Lent is an odd time of rapid growth. It’s like the strident, awkward middle school years of the soul, except that it..
Thank God for Holy Week. To hear the common rhetoric of apostasy accusers, Jesus’ life is as endangered in today’s Presbyterian Church..
The congregation I serve is currently restructuring its session committees. After several years of a wide number of groups, faithful and focused..
My congregation affords me two weeks of paid study leave (i.e., continuing education). I decided to use a portion of this year’s..
By Julie Maclemore Wells For many years Presbyterians in the United States have been concerned about the struggles that often define life..
Yesterday I went on a pastoral visit to two of my longest tenured church members, a couple who joined the church in..
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES OF ART is a bronze sculpture in my office — the gift of a well-known sculptor in..
People of faith often use metaphors related to eyesight. We’ve seen the light. We get the gift of new eyes. We see..
After two rejections, presbytery looked inward — and found a candidate who sensed God’s call. When Ruth Santana-Grace looked across the room..
by Rocky Supinger A colloquium is a buttoned-up thing. Professors in blazers present scholarly papers to a small audience that takes hand-written..
Over 600 Christians of more than 20 nationalities traveled to the West Bank city of Bethlehem last week to participate in the..
Those five words, expressed on April 14, 1970, by moon-circling astronauts, mobilized the folks back home at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Due..
Stuck in the pages of my Bible — next to the flyleaf, crumpled amongst the Psalms, slipped in between maps of Paul’s..
Carol Howard Merritt wrote a beautiful piece a few weeks ago about the great things about being a pastor. It got me..
That neighborhood church you visited that just had too many people your grandparents’ age—I know they were overly eager to meet you...
Since many churches are constantly searching for ways to attract new members and an increasing number of Americans are claiming to be..
I got a whole new look at my neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan the other day. It was around 4 p.m...
Shortly after the last presidential election in 2012, I asked some friends if they could remember the campaign slogans for the two..
In early February, twelve young Presbyterian pastors from all over the nation gathered around a table to discuss the future of the..
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – In an era of rapid change in the ways and means of making disciples, one thing has remained constant:..
I recently read an article about pioneers and settlers in a church setting. There are those who come looking for a good,..
Lent is a season in which some Christian traditions (including many of my Presbyterian brothers and sisters) practice fasting. We "give up"..
BLOOMINGTON, IND. – On Fat Tuesday, folks from the House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver go to the bars to..
TO BE HONEST, SOMETIMES WHEN I hear the word “sin” I flinch. You’d think I’d get used to it after nearly 45..
My memories of the first time I taught a weeklong seminar at Ghost Ranch about getting from pain to hope through writing..
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