This week we asked our bloggers to share a liturgy they’ve crafted. One: Have mercy upon us O God, according to your..
Guest commentary from Keith Kaufold As you’ve undoubtedly seen in recent news, addiction in the church — especially among leaders — is..
by Billy Baker Music has been an integral aspect of the worship service for centuries. Whether it involves traditional chant, hymnody or..
One of the changes in the Standing Rules of the General Assembly enacted by the 221st (2014) General Assembly was to enable..
by Julie Vidrick Evans Most of my colleagues agree there is great satisfaction in leading a church music program. We lead choirs..
Throughout Lent, a strong and courageous group of the young adults at my church engaged in a project I piloted called "Profess..
Strip away the perfect lilies massed along, across the chancel steps, the bright reflecting sight and sound of brasses, and the white..
This week we asked our bloggers what they had learned from spiritual practices and disciples. This is how they responded. Four years..
Gun metal gray the sky this morning and along the shore at dead low tide an on-shore wind blows spume across the..
This week we asked our bloggers what they had learned from spiritual practices and disciples. This is how they responded. Confession: I’m..
by Robert Chestnut Over the past several decades so many progressive Christian thinkers have raised so many critical problems with traditional theories..
This week we asked our bloggers what they had learned from spiritual practices and disciples. This is how they responded. In Matthew..
This week we asked our bloggers what they had learned from spiritual practices and disciples. This is how they responded. This Lent,..
“ … and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in..
MARCUS BORG DIED IN LATE JANUARY. He was a famous — though many would say infamous — Bible scholar and theologian. Borg..
In this season of resurrection, I sometimes wonder what of my spirit, my center I will leave behind when ham-handed death pummels..
Guest blog from Brandon Frick Now that the phone calls, the emails and awkward conversations have started, many of us have either..
The children who live at Assisi Snehalaya, a ministry of Catholic Franciscan friars in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, are almost..
Sometimes, when everything seems complicated, what’s most needed is one place of hope. In the city of Coimbatore, in the state of..
Technically, India abolished the caste system more than 70 years ago, after achieving independence and drafting a constitution. In reality, change doesn’t..
A visitor to India is first struck by what’s different: the ferocious swirl of honking traffic and color and smell and spice...
I am thankful for Catherine Franklin Vandegrift – teacher, missionary, entrepreneur and beloved child of God. Catherine grew up in the Presbyterian..
BALTIMORE – The words “Fear not!” rang out in worship, plenary sessions, workshops and the marketplace during the annual meeting of the..
Some seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil . . . and when the sun rose, it..
READING THE STORY OF THE DISCIPLES on their way to Emmaus reminds me of home. Hospitality is at the center of Mexican..
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