Guest commentary by Samuel Son The film “Black Panther” opened to record-breaking presales, new-iPhone-release lengthed queues and packed theaters thick with an..
WINTERS IN CENTRAL VERMONT ARE LONG, USUALLY LASTING FROM A FIRST SNOW IN EARLY NOVEMBER THROUGH MUD SEASON (the season people elsewhere..
Maybe you’ve had to explain this part of the Apostles’ Creed before. “Catholic, with the little c, comes from the Greek words..
In a time when every face around every corner seems to be screaming where each of us does or does not belong,..
I attended Catholic school for the first three years of elementary school. I appreciated Mass, even though the wafer and the cup..
As we embark on our Lenten journeys each year, we often think of those journeys as personal and private. We enter into..
When I was in seminary we were taught about three basic kinds of sermons. The first is a Yes sermon. It focuses..
“You are going to disappoint someone this week. Look at your schedule and choose who it will be. And make sure..
Do we need more leaders like Martin Luther? In the 500th anniversary year of Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses, attention was..
I am a little suspicious of people who like church. I grew up in the church, I’m an ordained pastor and..
Forty years ago the West Coast was already comfortably ensconced in post-Christendom. Church wasn’t working the way it had in the post-World..
I remember the first time I heard the word “brainstorm” as a little kid in school. My imagination immediately kicked in and..
If you have been part of an organization, work group, movement or sports team, you know that leadership matters — often more..
I will stand at my watchpost, and station myself on the rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will say..
Early in the morning of November 9, 2016, the day after the presidential election, my phone rang.It was our presbyter, Cindy Kohlmann...
“You are not going to pass that test by osmosis!” I have rarely used the term “osmosis” in its proper scientific form,..
Gary Charles’ perspective: Leaders reformed by God according to the Word of God Leadership theory is a popular topic on seminary campuses..
I learned about a new website recently. The site willrobotstakemyjob.com determined, well, how likely it is that a robot will take your..
Every church, every neighborhood, every committee, every organization of which I have ever participated has had unheralded, unofficial leaders. I can picture..
On a Tuesday morning, James Bernhardt stops by a church room to say good morning to a group that gathers twice a..
Spiritually is physicality, and physicality is spirituality. Our Christian tradition is an incarnational faith in which our bodies are meant to be..
The best retirement home chaplains cannot be all things to all residents, nor can they provide an authentic religious experience outside their..
Recently, following worship, a congregant had a seizure before leaving the church. I was still in the sanctuary talking with some folks..
“Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1b). This heartfelt request of the disciples still resonates within us today. Their desire to know..
Andrew Jackson, whose presidency is marked by the Indian Removal Act, was a Presbyterian. He was also a slaveholder. One might, of..
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