Pastor's Life: What time is it?

 

What time is it? by Rev. Dr. Christine Chakoian Every year, many of us reflect on the past, and commit to make resolutions for the future. Frequently, those resolutions involved better stewardship … of our time, our health, our finances, our family commitments, our spiritual growth. This year (like last!) feels much different. On the downside, it feels like there is precious little we have control over. The rollercoaster ride of COVID’s rise and fall and rise again has left many of us feeling disheartened and passive: why bother making plans when they can change in a heartbeat? On the upside, we are by necessity more agile and adaptive! Never before have the words of Ecclesiastes 3 been more meaningful to me: For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; ...

Rev. Dr. Christine (Chris) Chakoian serves as Pastor and Head of Staff of Westwood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. She has served in this position since August 2019. She is called to lead the congregation in the ways of Christ. She previously served at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary as Vice President for Seminary Advancement. Her previous calls include Pastor/Head of Staff at First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, IL, and Community Presbyterian Church in Clarendon Hills, IL, as well as Associate Pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Portland, OR, Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, and Overbrook Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio. She is married to John Shustitzky, Director of the Doctoral program in Applied Clinical Psychology at the L.A. campus of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Their daughter and son-in-law, Anna and Spencer Sohn, live in Albuquerque.

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