An op-ed by Kerri Allen and Lindley DeGarmo, the chair and vice-chair of the Mission Responsibility through Investment Committee, about the committee's role in a multipronged strategy to halt the impact of climate change.
A letter from the Presbyterian Outlook team.
Easter 7c Acts 16:16–34 We sang it yesterday with gusto; The old timers love it— and the new ones will; What, do..
In adrienne maree brown’s futuristic short story “the river,” a Detroit girl makes extra money by taking passengers on boat tours.
Activist, artist, and public theologian Tricia Hersey looks at the radical biblical instruction to rest and how claiming it can be a form of resistance.
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“I am so glad you are Black.” That was Rev. Shanea Leonard’s response after joining the Zoom meeting and seeing my face.
"'There is always ‘a before’ that makes a beginning possible.' This afternoon, I charge you to re-member by recalling the “before” that makes this day possible."
We call on your protection — from spaces that do not always apprehend the image of God in us, from systems that do not uphold our dignity.
Trust Black Women. Builders of cities and nations. Women from ancient of days. Queens — Nzinga, Nefertiti, Sheba, and Cleopatra.
Most pastors were trained to be prophetic by tenured seminary professors who have typically never led congregational transformation. Graham Standish believes the Bible offers us a much better example of ministry in Acts: the apostolic model.
The Gospels record that Jesus chooses when he makes himself known after his resurrection. He is perceived as a gardener or a..
On May 1, 1969, our venerable Presbyterian saint Mr. Fred Rogers sat before Congress to plead his case for funding for children’s programming on television.
What does it mean to have a savior with scars, wonders Gail Henderson-Belsito.
What would it mean to let the pre-COVID ministry die, wonders Elizabeth Hakken Candido?
Laurie Ann Kraus, director of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, connects the resurrection story to the work of disaster relief and living in a world where both suffering and hope are real.
The woman in the bed was pale. Not just her ashen skin but her presence, her being, seemed translucent. As we approached the bed, her eyes opened to reveal the child she had been once, expectant but uncomprehending.
Debates over masks, vaccines and critical race theory have escalated. Brawls are breaking out on airplanes. In my small town’s rural district,..
Trusting Black women requires a new kind of faith.
In 1974, Katie Geneva Cannon was the first Black woman to be ordained as a minister of Word and Sacrament in the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, an antecedent denomination of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
“Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.” — Jesus of Nazareth The sparrows keep their vigil without regard..
I come from a family of hard-working, God-fearing women. Several of my grandmother’s sisters were domestic workers — daytime housekeepers and caregivers..
Jim Slaughter, a certified professional parliamentarian, offers some tips on using Robert's Rules of Order.
"Words matter. Who gets to speak matters."
An abundance of horizon draws our gaze, delineates our days here at our rock-fast retirement center at the shore. Well-seasoned eyes seem..
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