Guest commentary by Dave Coles According to Wikipedia (you know, the source of all knowledge and wisdom), “Go big or go home!”..
Somewhere along the line, we learned to stop asking questions we couldn’t answer. For example, when’s the last time you asked: Where..
Asian physician Battles virus at clinic Battles hate on street — John Okamoto John Okamoto, a member of Japanese Presbyterian Church is..
As I was growing up in Richmond, Virginia, my universe largely consisted of the five miles between my private school and my..
“God’s love never dies.” These words were spoken by a church elder, to fellow elders, in a time of crisis. The context..
One of the things I appreciate (and wrestle with, depending on the day) about Reformed theology is its view of sin and..
The last two hours of the 2020 General Assembly tell a story of their own – a story about the nature of..
The Special Commission on Racism, Truth & Reconciliation was birthed at the 222nd General Assembly in Portland, Oregon, in 2016. It was..
This summer we have instituted the Friday Funday breakfast picnic. Typical summers, my daughter and I are both off on Friday and..
No one suffers the same way during any particular point in human history, including a global pandemic. People of color continue to..
“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion.” Oddly, perhaps, in the church..
I left the 224th General Assembly questioning if our polity works in our fast-paced world. I wondered if assuming commissioners’ knowledge about..
After 28 years of ministry (including 20 in my current context), I asked for and received permission from the session to take..
A CNN report in May pointed out a significant but sad statistic: “In California, Latinos represent 70% of all coronavirus related deaths..
As of three weeks ago, the church I pastor is now holding weekly outdoor worship in our parking lot! When the congregation’s..
Someday the extreme dislocations of COVID-19 will end. The question being asked throughout American society, economy and politics is: What then? What..
At the end of this month, I will turn 40 years old. It feels like such a cliché to be troubled by..
Pastors typically experience tensions between what they see as their biblical role and the role imposed on them as leader of a..
Being a Virginian never mattered to me as much as it did when I moved to Kentucky. As of the day of..
I. Two by two they walked from the ends of the earth strung together like beads destined for the..
COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter protests have clarified that the calling of my small Presbyterian Church-related college goes beyond the classroom...
The last time I met with my spiritual director, we talked about how you often hold onto a book until you are..
We’ve asked several people to give us their plans for reading during the summer of 2020. Our hope was to give Outlook..
I recently finished reading M. Craig Barnes’ book “Diary of a Pastor’s Soul: The Holy Moments in a Life of Ministry.” Utilizing..
Guest commentary by Brad Clayton I am truly grateful that I had the opportunity to serve as a commissioner to the 224th..
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