Churches like our own are “challenged more strongly by the sacraments than by anything else,” according to J.J. von Allmen, a Swiss..
IN THE SUMMER OF 2016, WE WENT TO THE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AIRPORT TO MEET A FAMILY AT THE END OF A..
IN 2016 MCGREGOR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SERVED AS A HOST COMMUNITY FOR A SYRIAN REFUGEE FAMILY. The family of..
David Brooks recently wrote in the New York Times, “The first step in launching our own (national) revival is understanding that the..
WINTERS IN CENTRAL VERMONT ARE LONG, USUALLY LASTING FROM A FIRST SNOW IN EARLY NOVEMBER THROUGH MUD SEASON (the season people elsewhere..
In a time when every face around every corner seems to be screaming where each of us does or does not belong,..
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..
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