by Carlton Johnson “Ready For Love” is a beautiful melody from India.Arie’s 2001 debut album “Acoustic Soul.” Her lyrics counter the popular..
by Hillary Leslie Liminality in faith is known as an in-between moment experiencing a “thin place,” or a hallowed space and..
A funny thing happened when I sat down recently to do a little word study on “joy” and its occurrences in the..
Guest commentary by Cynthia F. Burse Black History Month 2017 has been particularly interesting. Vice-president Mike Pence commemorated the occasion by paying..
Guest blog by Jeffrey A. Schooley Editor’s note: This month we invited our bloggers to share their experiences of welcome and hospitality..
The Latina/Latino or Latinx people are a very complex people! Friends, in order to talk about worship and praise, we must first..
Editor’s note: This month we invited our bloggers to share their experiences of welcome and hospitality in the church. Here are their..
In the fall of 2003, I was called to serve as pastor of Ravenswood Presbyterian Church in Chicago, a bilingual and..
Editor’s note: This month we invited our bloggers to share their experiences of welcome and hospitality in the church. Here are their..
Walking with your congregation through Lent can feel slightly less marketable than welcoming them to an Advent study. There are fewer..
Editor’s note: This month we invited our bloggers to share their experiences of welcome and hospitality in the church. Here are their..
Guest commentary by Christopher H. Edmonston and J. Patrick Edmonston Started several years ago, Faith in 3D is a collaborative youth conference..
For well over a year, the Synod of the Southwest (with presbyteries in Arizona and New Mexico) has been seeking ways..
When I ask myself, “Where has God been at work in my life,” I tend to think about individual experiences..
by Fernando Rodríguez I was the youngest of four in my house and am at least 10 years younger than all three..
Guest commentary by Shawn Hyska “If you can see yourself doing something else and being happy at it, you should not enter..
“Maria” and “Ernesto,” along with their two children, migrated to the United States from Mexico in the early 2000s. They made..
Amidst all that surrounds New Year’s resolutions – hope, turning over a new leaf and unbridled optimism – there is a lot..
Let’s start with fact that ignorance is unavoidable. Like sin, we can never escape the reality of our finitude. There will always..
Several of my colleagues attended a conference where the overarching theme was something like, “Make Sunday Matter on Monday.” The claim was..
As I write these words on the second Sunday of Advent, 2016 (that annus horribilis) is winding down, and I’m thinking about..
Sunday morning is a non-starter for most young singles and young families. So how about Wednesday evening? I asked my 36-year-old..
Guest commentary by Michael Parker As our 45th president is about to be inaugurated, following the most contentious and ill-mannered presidential election..
Guest Outpost blog by Andrew Davis I once thought that spiritual practices were supposed to be either word based or “embodied,” but somehow..
One of my most memorable stewardship ministry meetings came about because of what was said at the beginning of the meeting. For..
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