There’s nothing like a comprehensive tour of Vatican City for remembering why we’re a reformation church. A pause of just 60 seconds at each priceless artifact, our guide told us, would add up to 12 years viewing the museum alone.
Editor’s Note: Given that many Presbyterians in the pews love to sing Christmas carols throughout Advent, but many worship leaders want to keep with Advent themes for worship, we have commissioned Carolyn Gillette to write Advent-themed hymn texts for Christmas carol tunes for each of the Sundays of this year’s Advent. We invite our loyal readers to incorporate these into their Sunday worship, and to send us a note to let us know how the congregation responds.
Freshly graduated from a Presbyterian seminary, the young pastor dreamed of creating a retreat center, a place of prayer for a community of faith. Touched by his experience with the Taizé community, he yearned to do graduate study in Europe in preparation for this dream.
Mark Achtemeier, an evangelical theology professor from Iowa, is in many ways an unlikely candidate for radical change. He’s a white, middle-aged Presbyterian father and husband who grew up in the church, the son of Biblical scholars.
By a very close margin, San Francisco Presbytery voted Nov. 10 to permit the ordination of Lisa Larges, a lesbian who has sought for more than 20 years to become a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
So how will you spend Christmas afternoon? The one thing I don’t miss now that I’m no longer serving as a congregation’s pastor, is the way I used to spend Christmas afternoons.
GENEVA (ENI) — The life of Bishop Lesslie Newbigin, an English Presbyterian instrumental in the creation of the united Church of South India and who played a key role in the World Council of Churches, is being commemorated 100 years after his birth.
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Remember that book How to Win Friends and Influence People? Let’s just say that Duke University ethicist Stanley Hauerwas has been hugely influential, but that doesn’t mean his salty tongue has made him a lot of friends along the way.
Tom Taylor, deputy executive director for mission for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has been named the new president and chief executive officer of the Presbyterian Foundation.
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Remember that book How to Win Friends and Influence People? Let’s just say that Duke University ethicist Stanley Hauerwas has been hugely influential, but that doesn’t mean his salty tongue has made him a lot of friends along the way.
(ENI) — A Roman Catholic theologian suspended as a priest after conducting a Communion service at a Protestant church in Berlin says attempts to be reinstated have been unsuccessful and that he sees no basis for dialogue with his bishop.
When congregations or presbyteries send people on short-term mission trips, “we want this to be a transformation experience for every participant,” Donald Dawson says. “Of course, we want it to last. We don’t want it to be a high, and three weeks later we’re back and it’s over. That happens too often.”
It is estimated that approximately 12 million undocumented people reside in the United States and another estimated 300,000 come each year, according to materials from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Office of Immigration Issues.
It is estimated that approximately 12 million undocumented people reside in the United States and another estimated 300,000 come each year, according to materials from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Office of Immigration Issues.
HICKORY, N.C. (RNS) What kind of personal pain would cause a 42-year-old pastor to abandon his family, his calling, and even life itself? Members of a Baptist church here are asking that question after their pastor committed suicide in his parked car in September.
GENEVA, October 22 (ENI) — Organizers of a year of celebrations to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of 16th-century Protestant reformer John Calvin say they hope the events will mark a new interest in the relevance of his legacy to issues such as economic justice.
