What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase “watering hole”? For me, the quintessential watering hole that captures my heart..
by Ken Evers-Hood It started with four quarters. Every Friday night when I was a boy growing up in the 80s, I would..
This summer our family vacation was also a family road trip. We spent time in the western United States culminating with a..
by Dan Hotchkiss A famous sign on Harry Truman’s desk declared: The buck stops here. “The president — whoever he is,” Truman explained,..
“Where have all the leaders gone?” This is the title of a chapter in Leah Gunning Francis’ book, “Ferguson & Faith.” Francis..
The church is obsessed with the idea of leadership. I think we have learned it from the culture around us, which..
Presbyterians don’t really do snake-handling outside of a property committee accident, and most of us aren’t quite sure about speaking in..
by Christopher Edmonston Long before I started studying theology I had been exposed to the notion of the priesthood of all..
Guest commentary by Donald McKim Tucked in the midst of Psalm 50 is verse 15: Call on me in the day of..
by Laura Jervis, Dave Mammen and Nancy Muirhead An estimated 5 million Syrians have fled their country since civil war erupted over..
When I was doing my summer of Clinical Pastoral Education (that’s a chaplaincy internship with a lot of group processing and..
by Laurie Kraus (with Susan Krehbiel and Teresa Waggener) The world is the midst of the greatest refugee crisis since World War..
Story and photos by Derek Macleod None is too many “None is too many.” That was the chilling (though, in the 1930s,..
Guest Outpost blog by Alex Becker I am invisible. It’s not something I regularly tell people, largely because if I told..
This issue was supposed to be our annual stewardship issue, the 32 or so pages devoted to the nuts and bolts of..
Over the last 10 years, educators and armchair psychologists have focused on the mindset required for success. Carol Dweck, in her..
Like many pastors, I have a difficult time taking time off and truly disconnecting. I take all of my vacation time..
Still on Eastern time, I awoke in Portland, Oregon, hours before most of the city’s inhabitants. I took advantage of a few..
At this critical moment in the life of our denomination, especially following the 222nd meeting of the General Assembly, it..
by Adela Hasic In the early 90s, as the Bosnian civil war erupted, my entire life was flipped upside down. At 6..
by Gary Neal Hansen I’ve been baking my family’s bread for quite a while now. It is mostly self-serving: home-baked bread is..
Guest commentary by David Moe If I were asked to choose one of my favorite Bible verses, I would choose Psalm 85:10b,..
Our church was having one of many conversations about Christian education. Parents were gathered in the Fellowship Hall, eating sandwiches and..
Recognizing that some people of faith want to learn more about racism, white privilege and systemic injustice, some Presbyterians and others..
by John Reiter “I thought refried beans only came from a can,” the volunteer chuckled, while scribbling down the recipe for homemade..
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