This winter ending day which dawns in quiet chill recalls another morning born in thunderclap and rending as the gates of hell..
In the Gospel of Matthew, we read: “After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and..
I recently finished reading “Spark Joy,” Marie Kondo’s illustrated follow-up to the wildly popular “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” (There’s also..
On this afternoon in San Diego, it may seem as if everything is normal. The sky is blue. The sun is warm...
Guest commentary by Becca Weaver Longino I bought my Palm Sunday plant seven months ago. I was in IKEA when I saw..
Usher sang “Amazing Grace” at the emotional Los Angeles Lakers game on January 31, 2020 — the first game following Kobe Bryant’s..
Guest commentary by Karl Travis Editor’s note: This piece was originally written on February 26, 2020 The hardest part of dying is..
Guest commentary by Richard DuBose When the age of the coronavirus dawned, Montreat Conference Center was unprepared. I don’t mean we didn’t..
I recently wrote about my first experience with video-taping Sunday morning worship. I began that service by lip-synching the opening theme to..
On Wednesday, March 11, I changed the text and went off script, having decided the lectionary was not the way to go..
Guest commentary by Steve Salyards GA or not GA? That is the question. Presbyterians in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are watching and..
Guest blog by Molly Smerko “They didn’t teach us this in seminary,” I read as I aimlessly scrolled through Facebook one day..
The word is that springtime arrives late this week, yet here on the Maine coast we have little to show for it...
I remember in college I started getting hives seemingly out of nowhere. We never did figure out what caused them. They were..
Everything is the same. I walked outside and pollen covered my car, birds were chirping and I noticed all the yardwork that..
As COVID-19 continues to grow in cases across the United States, those of us in higher education have been bracing for what..
If the church wants to contribute to a society grounded in empathy and love, it has a civic responsibility to enthusiastically fund..
We all have familiar comforts we turn to when times are tough. A particular blanket or food or even a smell may..
In the early 1990s a savage war broke out in the streets of Serbia. Fear and anxiety spread like a virus. Schools..
Guest commentary by Ashley-Anne Masters The last time I saw many of my college students in person was Ash Wednesday. During the..
Guest commentary by Matthew J. Skolnik Some of my friends are celebrating that their introverted nature finally feels useful. Others who have..
I am still trying to grasp what happened this past week. On Sunday, March 8, Faith Presbyterian Church in San Diego..
Before last Wednesday We were like ancient Babylonians Huddled together building our babel towers And we all spoke one language Work, make,..
Raise the yellow flag that marks disease. This lonely ship will not soon come to rest in port of comforting communion, or..
I really want to write a good column for you, because these are important times. But I’m tired. As a leader in..
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