AIDS, homelessness, wars fought at a distance and quickly, famine in far-off countries, marriages, deaths, cocaine addiction and alcoholism, divorce, youth struggling..
My grandfather beat my grandmother every time she went to church. Because every time she went, she tithed and my grandfather..
One readily available opportunity for every congregation to expand and deepen its focus on stewardship development is obvious, but often resisted. And..
Today, about an hour ago as I wrote these words, I confess that I hit the wall. It was the umpteen-millionth spam..
Guest commentary by Sarah Sparks-Franklin “We forgot mints! We should have mints. Proper church ladies have mints at their luncheons.” One of..
My heart is pounding its way up my throat. My hands are sweaty enough that I’m glad we still have communion to..
When I directed the doctor of ministry program at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, we employed Bowen family systems theory in several ways...
As a Korean-American church was about to purchase a new building, its members raised a question about the future of the church...
In the late 19th century, Protestant Christians who sought to engage in foreign mission work carefully observed diplomatic developments in East Asia...
Guest commentary by Carlton Johnson Confession: I have never been to a Korean Presbyterian worship service. Unfortunately, I have never been invited...
In October, I spent two weeks traveling through Lebanon and Syria. The trip was organized by Presbyterian mission worker Elmarie Parker. Our group of..
The first time Mihee Kim-Kort witnessed a female Korean-American pastor preach in the pulpit was in 2008. It was Grace Ji-Sun..
Every year, researchers visit the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia to access our extensive Korea mission collections. Many are individual scholars and..
Fewer and fewer people I encounter have any idea what “Presbyterian” means. When, upon meeting someone, I am asked, “What do you..
Guest commentary by Shelly Wood Last week, I picked my 13-year-old up from a week of church camp at Pyoca, our Presbyterian..
There is a phenomenon in the church world referred to as the “PK.” The initials “PK” traditionally stand for “preacher’s kid,” but..
Eric Barreto, an associate professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, started his Bible study on “differences and diversity in the..
The three in me, was, is, might be, an unholy trinity. Each singularity a crossed humanity factored by duality. The sixfold choices,..
When Beth Garrod-Logsdon, pastor at Wilmore Presbyterian Church in Wilmore, Kentucky, prepared to broach the subject of a sabbatical with the session,..
This year’s Big Tent conference took place in St. Louis and had the theme, “Race, Reconciliation, Reformation.” As I prepared to go,..
Living in New Orleans, the sun has been a welcome and faithful resident, greeting me in the mornings on our balcony as..
My Armenian family owes an enormous debt of gratitude to American Presbyterian mission workers – a debt that goes back to the..
How will you feel if we decide to close? About 45 minutes into the interview for the solo pastor position at Kirk..
The Apostle Paul claims that “our citizenship” as Christians “is in heaven” (Philippians 3:20). I preach on this identity all the time…..
On any given Wednesday night in downtown Casper, Wyoming, a group of once-strangers gathers for a shared meal in a small retail..
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