James S. Evinger reviewed the proposed changes to the Rules of Discipline, which will be presented at the 225th General Assembly, and found that something important was missing: an explicit reference to "truth."
A poem by Karie Charlton.
Maggie Alsup, the chaplain at Lyon College, shares what she learns from college students as they celebrate Earth Day each year.
First Presbyterian Church and other churches in Waukon, Iowa, respond to global hunger.
Inspired by Austen Hartke’s Transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians
Roy Howard shares some of God's creatures found on the Galápagos Islands.
White Christians in the U.S., let this be a call not to contemplation but to action.
An op-ed by Kerri Allen and Lindley DeGarmo, the chair and vice-chair of the Mission Responsibility through Investment Committee, about the committee's role in a multipronged strategy to halt the impact of climate change.
Easter 7c Acts 16:16–34 We sang it yesterday with gusto; The old timers love it— and the new ones will; What, do..
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Most pastors were trained to be prophetic by tenured seminary professors who have typically never led congregational transformation. Graham Standish believes the Bible offers us a much better example of ministry in Acts: the apostolic model.
The Gospels record that Jesus chooses when he makes himself known after his resurrection. He is perceived as a gardener or a..
On May 1, 1969, our venerable Presbyterian saint Mr. Fred Rogers sat before Congress to plead his case for funding for children’s programming on television.
Jim Slaughter, a certified professional parliamentarian, offers some tips on using Robert's Rules of Order.
An abundance of horizon draws our gaze, delineates our days here at our rock-fast retirement center at the shore. Well-seasoned eyes seem..
This year’s General Assembly presents an unprecedented opportunity for commissioners to take decisive action that can benefit God’s creation and all of God’s children.
I taught my first confirmation class in 1987. Twenty-five eighth graders explored the Apostles' Creed for nine months! On Pentecost 1988, all..
Recently, we published an article by Joshua P. Kerr about how, after two years of pandemic leadership, he is struggling to find his..
In my first year of ordained ministry, a long-time member I served didn't like me. I never figured out exactly what the..
When I imagine my anger, I imagine myself in fatigues, right hand snapped to attention. As I stand there, knees slightly bent,..
I will never forget the emotional weight of suspending worship services and shutting down our church building when COVID came to Oklahoma...
“I’m not some crazy angry person,” I said through tears as the urgent care nurse stitched up the wounds on my hand.
One can have perfect vision and fail to see what really matters. Sometimes it seems as though it takes a miracle to see all the way to the heart of things. That's what we see on the road to Emmaus, writes Ronald Byars.
Those head bindings rolled and laid aside in a separate place, the way the sympathetic gardener gently calls her by her name,..
Eliza C. Jaremko looks at Mary the Mother of God and Mary the sister of Martha in the resurrection narrative.
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