I’VE BEEN THINKING … about the word reconcile, especially the way St. Paul uses it in his letter to the Romans: “..
by Brandon Due I wish that I could say I planned for a career in older adult ministry because it would have..
When I talk with younger clergy, they frequently ask me: “Is your generation ever going to retire?” The frustration in the questioners..
Just what makes that little old ant Think he'll move that rubber tree plant Anyone knows an ant, can't Move a rubber..
A couple weeks ago, I reflected to a friend, "I am so sick of being sick!" Though much, much better than a..
It’s been a wild year for news in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — including a General Assembly with fewer evangelicals but lots..
“So, are you married?” It's a question I am often asked. And while this is a common question many receive regardless of..
How well does your church communicate with members and people in your community? One of the most important public faces of who..
It seems that everywhere you look these days the old is passing away. For some of us, it undoubtedly has to do..
Many factors determine a congregation's health – from quality of leadership to clarity of mission to location to financial strength. No factor,..
The Spanish verb esperar means both waiting and hoping, two key words in this Advent season. When I am in our second..
Well met, bright death! My search is at its end, these lingering years of pacing the tight streets and crooked alleyways, limping..
Since you never know just when, and where and how it might be manifest. Watch children and the rich in years, those..
by Robert Johnson Even if Christmas in the U.S. in stressful, we all still pretty much know the drill. Wacky sweaters, iced..
There had to be a star involved, stars have ever had that two-edged tendency toward portending, if given half a chance. Last..
Psalm 130 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the..
Let's at least go through the motions, lighting candles, folding open paper windows, hanging greens and singing songs of ancient expectation in..
“For nearly one thousand five hundred years Christians have spent the days of Advent not in passive inaction, but in activities strenuous..
EAST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – Though La Canada and East Hollywood are only 15 miles from each other geographically the two communities are,..
That’s what I’m asking for this year. That’s how I’m responding to my spouse, siblings, kids and grandkids too who, once again,..
‘Twas two weeks before Christmas and all through the land, churches are caught up in the season — the celebrations are grand...
On Mondays each week I volunteer at a 24-hour skilled nursing facility that my congregation helped start for AIDS/HIV patients. Not a..
AT THE VERY LEAST WE FELT a sense of responsibility … maybe even God’s call. As I wrapped up an interim, my..
We bring them out again, these relics of a score of Advents Past, unwind with reverent gentleness the yellowed tissue bindings, and..
by Fritz Ritsch Recent events in the Middle East have torn at many Presbyterians’ hearts. Threats to both Israelis and Palestinians are real,..
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