"I know my experience at the Eras Tour made me a better pastor," writes Hannah Lovaglio.
America’s at an impasse in the gun legislation debate. What if churches led the way through honest curiosity, Eliza C. Jaremko wonders?
"Let's begin again," writes Courtney LeBlanc.
In the PC(USA), there’s a lot of focus on pastor burnout — and rightly so. But lay leaders are also facing exhaustion, and we need to care for them, writes Phillip Blackburn.
As a millennial and former youth ministry worker, Eric Nolin is no stranger to a world where school shootings happen. There's much to be done, but perhaps one place to start is with a kind word.
What the wildfires in Canada have reminded Aaron Neff about the power of listening.
"At 8:16 a.m. the quiet of the office/ broke, the first shot/ cracking the air..." — Courtney LeBlanc remembers the 2013 Navy Yard Shooting.
Pastor and New Yorker Cheni Khonje evaluates the comparison between Daniel Penny, who choked Jordan Neely to death on the New York City subway, and the good Samaritan in Luke 10.
A poem by Scott Barton on Matthew 10:40–42.
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church honored the life of Betsey Jackson, one of its 26 original members in 1808, by renaming their boardroom and commissioning a portrait.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman pens an ode to a grandfather and all that he passed on — from cookie salads to baseball to a prayer.
In an excerpt from Little Big Moments, Andrew Taylor-Troutman reflects on the best dad gift.
Every pastor deserves someone who loves them and their church equally, someone who can help them navigate the challenges of ministry and avoid aimless drifting. — Matthew Skolnik
With an influx of Christian immigrants from the global South coming to America, some writers forecast a more conservative American Christianity. Katherine Pater looks at statistics and Acts 8 to argue an inclusive future is possible.
What can poetry accomplish?
Karie Charlton offers three words of advice to churches charting a new path.
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.”
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