I graduated from seminary a few weekends ago. It was an amazing day: a fitting culmination of countless written words, late nights,..
“Sunday school books were made for black people, but the black church doesn’t like books.” A decade has passed, but I remember..
Speaking at the March on Washington in August 1963, Eugene Carson Blake, stated clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A...
I sat in the publisher’s brightly-lit office, fidgeting with my hands. First, I drummed my fingertips on the armrests of my chair...
“I am owned by the blood of all of them Who ever were owned by my blood. We cannot be free of..
“What do we do now?” That’s the refrain I hear after I speak or preach or teach about the long history and..
I called faith a gold-trimmed Gospel, a half-note suspension resolved in hymnic harmony, rehearsed prayers punctuated with perfect gasps and laughter, old..
This past weekend, as I write these words at the beginning of June, a large collection of influential evangelical pastors and leaders..
I recently attended the PC(USA) Transitional Ministry Conference at the Zephyr Point Conference Center in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The conference itself was..
Krislund Camp and Conference Center is settled in the rural northern stretch of the Appalachian Mountains in central Pennsylvania. Like many faith-based..
Guest commentary by Paul Watermulder “And a little child shall lead them,” we read in Scripture. Or in the words of Jesus..
We tell our stories slant. And this story is personal. My grandpa Del was a magical storyteller. A journalist for the Associated..
“If God would stop telling jokes, I might act serious.” – Tukaram (Muslim poet) “My Lord told me a joke And seeing..
What’s on your summer reading list? A novel? A heavy-duty work of nonfiction you’ve been wanting to dig into, but have not..
Guest commentary by Jody Mask As I write this, people all over America are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first steps taken..
Jen came on board as our art designer in 2017. While technically not part of the staff (she’s a contractor), Jen is..
Guest commentary by Liz Rasley The new live-action movie “Aladdin” isn’t a new story at all. It’s an old story (even older..
When I was a kid, reading was my hobby. Other kids played soccer or did gymnastics or participated in Scouts. While I..
As a father of a 4-year-old son and a pastor of a church, I have a particular concern and care for the..
Guest commentary by Heidi Shott The deep, enduring friendship between the people of Grace Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Virginia, and St. Philip’s..
My spouse owns a T-shirt that sparks jealousy. Procured from the New York Public Library, it asks in bold, block letters: “What..
Any experienced wedding-goer knows what to expect. After the preliminaries are over, it’s time for the preacher to inch forward. Time to..
“Pastoral carers open up space to allow people to consider the overlap between their everyday life and what they believe and experience about..
Nothing happens in this room. That is why we come. Pews have ceased to creak beneath their burden. Elders summing up..
In May of this year Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, published “An Antiracist..
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