by Greg Cootsona I know there’s a lot of bad news in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) these days, but I’m about to..
by Clay Allard Parish ministry is a daunting calling, not necessarily in the short run (though the first five years of Saturday..
There are days and weeks in ministry that seem like a comedy of errors. The week began quietly enough, but after lunch..
Contemporary Presbyterians don’t think much about the Puritans. The caricatures are negative. Puritans are prudes, legalistic, killjoys. The famous sentiment of H.L...
The last General Assembly was marked by the body’s rejection of two major recommendations from its own committees. The full General Assembly..
General Assembly can feel overwhelming: a week-long blitz of motions, controversy, business, worship, too much complexity hitting too fast to absorb. Recognizing..
In the ten years since the 216th Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly, much has been said about the issue of divestment in..
Israeli mother Frimet Roth has personally felt the pain of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict twice. In 2001 her 15 year-old daughter Malki was..
Divestment will be a hot issue again at the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in June. The question in..
You know how that condescending line goes: “Some of my best friends are … .” Well, some of MY best friends support..
A pious man explained to his followers, “It is evil to take lives and noble to save them. Each day I pledge..
RECENTLY, I TRAVELED UP I-77 from Columbia to Charlotte to catch a plane bound for New Orleans. On this short car ride..
Most church leaders are well aware of ministries sponsored across the country to the 22 million Americans who need help dealing with..
When I started traveling to Europe on business in 1999, airplanes looked and behaved more or less the same as they do..
Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me." Some Presbyterians..
When a nurse saw us the three of us walking down a hospital hall together one day last fall, he thought we..
by John Williams In July 2012, the PC(USA) General Assembly approved a list of “Presbyterian-affiliated” schools, colleges and universities (as it does..
Auburn Seminary has a habit of moving from place to place, that is, about once a century. What began in rural western..
I’VE BEEN THINKING ... how a small Bible study group changed my life! I was a sophomore at UC Berkeley when a..
Late last year, as I was finishing the manuscript for my new book, “Woodstock: A Story of Middle Americans,” which is rooted..
I recently attended an outstanding panel discussion with noted biblical scholars, N. T. Wright and Lewis Donelson at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary...
On the evening of Saturday, June 14, candidates for moderator of the 221st General Assembly in Detroit will be placed in nomination,..
The theology he articulated for his Roman church later formed the basis of our Genevan church. But it was his writing about..
I’m not a surfer. I know almost nothing about surfing. But I happened to be on the Pacific Coast for a holiday..
But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God..
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