We give thanks for the life and witness of Marj Carpenter. For many years Marj contributed “Presbyterians In Action” and “In This..
Pentecost is one of my favorite celebrations of the church year. There is just something about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit..
For the last few months, my extended family and I have been getting together on twice-weekly Zoom calls. Every Wednesday and Saturday,..
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change… The Serenity Prayer became part of my morning ritual as..
These past few weeks, Langston Hughes’ evocative poem “Let America be America Again” has been shaking me. (Take a moment to read..
A pandemic changed things. It changed the way we worship, work, move about in our cities and sometimes even within our homes...
The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has a vision for the future. While COVID-19 has made the near future..
The first time I wore my clerical collar, I felt squeezed. I was just a month into my ordination as Minister of..
Guest commentary by Sheryle Dixon Like many churches of all stripes, the First Presbyterian Church of Alma in Michigan has been facing..
What are some of the lessons of the 2020 General Assembly? In a debriefing held June 30 following the just-concluded 2020 General..
Zoom does not lie. Zoom is humbling. I am Zoomed out. Zoom fatigue. I have the Zoomies. These are a few phrases..
An undercurrent of fear runs below all of us these days. Images of exhausted health workers, projections of spread and the numerous..
Guest commentary by Charlene Jin Lee When I came home after throwing my Jessica McClintock prom dress in the fire, my dad..
Welcome to two-dimensional screens, Zoom rooms, mute buttons and voting icons. Welcome to worship online. Is there a seat at the Lord’s..
The announcement came in the Presbyterian Outlook: “It’s official. The 2020 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be held virtually,..
One morning last fall, I excitedly headed to a local coffee shop to meet with one of our congregation’s college students, lamenting..
Guest commentary by Mike Sears “I don’t see how you’re not getting it!” my frustrated 17-year-old shouted. A well-trained and fairly experienced..
During this time of fear, disease and sadness, it seems we, more than ever, desire concrete answers. We want accurate tests for..
We had come to the real question: What about communion? The Lenten season of repentance was quickly accelerating into a time of..
The initial idea was this: introduce Presbyterians to the “squeegee kids,” mostly young black men who approach cars stopped at intersections in..
Imagine for a moment the General Assembly that wasn’t. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is preparing to launch into a virtual General..
In a conversation I recently had with colleagues, we discussed how we might share more of our rich Reformed theology in our..
Recently, our son and daughter-in-law were searching for painter’s tape for a sidewalk chalk project with their 3-year-old. They are schoolteachers who..
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est. Wherever love is true, God is there. Wherever Christian love, charity, service is true, God..
While they were eating, he took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to them, and..
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