Rebecca Gresham, Author at The Presbyterian Outlook

Rebecca Gresham

Rebecca Gresham is pastor at Faith Presbyterian Church in Medford, New Jersey. Outside of church and family life, you can find her in nature, finding fun ways to be creative or asking awkwardly deep questions of people she just met.

Encountering death and savoring life

"We have to pay attention to get to the new life that comes after a death, but it takes work and intention to get there."

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Writing as a spiritual pilgrimage

We are programmed to look for the big moments, the big trips, the holy places, but God can meet us anywhere if we slow down and pay attention.

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Hope is…

Rebecca Gresham defines hope by looking at the world around her.

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There is a way forward

Whether it was struggling with reading as a first grader or wrestling with Hebrew as a seminarian, Rebecca Gresham’s education taught her that she can do hard things, even if it requires multiple attempts and some failure. This is a lesson she brings to her ministry: There is always a way forward.

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Being a female pastor: a story of pain and gratitude

Rev. Rebecca Gresham-Kesner shares her experience of being a woman in ordained ministry.

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Why I’m Presbyterian: It’s the questions

Rev. Rebecca Gresham-Kesner’s questions brought her to the PC(USA), and the space allowed for her continued questions is why she stays.

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Finding healing in the trees

Now, when I get to these moments that feel like they may overcome me, I turn to nature ... I remember whose I am, that I am not traveling alone, and that one day I will be ok.