Someday the extreme dislocations of COVID-19 will end. The question being asked throughout American society, economy and politics is: What then? What..
I started on my summer reading list early — in March, when the coronavirus pandemic shut down public libraries and shut readers..
A pandemic changed things. It changed the way we worship, work, move about in our cities and sometimes even within our homes...
An undercurrent of fear runs below all of us these days. Images of exhausted health workers, projections of spread and the numerous..
Welcome to two-dimensional screens, Zoom rooms, mute buttons and voting icons. Welcome to worship online. Is there a seat at the Lord’s..
Recently, our son and daughter-in-law were searching for painter’s tape for a sidewalk chalk project with their 3-year-old. They are schoolteachers who..
Trauma ministry begins on a small stage. It might stem from crime, accident, sudden illness or natural disaster. But the ministry tends..
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Who doesn’t..
I work on a college campus, a place where Generation Z is making themselves known. I am an older millennial, a generation..
Reading the Passion and Easter narratives this year, I noticed something I had never quite named before. In a post-resurrection appearance, Jesus..
There once was a man who wished to be a mountain. He asked it of the stranger who gave such gifts away..
If the church wants to contribute to a society grounded in empathy and love, it has a civic responsibility to enthusiastically fund..
It was irritating, and yet it was fascinating — in an “oh my God” sort of way. On the morning Amtrak train..
What does church sound like? If you asked me this, I might say it’s a bell peal before service that holds both..
Having written a few hymns, I’ve learned this: They teach theology, and sometimes that can be problematic. For instance, think of the..
Original sin. This Calvinist and Augustinian doctrine supports the idea that Adam and Eve, as humanity’s original parents, passed on their disobedience..
At the Presbyterian Historical Society, we collect the raw materials that support the study of history, but what we deem important enough..
“Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” This is the haunting refrain in the musical “Hamilton.” The question, the entire musical,..
“Advent is not the season for fundraising. You should not have made that kind of announcement this morning!” This was the message..
If only God created Eve first. Adam would be misinterpreted and objectified as Eve’s tempting, little helper. And perhaps Noah’s wife, after..
For the past two years my colleagues and I at the Presbyterian Historical Society have worked closely with students from the Community..
After the tumultuous election season of 2016, my co-pastor and I wrote “a letter of solidarity” to our congregation. Many had been..
As a teenager I lived in constant fear of missing the rapture and being left behind. Wake up late on the weekend..
“We are out of ideas. What else can we do to cultivate giving in the congregation?” Almost every pastor and elder assigned..
“Sunday school books were made for black people, but the black church doesn’t like books.” A decade has passed, but I remember..
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