As a newly-ordained elder at Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, I am truly excited to begin my journey serving Christ during a..
One of family systems theory’s most helpful concepts and practices is “reframing.” I love this concept because it is so elegantly simple..
Why are churches leaving the PC(USA)? Some leaders of exiting churches with whom I have relationships have said that the PC(USA) no..
My most beloved possession in early elementary school was not a stuffed animal, or a security blanket, or a favorite toy. It..
Guest commentary by Donna Holmes, with contributions from Dee Anderson, Jake Brandt and Bob Patton August 9, 2017, marked Habitat for Humanity’s..
Recently I hit a wave of nostalgia and went shopping. Lo and behold, on Amazon.com one can purchase the 1989 version of..
I am routinely surprised at how we Christians in the United States struggle to enjoy Scripture in comparison with how easily we..
A little less than a month ago, I experienced my first catastrophic flood. Flooding is a normal thing in Houston, where I..
The premise is this: With a surge of retirements approaching, and fewer people going to seminary, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is..
“I can’t believe he said he was lucky.” My 16-year-old is processing our cab driver’s story. Wasim is a native of Libya..
Baltimore Presbytery’s journey through Scripture started with four Presbyterian pastors sharing these very challenges we heard from our members. Two..
My friend, a retired Lutheran pastor, confessed in a sermon that he was a believer on Sunday, but by Thursday nearly an..
In the early 1980s, one of our associate pastors detected a need for a Bible study that members, like me, who worked..
“Reading in silence is the source of half the misconceptions that have caused the public to distrust poetry.” — Basil Bunting What..
I’ve been blessed with good health. When I hit a little bump in the road, like tearing a tendon in my right..
Guest commentary by Evelyn Worth McMullen Meet Kendra, a 14-year-old with limited verbal skills who was brought by her caregiver to the..
I have to confess something: I’ve never had a class in youth ministry. I never went to Montreat or Triennium as a..
Throughout recorded history, African people have employed rites-of-passage practices and rituals to distinguish and celebrate the important non-reoccurring stages of the lives..
At 90 years old, Hazel Sparks still remembers how it felt to walk past Nelson Bell’s house and see the light on..
Guest commentary by Adan A. Mairena In the basement of a North Philadelphia Roman Catholic church, there’s a stack of wooden tables,..
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to..
Guest commentary by Cindy Kohlmann Jane and Joe (names have been changed) are standing in front of me, the perfect picture of..
Guest commentary by Nina Simone Each spring, somewhere between the end of the Super Bowl and opening day at the baseball fields,..
Guest commentary by Wendy Neff The announcement on Tuesday to let DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) expire in six months was..
What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see. – Lin-Manuel Miranda (“The World Was Wide..
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