As we embark on our Lenten journeys each year, we often think of those journeys as personal and private. We enter into..
“You are going to disappoint someone this week. Look at your schedule and choose who it will be. And make sure..
Do we need more leaders like Martin Luther? In the 500th anniversary year of Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses, attention was..
I am a little suspicious of people who like church. I grew up in the church, I’m an ordained pastor and..
Forty years ago the West Coast was already comfortably ensconced in post-Christendom. Church wasn’t working the way it had in the post-World..
Early in the morning of November 9, 2016, the day after the presidential election, my phone rang.It was our presbyter, Cindy Kohlmann...
Gary Charles’ perspective: Leaders reformed by God according to the Word of God Leadership theory is a popular topic on seminary campuses..
On a Tuesday morning, James Bernhardt stops by a church room to say good morning to a group that gathers twice a..
Spiritually is physicality, and physicality is spirituality. Our Christian tradition is an incarnational faith in which our bodies are meant to be..
The best retirement home chaplains cannot be all things to all residents, nor can they provide an authentic religious experience outside their..
“Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1b). This heartfelt request of the disciples still resonates within us today. Their desire to know..
The anniversary is over – now down to business. Welcome to 2018 – the year after the 500th anniversary of the Reformation...
When you enter the United States from abroad, you have to clear passport control. Typically, an agent checks your passport, asks..
About a year ago, a young woman walked into my office at First Presbyterian Church in Vero Beach, Florida. She was..
First Presbyterian Church of Seattle: Then and now First Presbyterian Church of Seattle was organized in 1869 with seven charter members..
The steaming mad email arrived Sunday afternoon. The subject line read: “Leaving White Memorial.” The writer, a member whom I had..
The emerging leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are more diverse than ever, and the vocational landscape within the denomination has..
When I became the director of the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs in 2012, I inherited programs that had already been running..
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the approval of the Confession of 1967, a milestone that brought the church a contemporary..
Editor’s note: This story is adapted from the book “Blood and Bone: Truth and Reconciliation in a Southern Town” On the..
In 1963 Union Presbytery, based primarily in eastern Tennessee, sent a delegation to its four black congregations in Alabama: Trinity, Miller’s Ferry,..
“DDT – Diagnosis determines the treatment.” – Joseph Barndt, Crossroads Ministry As a senior in seminary, I was required to write a narrative for my..
Editor’s note: As Presbyterians debate holding the 223rd GA in St. Louis next summer (see Leslie Scanlon’s article the the COGA decision..
There was a time when physical pain threatened to drown out God’s voice in 18-year-old Phillip Storie’s life. But a life..
I am what my siblings and I have called a “PK and ¾,” which basically means I grew up a church kid...
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