Today, I sat in the critical care unit and held my friend Juanita’s hand as her family made decisions about whether to..
My other job – besides minister – is teaching math to high-schoolers. As the last school year drew to a close, a..
Everywhere I have lived, I’ve heard similar sentiments about where people want to bring their kids to church. Nearly every parent I..
Start date: August 26, 2019 Location: Lexington, Kentucky Observations: The past three weeks (only three?) have been a whirlwind. On a Friday..
Guest commentary by Amy Cerniglia This summer at the Presbyterian Association of Musician’s Music and Worship Conference at Montreat, I enjoyed participating..
I am bivocational, so 30 hours a week I teach math to high-schoolers. Whenever they make a silly math error – the..
Guest commentary by William McConnell About two years ago, I went to the dark side. I succumbed to the temptation..
ISO a hunk of Styrofoam headed to the landfill. My Wednesday started with this post to a neighborhood message board – in..
Each year as I plan my continuing education, I look for diverse opportunities to learn and grow as a pastor. I have..
I need periods of deep breathing, long runs, silence, crisp air, fallow soil beneath my feet, fresh thoughts, giant trees and..
God is love (1 John 4:16). The Bible says "God is love,” meaning love is God’s essence. God does not only “possess”..
This week we asked our bloggers to consider their experience of alcohol and church. Here are their reflections. Boxed wine gets a..
This week we asked our bloggers to consider their experience of alcohol and church. Here are their reflections. Beer is not my..
This week we asked our bloggers to consider their experience of alcohol and church. Here are their reflections. With her typical wry..
Guest commentary by Kim Douglass Marin When my grandfather accepted a new call 75 years ago, the goodbyes and welcomes were private...
When I was in seminary, I developed a life-threatening airborne food allergy to peanuts and tree nuts. For the first four years..
Pastors often talk about the value of colleagues. Those folks listen to our concerns, share ideas and help guide us when we..
I graduated from seminary a few weekends ago. It was an amazing day: a fitting culmination of countless written words, late nights,..
I sat in the publisher’s brightly-lit office, fidgeting with my hands. First, I drummed my fingertips on the armrests of my chair...
I called faith a gold-trimmed Gospel, a half-note suspension resolved in hymnic harmony, rehearsed prayers punctuated with perfect gasps and laughter, old..
I recently attended the PC(USA) Transitional Ministry Conference at the Zephyr Point Conference Center in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The conference itself was..
Guest commentary by Paul Watermulder “And a little child shall lead them,” we read in Scripture. Or in the words of Jesus..
“If God would stop telling jokes, I might act serious.” – Tukaram (Muslim poet) “My Lord told me a joke And seeing..
Guest commentary by Jody Mask As I write this, people all over America are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first steps taken..
Guest commentary by Liz Rasley The new live-action movie “Aladdin” isn’t a new story at all. It’s an old story (even older..
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