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..
To correspond with our Spring Books issue, we asked our bloggers to share books that have influenced their ministry. The first time..
I've been thinking a lot about Christian Education and Christian Educators recently. I'm retired, but I haven't retired my mind and several..
To correspond with our Spring Books issue, we asked our bloggers to share books that have influenced their ministry. Sometimes I find..
It might have been one of the shortest assignments in the history of the Presbyterian Church. On April 1, the Office of..
While I most certainly believe that the church should think about how to fulfill the Church's mission in Cuba, I'm not sure..
Who are the 'them' that Jesus is forgiving? In a moment of intense humanity, he appeals to God for those at his..
Holy Week approaches, a week I love for the story it tells and how it enacts the story – with bread and..
Janet DeVries presented this essay on April 4, 2014, as keynote for Syria-Lebanon Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). I..
Recently there has been quite a bit of discussion about the incident in the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Middlesboro, Kentucky, where a..
Lent this year did not follow my very well thought-out, spiritually enlightened plans. That’s not a new phenomenon – I am notoriously..
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