The great jazz musician Thelonious Monk once told one of his sidemen, "You're making all the wrong mistakes!" Monk was known as..
While preaching from the Gospel of Mark, Brian K. Blount, president of Union Presbyterian Seminary, used a word in his sermon to..
Guest commentary by Joshua Musser Gritter Parallels between the biblical narrative and modern film aren’t always easy to come by. Whether it’s..
I am a racist. I serve as a manager of diversity and reconciliation for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and I am a..
Guest commentary by Dave Coles God’s messages in Scripture often turn on just a word or two. Take the story of the..
Guest commentary by Suzanne DeWitt Hall Icons are images that are meant to act as windows through which we look to see..
When I was a young girl, I absolutely loved playing with my Barbie dolls. I loved dressing them and playing out different..
Montreat, North Carolina. A beautiful place. A complicated history. “Presbyterian Disneyland” as my husband called it. All these things were present at..
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..
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