Guest commentary by Melissa Ramos How many scholars in the church can read the biblical languages — and I mean really read them?..
“Now listen up,” the father said to his son during coffee hour at church. “Your pastor has some wisdom to offer you..
To my brother John MacArthur, You recently wrote a post warning the selling out of the gospel for social justice fad. Like..
Karl Barth is reported to have advised young Christians to hold their Bible in one hand and their newspaper in the other...
By most popular North American accounts, the European church is dying. Old, tired and running out of energy. Soon the last..
I recently finished an academic work by David Cloutier called, “The Vice of Luxury: Economic Excess in a Consumer Age.” The title..
This week we asked our bloggers what younger pastors are thinking about and what they think the rising generation of Presbyterian leaders..
This week we asked our bloggers what younger pastors are thinking about and what they think the rising generation of Presbyterian leaders..
It started simply enough: I would take a couple of seminary classes and if I liked them, I’d take a couple more...
No one stands alone, we’ll stand side by side. Draw the circle, draw the circle wide. Singing Mark Miller’s setting of these..
This week we asked our bloggers what younger pastors are thinking about and what they think the rising generation of Presbyterian leaders..
“How’s seminary?” I used to cringe at this query posed by those who thought they were asking a simple, innocuous question. During..
This week we asked our bloggers what younger pastors are thinking about and what they think the rising generation of Presbyterian leaders..
Guest commentary by Peggy Hinds Giving ourselves generously and hospitably to others is an essential expression of faith. It has to..
This month we asked our bloggers about how they view the role of pastor, how they understand their pastoral identity, or to..
Fatigue creeps into her face. The school year has kicked into high gear with little or no ramp-up time. Advanced Placement classes..
This month we asked our bloggers about how they view the role of pastor, how they understand their pastoral identity, or to..
This month we asked our bloggers about how they view the role of pastor, how they understand their pastoral identity, or to..
Treading carefully on a rippled and rifted sidewalk, I passed toothless pumpkins that grinned in the pre-dawn light. Once poured to provide..
Church nerds go to worship when on vacation. I could try to spin this as dedicated piety, but it is more ecclesiastical..
This month we asked our bloggers about how they view the role of pastor, how they understand their pastoral identity, or to..
Guest commentary by Matthew A. Rich On Wednesday, July 25, 2018, 17-year-old Sarah Rhoads was killed in a tragic car accident. A..
I am back in an active search for another position. It has been 20 years since I was in the call process..
This month we asked our bloggers about how they view the role of pastor, how they understand their pastoral identity, or to..
David Lee Jones explores how “parking lot meetings” reveal deeper issues of maturity, communication, and conflict in church leadership, using Bowen’s family systems theory.
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