“Therefore, let it be regarded as a settled principle,” wrote John Calvin, “that the sacraments have the same office as the Word..
Churches like our own are “challenged more strongly by the sacraments than by anything else,” according to J.J. von Allmen, a Swiss..
Sermon-writing day is rough. It’s painful, boring, heart-wrenching, soul-draining, and it makes me whine a lot. Most weeks, I’ll come home one..
Most Sunday mornings after proclaiming the benediction, I walk with the acolyte down the sanctuary’s center aisle.
Within months of graduating from seminary, I was ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament. I remember the first time I..
Lately my prayer has been to be useful: Make me useful, God. Where this plea originates during days overflowing with unending tasks..
Guest commentary by Jordan B. Davis This year, Lent has had a new and beautiful meaning in my life. For the first..
Guest commentary by Joseph D. Small The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was once blessed and/or cursed by an abundance of special interest organizations..
Guest commentary by Jerry Andrews Relationships. Theology. Addressing divisions. These issues were at the forefront of sermons and discussions at the National..
Guest commentary by Harry J. Heintz Amidst all that was happening in the world on February 21, Billy Graham died at age..
Guest commentary by John A. O’Brien Billy Graham, the most prominent Christian preacher of the 20th century and pastor to several United..
IN THE SUMMER OF 2016, WE WENT TO THE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AIRPORT TO MEET A FAMILY AT THE END OF A..
IN 2016 MCGREGOR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, SERVED AS A HOST COMMUNITY FOR A SYRIAN REFUGEE FAMILY. The family of..
David Brooks recently wrote in the New York Times, “The first step in launching our own (national) revival is understanding that the..
Guest commentary by Raymond R. Roberts I had high hopes when the Way Forward Commission was formed. At the time, Heath Rada,..
Guest commentary by Samuel Son The film “Black Panther” opened to record-breaking presales, new-iPhone-release lengthed queues and packed theaters thick with an..
WINTERS IN CENTRAL VERMONT ARE LONG, USUALLY LASTING FROM A FIRST SNOW IN EARLY NOVEMBER THROUGH MUD SEASON (the season people elsewhere..
Maybe you’ve had to explain this part of the Apostles’ Creed before. “Catholic, with the little c, comes from the Greek words..
In a time when every face around every corner seems to be screaming where each of us does or does not belong,..
I attended Catholic school for the first three years of elementary school. I appreciated Mass, even though the wafer and the cup..
As we embark on our Lenten journeys each year, we often think of those journeys as personal and private. We enter into..
When I was in seminary we were taught about three basic kinds of sermons. The first is a Yes sermon. It focuses..
“You are going to disappoint someone this week. Look at your schedule and choose who it will be. And make sure..
Do we need more leaders like Martin Luther? In the 500th anniversary year of Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses, attention was..
I am a little suspicious of people who like church. I grew up in the church, I’m an ordained pastor and..
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