America’s caught in a cycle of fear and violence when it comes to guns, writes Elana Keppel Levy. Christians have an opportunity to pave a new way forward.
Too often, churches find that their crumbling buildings are standing in the way of their ministry. Where is God at work in this, Eliza Jaremko wonders?
The PC(USA) may be following in the footsteps of the once-popular department store, writes N. Graham Standish, but not if we think like entrepreneurs.
A poem by Scott Barton on Genesis 1:1–2:4a.
Rebecca Gresham reflects on what she’s learned as the mother of a camper and a volunteer camp chaplain.
Where have you seen God recently?
The church’s potential to reach the younger generations depends on our ability to prioritize relational ministry over programmatic ministry, writes Aaron Neff.
Phillip Blackburn encourages the PC(USA) to remember the vulnerable outside of the city — and for Presbyterians in rural areas to utilize the gift of community.
Maggie Alsup wonders if we should resist the urge to “go back to normal.”
The PC(USA)’s financial support system for pastors was built in the 1980s and doesn’t meet the church’s current needs and challenges, writes Board of Pension’s president Frank Spencer. We can change this if we adapt our understanding of church.
Episcopalian Jay Blossom wrestles with the holy symbols and contradictions displayed at the coronation of King Charles this past Saturday.
"I'm making you go through this because I went through it." What if we left this way of thinking behind to follow Jesus, Eric Barreto and Willie James Jennings ask?
How do we reckon with the systems that formed us? How do we move forward? Eric D. Barreto and Willie James Jennings discuss.
Attorney and professional parliamentarian Jim Slaughter shares a brief history of Robert's Rules of Order.
Why Eric Barreto tells his Greek students to never say, "In the Greek, it says..." while preaching.
Sometimes, you won’t belong, writes recent seminary student Ashley Brown. And that’s ok.
How can we imagine theological education beyond the false goals of possession, mastery and control? Eric D. Barreto and Willie James Jennings offer their thoughts.
If clergy help to create a space of belonging for others, where do we find belonging ourselves, wonders Karie Charlton?
What one late friend taught Aaron Neff about belonging.
Margaret Alsup remembers the lessons she learned as a child in church.
In this poem, Barbara Wood Gray shares who she experiences God to be.
Rebecca Gresham remembers her time at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the belonging she felt as a student, young mother and resident.
A child wearing brown loafers and no socks (just like his father), reading a Bible in Sunday worship (just like his father) — What can this boy teach us about belonging?
"Missional confirmation inspires a missional identity and commissions young people to a missional way of life," writes Mark D. Hinds.
“Even in a room full of exhaustion, there is hope.” Shani McIlwain shares her experience at the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership’s spring conference.
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