Guest commentary by Paul Hooker As I write these words, the news is coursing around the internet that Simone Biles, American gymnast..
On a hot summer Friday night, 30 millennials, a few seasoned saints and a couple of kids gathered in the basement of..
In Ana Menéndez’ book ‘’In Cuba I was a German Shepherd,’’ Máximo, a Cuban immigrant, tells a joke about Juanito the dog..
God is experiential. This might be more easily embraced by Pentecostals than Presbyterians (and I’ve been both), but Scripture affirms this..
A few years ago, when I found myself creatively stuck, my writing coach encouraged me to visit the art gallery on the..
The church gets it wrong sometimes when it comes to food allergies. I learned this about 15 years ago. I have a..
Around seven years ago, due to a health crisis, I became sensitive to a long list of foods. While I’ve added back..
Guest commentary by Glenn Burkland In leading and attending Bible studies over the years, I have noticed one topic that eventually makes..
“Will you take care of this child?” The question caught DeEdra Clinkscale off guard. As a teacher, she had phoned the..
In the tradition of Murray Bowen’s systems theory, Peter Steinke authored “Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times: Being Calm and Courageous No Matter..
This past year has been marked by loss: Loss of loved ones and friends, loss of community and social gatherings, loss of..
Guest commentary by Jim Chatham When I was in high school, I occasioned now and then into the home of a woman..
This spring, the board of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary named Asa J. Lee as the seminary’s new president and professor of theological formation..
A generation goes, and a generation comes. (Ecclesiastes 1:4) For decades, my maternal grandmother made dozens of crescent rolls every week. Gran’s..
“What do you think is going to happen with churches after the pandemic?” To this question, prominent Christian researcher Diana Butler..
I couldn’t have been more excited to wake up at 3:30 a.m. to catch a 6 a.m. flight that would land me,..
I’ve been thinking about what it means to live in intentional community. The congregation I serve strives to engage the community. We..
The dawn light was emerging at a wildlife refuge in the panhandle of Florida. The air was cool, and alligators lounged in..
It happens every time I talk to a call center in the U.S. At some point the weary, remote-working call center employee..
When he was a boy, Leonard Jackson caught the school bus every day next to the old cemetery at First Presbyterian Church..
Guest Outlook blog by Katy Shevel Each Wednesday morning, I make a piping mug of tea, click a Zoom link and..
When I was a child, our Sunday school was large enough to have six separate classes for children in the primary grades:..
Guest commentary by Susan Presley In many parts of the United States, life is returning to some semblance of normalcy. The CDC..
Self-control! It sounds so very Presbyterian, doesn’t it? This is the final fruit of the Spirit listed by Paul in Galatians 5:23...
Interview by Jay Blossom In more than 20 years as a hospital chaplain, Beth McKee has ministered to people in many stages..
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