Lately I’ve seen a lot of Facebook posts written with the catchphrase “Nurses are heroes.” Nothing could be truer. There is something..
Trauma ministry begins on a small stage. It might stem from crime, accident, sudden illness or natural disaster. But the ministry tends..
Guest commentary by Dick Young God is at work in our lives and in the world. Such a statement is broad enough..
Guest commentary by Rocky Supinger Flying from one mission trip directly to another this summer was going to be a challenge. The..
I am not a fan of embalming. I’m not eager to talk about it or think about it or recall the graphic..
This issue is the fourth in a series of four exploring basic theological questions in ways designed to engender further discussion in..
“Hell,” Sartre has written, “is other people.” If so, then the current shutdown over the COVID-19 virus must seem almost paradisiacal. For..
As more states loosen their stay-at-home orders, churches must decide whether or not to reopen. My congregation’s session selected a phased approach..
Our life together is not about bigger and more, it is about smaller and less. That’s not a message that will get..
What do we have to do with each other? This question may not be as simple as it seems. What do..
Never read the comments There is an adage in the social media lexicon: Never read the comments. Media outlets frequently curate their..
There are many vulnerable people in the church I pastor. For 15 years, I’ve served at a multicultural urban church in a..
My wife and I are the parents of three young children. Almost every evening, we all sit down at our table to..
The prophet Isaiah assures the bereft of Zion that God will not – indeed, cannot – forget them. “Can a woman forget..
Guest commentary by Gary Smith Change is hard for everyone. It doesn’t matter what the discipline or occupation; change is hard. I..
Guest commentary by Carrie Finch-Burris Way back in the fall of 2016, a small group from the Presbytery of Baltimore gathered..
Creator God, Since You formed us in Your image, we humans have been singing. After You led them out of slavery, Moses..
In Genesis 37 and 39-47 we learn about Joseph, one of the sons of Israel. In a capsule, political and filial intrigue..
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Who doesn’t..
This issue is the third in a series of four exploring basic theological questions in ways designed to engender further discussion in..
Guest commentary by Barbara Gaddis and Stephanie Anthony Nothing can prepare you for a General Assembly in the midst of a global..
Incarnation. My first thought when I hear this word is “the Word made flesh.” God taking on a human body in the..
While I was leading a church-sponsored trip, the father of a parishioner told me a family story. His two daughters had left..
I work on a college campus, a place where Generation Z is making themselves known. I am an older millennial, a generation..
Once upon a time, a professor of theology heeded the lasting wisdom of H. Richard Niebuhr. “Today,” he observed way back..
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