by Robert Hoch ONE EVENING, SITTING IN THE BACK PATIO, we were struck by the sight of our children’s bikes in the..
It is time for congregations to develop protocols for responding to hate initiatives on their doorsteps. As the intolerant lose any..
Guest commentary by William A. Jonas Last week, I experienced two events that I never dreamed I would. The first was being..
by Magdalena I. García “Death will come, always out of season.” — Big Elk, Omaha chief It was a sizzling Sunday with..
by Rob Lohmeyer Where was the first funeral in Bible? How did it mark the occasion of death and what might it..
There were not infrequent times in ministry when I found myself overwhelmed with a kind of cosmic grief. It wasn’t depression —..
It was 5:30 in the morning when I began walking in the dark toward the west lawn of the Capitol to hear..
Guest commentary by Andy James The electronic signs are everywhere throughout the city: “Major Events in Manhattan September 22-October 2. Expect Delays—Use..
by Cynthia Campbell Not long ago, I was with a group of women who were asked to do several sentence-completion exercises. One..
In a sermon several weeks ago, one of my trustees narrated an encounter with a group of little children with whom she..
by Bradley Longfield and Beth McCaw Recently Heath Rada, moderator of the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), asked, “How might..
Guest commentary by Anitra Kitts We were on our way to a scenic bike ride south of Munich last Sunday when something..
Our church is approaching the end of a sermon series exploring the “Great Ends of the Church” as articulated by the United..
The final stage of an effective membership recruitment process happens when the constituent actually affiliates with your congregation. For some that will..
by Paul Roberts BLACK LIVES MATTER IS AN AFFIRMATION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND IT IS A TRIBUTE TO THE RESILIENCE..
When the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) catalogs its institutional strengths — its polity, its considerable financial reserves, its many sturdy congregations — the..
My time at seminary seems like a lifetime ago – and it almost was, starting in the summer of 1978. When I..
by Susan R. Garrett and Christine J. Hong At Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, we aim to educate men and women to make..
Our schools, like our churches and our ministers, have no clear conceptions of what they are doing but are carrying on traditional..
I have lately had my doubts about church mission trips. But it's been a while. Like 4 years and 3 months, to..
Guest commentary by Elesha Coffman Following the June 17 shooting at the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, America’s historically..
I remember. Do you remember? Do you remember when you used to sit in those small, wooden chairs at the half-circle tables..
by Cláudio Carvalhaes “Metaphor has the extraordinary power of redescribing reality.” — Paul Ricoeur “Ideology is a ‘representation’ of the imaginary relationship..
“Check your work.” As I was growing up, my parents said this phrase whenever I sat down at the kitchen table, ready..
by Robert Hoch As we were about to process into church, the preacher of the day turned to me and confessed, “I’m..
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