Tori Smit, president of the Association of Partners in Christian Education (APCE), calls for commissioners to approve CF-01 to re-introduce new Reformed curriculum options.
The current beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake causes Chris Burton to reflect the spiritual practice of rebuking.
“We hope that GA commissioners will recognize that their task is to enrich the whole church, and not just those they agree with.”
Brian Ellison calls for inclusive leadership in the PC(USA) and support of the Olympia overture.
Daniel Herron, one of the advocates who brought the Olympia overture forward, shares his perspective on why this "Book of Order" amendment is important.
Jack Haberer remembers a past PC(USA) polity decision that resulted in a massive exodus. What can we learn from our past, he asks?
A group of liberal, evangelical, conservative, centrist Presbyterians critiques POL-01’s second point, which will alienate conservatives and evangelicals, they say.
When there is so much division and strife in our day-to-day, we need something more than radical hospitality to bind us. We need what I call belligerent hospitality, writes Maggie Alsup.
Scott Barton writes about worshiping in a different context: "Everything understood,/Though no words known to me."
Karie Charlton finds new depths to hospitality during a silent retreat.
If the Eras Tour is a festival of friendship, then Taylor’s new album is a gateway to restorative community, writes Hannah Lovaglio.
Nadine Ellsworth-Moran visited Berlin in 1990. Her host, a friend of a friend of a friend, taught her about the tenuous ties that bind us — and the gift of radical hospitality.
Artificial intelligence reflects our imperfections, but that is not the whole story, writes Katy Shevel.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman reflects on the care, life and grief he witnessed as the life of a parishioner came to an end.
Psychologist and theologian Chanequa Walker-Barnes encounters her tenth grade self in Beyoncé’s latest album, "Cowboy Carter."
Alan Olson called Amazon customer service expecting to pour out his righteous anger. Instead, he encountered an employee who taught him about grace.
The recently amended "Book of Order" mandates privacy protection for accused abusers, even when a case involves minors or adults who lack mental capacity. There’s a group wanting to change this, writes James S. Evinger.
Former President Trump's promotion of the "God Bless the USA Bible" desecrates the sacred in the name of profit and politics, writes Emery J. Cummins.
If worship is meant to be a 'work of the people,' how can we welcome everyone, including those who disrupt our expectations? — Rebecca Gresham
Michael Parker recalls the life of missionary and New Testament scholar Kenneth Bailey, who depicted Jesus as a “metaphorical theologian.”
The great ecological flood of global warming is sweeping life away, writes Raymond R. Roberts, but we are not without options or hope.
Ashley Brown shares how members of St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church’s dementia group minister through art.
Presbyterians sometimes describe themselves as "people of the middle way." What does this look like in a world of AI, Eliza Jaremko asks?
Laura Strauss offers three tips for churches that need help making ends meet.
Podcasting pastor Amy Meyer shares seven tips for anyone interested in producing their own podcast.
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