Rachel Held Evans, religious blogger, writer and my new favorite millennial, recently lit up the church nerd social media world and broader..
I don’t know what you think of The New York Times columnist David Brooks, but I am betting you may have read..
Graves are for decorating on this first of summer's weekends, surrounding them with ceremonies handed down by sagging-waisted, sweat-stained-hatted vets with flags,..
by Charlie Gross In November 2013, I was brainstorming ways to connect the active people I saw in the park walking their..
Did they leap and wave and dance together before that rushing mighty wind; conflagrate, perhaps, above those wild astonished heads, like one..
Pentecost, I had always thought, was God’s way of saying that in Christ, we’re all the same. Culture and language may divide..
A caveat as I begin: Scripturally speaking, it is true to speak of the Holy Spirit as a dove. After all, the..
There is a common anecdote among Palestinian Christians I’ve met. They tell me that people often ask them when they converted to..
I have issues with church signs… or, maybe I just have issues. It all started with the church in the community where..
“People vote with their feet,” a friend said to me recently. This is why every Sunday as I ascend the steps into..
Guest Outpost blog by Stephen McKinney-Whitaker We don’t meet the risen Jesus in Mark. The women flee in terror and dread. Jesus..
by Phyllis Tickle In the constant morphing and shifting of the 21st century, trying to “be” anything at all is a bit..
Guest post from Eric Peltz For last Thursday’s session meeting, we read a piece by Lyle Schaller on family-sized congregations. Every month..
I am paddling my way through a long book. “Far From the Tree” by Andrew Solomon explores identity by studying families where..
The eyes of the world have turned away from Baltimore. The forest of microphones, lights and cameras that grew up in front..
There’s a story we often tell in my congregation (Second Church of Kansas City, Missouri) about our founding 150 years ago this..
ABOVE THE DESK IN MY STUDY I have the advice modern mystic Annie Dillard gives to those who ask her about her..
Guest commentary by John Welch Lauren Silverman, a reporter for NPR, released a story titled “Problems with your boss? Try a chat..
by Lauren Schneider and Tom Pardo Lake View Presbyterian Church In January 2012, I first entered the distinctive yet unassuming red-shingled building..
PRESBYTERIAN-RELATED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (B) Baccalaureate service (C) Commencement Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Ga. B: Fri., May 15, 4:30 p.m. C: Sat.,..
Guest Outpost blog by Dawn Martin Hyde “The Baltimore Orioles will play the Chicago White Sox in an empty stadium, the first..
Some students arrive at college focused and sure of what they want to do: a platoon of future pharmacists, engineers, teachers and..
CHICAGO – Think of NEXT Church 2015 like a popcorn machine of ideas: creativity popping up, energy swirling through the air, the bowl..
“The young people are the future of the church!” I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard this phrase. It’s said..
This month we asked our bloggers what they wish they’d known as they graduated seminary and began their ministry. Here are their..
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