by John Reiter “I thought refried beans only came from a can,” the volunteer chuckled, while scribbling down the recipe for homemade..
by Rebecca Kirkpatrick When I began serving my first congregation almost 15 years ago, its adult education programming on Sunday morning looked..
by Holly Inglis Change – it’s part of everyday life in the 21st century (and actually has been for some time). But..
by Israel Galindo A problem in perpetuity: Churches appreciate the importance and value of Christian education for the spiritual growth of their..
by Whitney Wilkinson To say my ministry at my wee kirk in the North Carolina Sandhills began in a Mason jar is..
by Wayne Sankarlal What do I mean by a “small/rural church”? To take a page from Jeff Foxworthy, if your church has less..
by Kristin Frederich “Never” was the response. I had called the chair of the personnel committee to go over things before session..
Story and photos by Richard (Skip) J. Shaffer Jr. Whenever I visit a rural community, I am reminded of the power and depth..
by Barbara Bundick On June 18, 2016, commissioners, advisory delegates, overture advocates, mid-council staff, exhibitors, volunteers and the whole panoply of the..
It's what Presbyterians all over the country say: We wish more young people wanted to be part of this congregation. Levels of..
by Theresa Cho The 222nd General Assembly in Portland will soon be upon us. If you are a commissioner to this year’s..
It’s very personal, why people choose to get tattoos and the stories behind the images they select. For some people, their faith journey..
This is the story of a tattoo. It begins in a French village at the base of the Pyrenees Mountains and ends..
by Kerra Becker English Far from love the Heavenly Father Leads the chosen child; Oftener through realm of briar Than the meadow..
by Danielle Estelle Ramsay Human beings are born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. –Job 3:7 In the book of..
Guest commentary by Christian Iosso After the 221st General Assembly in 2014, a state department official suggested that we not call..
Guest commentary by Emily Brewer As the afternoon slowly turned to evening in January 2014, the 28 of us on the Presbyterian..
Guest commentary by John Wimberly A paper on Israel-Palestine, recently produced by an Advisory Committee for Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) study team,..
by Sarah Griffith Lund The tears were ancient, welling up from generations of silence. As Jack, an octogenarian with a smart red..
Guest commentary by Jim Allison The 222nd General Assembly will face the issue of climate change and our response. The agenda includes..
Guest commentary by Abby Mohaupt and Dan Terpstra One of our core beliefs as Presbyterians is that we are called to love..
by Kenneth Phelps Parents of a 4-year-old with autism and intellectual impairment find themselves preoccupied with how their gregarious boy is behaving..
Both less and more than family and good friends, still you belong there at the high moments and low, included in the..
There are times when new directions emerge from meticulous planning and long-range processes, and there are times when new directions completely take..
The year before men landed on the moon, I learned about the Holy Spirit in a small white church, sandwiched between a..
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