high rises. While they were convenient and efficient, what I most missed was a fireplace. In fact, with the warm weather this fall, and the four to five years worth of wood stacked on our patio from an oak tree we had to have removed in January, I have been awaiting weather cool …