Guest post from Eric Peltz For last Thursday’s session meeting, we read a piece by Lyle Schaller on family-sized congregations. Every month..
I am paddling my way through a long book. “Far From the Tree” by Andrew Solomon explores identity by studying families where..
The eyes of the world have turned away from Baltimore. The forest of microphones, lights and cameras that grew up in front..
There’s a story we often tell in my congregation (Second Church of Kansas City, Missouri) about our founding 150 years ago this..
ABOVE THE DESK IN MY STUDY I have the advice modern mystic Annie Dillard gives to those who ask her about her..
Guest commentary by John Welch Lauren Silverman, a reporter for NPR, released a story titled “Problems with your boss? Try a chat..
by Lauren Schneider and Tom Pardo Lake View Presbyterian Church In January 2012, I first entered the distinctive yet unassuming red-shingled building..
PRESBYTERIAN-RELATED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (B) Baccalaureate service (C) Commencement Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, Ga. B: Fri., May 15, 4:30 p.m. C: Sat.,..
Guest Outpost blog by Dawn Martin Hyde “The Baltimore Orioles will play the Chicago White Sox in an empty stadium, the first..
Some students arrive at college focused and sure of what they want to do: a platoon of future pharmacists, engineers, teachers and..
CHICAGO – Think of NEXT Church 2015 like a popcorn machine of ideas: creativity popping up, energy swirling through the air, the bowl..
“The young people are the future of the church!” I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard this phrase. It’s said..
This month we asked our bloggers what they wish they’d known as they graduated seminary and began their ministry. Here are their..
This month we asked our bloggers what they wish they’d known as they graduated seminary and began their ministry. Here are their..
by Ken Fuquay This year, after seven long years of “crag-climbing,” I will graduate from Union Presbyterian Seminary. Two framed diplomas with..
This month we asked our bloggers what they wish they’d known as they graduated seminary and began their ministry. Here are their..
by Susan Fox and Lynn McClintock To commemorate the bicentennial of Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2012, students, staff, trustees, professors and community leaders..
This month we asked our bloggers what they wish they’d known as they graduated seminary and began their ministry. Here are their..
A commencement is a beginning, and like all beginnings, it is combined with an ending. This season of gowns and tassels brings with..
This month we asked our bloggers what they wish they’d known as they graduated seminary and began their ministry. Here are their..
NOT LONG AGO MY HUSBAND AND I ACQUIRED a little boat — a 1973 Swedish-built 25-foot fiberglass troller that has a reputation..
A few years ago it was popular to urge church leaders to “think outside the box” in their long-range plans for ministry...
This week we asked our bloggers to share a liturgy they’ve crafted. Is it possible to just write liturgy for a living?..
This week we asked our bloggers to share a liturgy they’ve crafted. In our annual service of healing and wholeness, we’ve started..
I had a stark revelation in February as I drove across the Mojave Desert on day three of “Fresh Day on the..
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