It was with a heavy heart that I read the news today from the Presbyterian News Service that Senior Reporter Evan Silverstein passed away yesterday at his Louisville home.

While the news article gives details on his life and work, I will say that I enjoyed his articles for the tone, balance, and insight of his stories.  Maybe it does take an “outsider” to really show us what a “peculiar people” we are.  He covered a lot of the news from the field, not so much about our polity discussion, but about the people on the front lines and the people we, as a denomination, touched.  Evan, thanks for your work.

Magnified and sanctified be G-d’s great name in the world which He created according to His will.