To give thanks — A poem
To Give Thanks… is to remember how it feels to experience belonging, to look long around a laden table and be glad..
To Give Thanks… is to remember how it feels to experience belonging, to look long around a laden table and be glad..
I think we’ve all heard someone older than us begin a sentence with, “When I was a kid …” The most famous..
Your vital congregation journey puts you on a route that is a superhighway from the perspectives of both contemporary organizational theory and..
J. Herbert Nelson says there is injustice in what many call justice (OGA) — As we approach this time of Thanksgiving in this..
(PNS) — The Presbyterian Hunger Program is offering advice for people who want to engage in more Earth-friendly holiday celebrations this year. Jessica Maudlin..
Ann Patchett HarperCollins, 336 pages While Ann Patchett is perhaps best known as a fiction writer, it is always a treat to..
A key bit of dialogue from a scene in the television series “ER” has stuck with me for a long time. Mark..
Welcome Before you begin this week, gather a circle form (this can be a florist wreath form made of oasis or metal..
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation. It is free for..
The church I serve just set a vision for the future. The process to create this vision was a lengthy one. We..
Luke 21:25–36 Advent 1C Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Andrew Taylor-Troutman is pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church in..
“I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. But let justice roll down like waters,..
(PNS) — During its November Board of Trustees meeting, the Presbyterian Foundation Board took two actions which will ensure adequate funds are..
First Presbyterian Church — Red Wing, Minnesota When Jane and Ron Ward moved to Red Wing in 2004, Jane was training her..
blessed be the fall dormancy begins per usual relief from the hectic buzzing and sweltering but gusts from tropical depressions usher us..
(RNS) — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has announced a new initiative to protect and improve access to sites across the..
(RNS) — An updated edition of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible includes thousands of changes in language, reflecting the..
With the overall parameters set for the 2022 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – primarily the dates and the hybrid..
The Lilly Endowment posts information about its clergy renewal programs (PNS) —The Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs at Christian Theological Seminary provide funds to congregations..
(PNS)— The online Matthew 25 program series continues at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, Nov. 17. Hear the stories of newcomers to this..
Michael W. Waters Chalice Press, 204 pages With “Something in the Water,” Michael W. Waters vividly offers the church the charge that..
In the third season of "Breaking Bad," Walter White – a chemistry teacher turned meth producer – loses a whole day in..
BALTIMORE (RNS) — After months of public debate over whether to deny the Eucharist to President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi..
Decolonizing worship means recovering practices and traditions of the Black church that have been “changed, altered, sometimes thrown away” for hundreds of..
(PNS) — Twice during Wednesday morning’s virtual Transgender Day of Remembrance service offered by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a list of more..