When over 180,000 homes were flooded in New Orleans in 2005, open-hearted volunteers came by the tens of thousands. Among the first..
Elijah was certain that there was no real god except the God who had called Israel out of Egypt and asked the..
The question I’m asked more than any other at this season of ministry is how I’ve managed to stay in one church..
You rarely read of Jesus resting. More often than not he is on the move; preaching, teaching, healing, walking, sailing, eating …..
As we move toward and through retirement, we find ourselves making decisions as huge as we made in our teens and 20s...
The decision to move into a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) can be a challenging one. It often elicits quite a bit..
The member organizations of the Presbyterian Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (PAHSA) are seeking to strengthen the effectiveness of..
On a warm, sunny day, Ed and Anne Marie Germain walk the outdoor trail around the pond at Croixdale senior living community..
At my retirement celebration at the church where my wife and I served as co-pastors for seven years, a member gave me..
If you or your parents are not yet ready, this is a time to start thinking about it. There is..
The other day I attended a meeting of my presbytery. There is, as I have discovered, no rubric in Robert’s Rules of..
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has the feel of a denomination in transition — with congregations leaving and others..
It began with phone calls into the Baltimore Presbytery office from churches and organizations across the country that wanted to do mission..
I live in a faith-based CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community). I came here first to an independent living apartment. When needed, I..
Perhaps they thought it was the Feds who’d come for them! Somehow, the N.S.A. had tracked, and would condemn Those dirty shepherds,..
In Christ there is no East or West — as the old hymn goes — but among his followers today there is..
Every church prepares for Christmas. Perhaps your church produces an elaborate pageant or the choir sings special music during worship. We light..
The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has not been hearing much feedback regarding a recent federal court ruling involving..
Presbyterians who want to help with disaster relief in the typhoon-swamped Philippines are being urged to pray and send money, but not..
Compiled by Roy Howard, Outlook book editor The Experience of God — Being, Consciousness, Bliss David Bentley Hart Yale University Press,..
LOUISVILLE – What responsibility do churches and Christians have to address the tremendous disparities of wealth in the world? And why is..
“We will be better off in another denomination,” said the person who has decided God’s will for their congregation. That assumption has..
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