Not here. Try everywhere else. Don’t touch right now. But go instead, and tell. Now touch, give me your hand. Place it..
“He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem” They went up to Zion in joy with an ancient song on their..
Guest commentary by David Evans Last year during Lent, the pastors at University Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, preached on the lectionary psalms..
PREACHERS CAN FEEL ENORMOUS PRESSURE for our Easter sermons to rise to the greatness of the occasion. How do we make it..
John Burgess explains why the church connects baptism with resurrection.
Guest Outpost blog by Andy Kort I work at a church that likes to plan way ahead. I know this is not..
by Brian Shivers The cell phone buzzes as the night turns into morning, and a voice speaks words that change everything …..
by Rocky Supinger I once rescued a listless high school youth group with a bit of form criticism. No lie. Here’s how it..
I am not a gardener, far from it. I do not have the patience nor the knowledge to make things grow. I..
Guest commentary by Ken Evers-Hood Some games are just no fun. The prisoner’s dilemma is one of the worst. In it, two..
Easter is a paschal mystery. We can only approach an encounter with Christ’s resurrection through the doorway of the cross. I am..
Call to Worship A reading from Matthew 21:1-10 One: Rejoice, rejoice, you children of Zion! Shout for joy, you daughters of..
As I write this on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, the results of Super Tuesday are in the books. Trump won – maybe..
I just finished a wonderful few days with colleagues and fellow Presbyterians at the Next Church Conference in Atlanta. The theme of..
Presbyterians love Lent. I have the data to prove it. With thousands of visitors each year, the webpages for the season..
I just reread Frederick Buechner's novella, “The Christmas Tide,” a story inspired by the suicide of his father when Buechner was 10..
Who cares, really, about Holy Week? Not many of my kids’ friends. Most of my children’s closest friends have no faith affiliation..
by Paul Roberts As I write this, the annual birthday commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. is just around the corner. In..
“After Jesus had said this; he departed and hid from them.” John 12:36b
Guest commentary by Baron Mullis Where will the church be in 10 years? I’ve never been good at prognostication, but I do..
by Patricia K. Tull According to Exodus, God freed the Israelites from Egypt, a land where they had been forced to build..
Guest commentary by Chip Hardwick and Gerard Beenen Why negotiation? Picture this: You’re chairing a pastoral search and aren’t sure how to..
Guest commentary by Beth Brown For as long as I can remember, I have been afraid of the night. When my spiritual..
Lent has just begun, but I’m already looking ahead to Holy Week. I like to plan things well in advance. While re-reading..
by Jodi Craiglow It’s that time of year again. It seems like we just put away the purple vestments — and now..
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