Amid all the bad news of the pandemic, there is one thing that remains true and steadfast: the good news of the..
In Louisville, Kentucky, our year began on March 13. That evening the police fired 32 bullets into an apartment where Breonna..
These are tough times for all of us in many ways. The pandemic brings death and sorrow, endangering everyone. Our lives are..
As I prepared to write this article, I was trying to find my work journal from 2019. When I transitioned into full-time..
My journey into the art of spiritual direction began, surprisingly enough, in the Texas Hill Country. I was a newly minted pastor..
Collegiate ministry encompasses all areas of young adults’ lives. Campus chaplains invite students into practices of hospitality, exploration, community and service, and..
Peter Steinke, the noted author, congregational systems consultant and professor, died unexpectedly at home on Monday, July 6, 2020. I learned of..
Ordination and ministry may seem like a strange tension — one not really “tense” at all. After all, isn’t “ministry” what those..
Amid the isolation of COVID-19, morning walks through my neighborhood have become a comforting ritual of contemplation. Each morning holds a new..
The baptismal font in the sanctuary of the church I serve, First Presbyterian Church of High Point, North Carolina, was given..
One of the characteristics of the overarching narrative of the Bible, both the Hebrew Scriptures and the Christian New Testament, is..
Several Mays ago, I took a class of undergraduate students to the Abbey of Gethsemani in Trappist, Kentucky, to walk on the..
Most of us who have lived through the ordination and sexuality wars of past decades know the phrase “mutual forbearance.” Fewer..
Bill Webber was a bigger-than-life mentor and one of the kindest persons I’ve known. He was president of New York Theological Seminary,..
Karen Marsh looks to “vintage” sinner-saints as conversation partners in college ministry.
I teach polity at Austin Seminary, and I try to convey to my students two core truths. First, that the Book of..
Stephanie and Bryan Fritz, Colorado natives, were a bit ahead of the curve when they sold their home and belongings three years..
Pastors find a place in my prayers every day, both those known to me and the many who are not. Pastoral ministry..
How do we listen to one another in a fractured world? Our society is polarized by increasing partisanship. According to the Pew Research..
The post on my public Facebook page from the man I did not know started out innocently enough. George said that..
America is being smothered by multiple traumas. The COVID-19 pandemic – which has taken over 200,000 lives in America and thrown..
As I wrote this article in my guest-room-turned-shared-office, the following distractions occurred: Screaming children refusing to do homework. Barking dogs. Lawn mowers..
“What if you came out of this pandemic stronger and more faithful than when you began?” That was the question I posed..
Reparations have always been controversial, especially in mainstream national discourse. In the history of race relations in America, reparations for African..
In the dark, wee hours of a February morning (prior to the pandemic), 16 pilgrims from Caldwell Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North..
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