I have often wondered if, in the two days following Christ’s crucifixion, Peter and James and John – the three whom Jesus..
As I finish my Clinical Pastoral Education residency, I've been working as a pulpit supply preacher for Park View Christian Church, a..
As moderator of the 221st General Assembly of the PC(USA), I am having the remarkable privilege of traveling the country and meeting..
The children’s time is the hardest part of worship. I stress about making that message meaningful far more than I worry about..
Of all of the mythical ways to grow a church (Start a contemporary worship service! Call a pastor with a young family!..
Guest commentary from Todd McCoy Perhaps many of you have been pondering the same question I have: “Given the ongoing polarization of..
I was at a presbytery meeting recently, and, because all of our options for childcare fell through, I brought my 10-year-old son..
In 1 Corinthians 8, Paul urges the church to take care lest their liberty (the liberty to eat food offered to idols..
For a long time I didn’t think I was a very creative person because most of the creative people I knew were..
“How big of a cardboard tree could you make for VBS this year?” I love questions like this! As a pastor, creative-type..
A guest blog by Melissa DeRosia and Shannon Meacham Shannon: It was November 2010 when I stood in the pulpit of..
I recalled these familiar words from “Kung Fu Panda” as I was touring the facility of a church pastored by a colleague in a..
In a small house in Portsmouth, Virginia, we sat next to her as she lay in a hospital bed in her dining..
I would love this to be one of those articles whose title is a misnomer – an article that claims it is..
Nothing brings me more joy than to transform the sanctuary into the new, exciting location in which our VBS will take place…..
This may be one of the more inflammatory things I’ve said in awhile: I listen to Christmas music in July. In recent..
When I got out of the car and headed for the welcome picnic, ladies were not setting food out on folding tables..
I recently returned to work after nearly seven months on a medical leave of absence. One of my ponderings, as I’ve reentered..
The hope in this ministry is to view the college as a ‘mission field.’ • It’s not about getting PEOPLE to fill..
Last week, I was present for my thirtieth death at my hospital since I began my Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) residency. While..
GUEST COMMENTARY I was a member of the Middle East Issues Committee of this summer’s General Assembly. Though we had inadequate time..
A friend, recently installed as a deacon at our church, reflected with me how many times my name, as associate pastor of..
Yesterday I shared six “can’t miss” tips for seminary graduates looking to burn very quickly through their first calls. You can read..
GUEST COMMENTARY “In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.”..
As 2014 seminary graduates enter their first months of professional ministry, I offer these “can’t miss” tips to minimize the length of..
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