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...
In my role as the national director of UKirk collegiate ministries, I often hear the question, “So how’s collegiate ministry these days?”..
Directly across Jordan Street (the address for the church I serve) sits the Roman Catholic Cathedral. In the Presbyterian churches I have..
Psychiatrist Murray Bowen coined the term “emotional field” to describe powerful systemic forces – something akin to electromagnetic fields. We all know..
As a geologist, I initially felt no need to connect science with faith; I neatly compartmentalized the two, thinking that science dealt..
In my early years, I, like every other American toddler, had to recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the homeroom period every..
I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I..
When simple faith is enough When it comes to science we all know something about its theories and practical applications. Even if..
On August 21, millions of Americans jammed highways, crowded campgrounds and booked up hotels along a narrow corridor stretching from Oregon to..
As a newly-ordained elder at Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, I am truly excited to begin my journey serving Christ during a..
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