It’s back: Purity Culture 2.0, Gen Z style

(RNS) — “Who was the most excited?” Nate asks Sutton, a beautiful woman with wavy brown hair. The couple are sitting on..

Presbyterian News Service

World AIDS Day service seeks to remove the stigma while remembering HIV/AIDS still affects millions

(PNS) — The Rev. RJ Robles helped the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) commemorate World AIDS Day Wednesday by taking chapel service attendees on..

Book Reviews

Advent in Plain Sight

Beth Waltemath reviews Jill Duffield's new book.

Voices

7 marks of vital congregations

What does it mean for the church to be vital? Brian Christopher Coulter thinks about this question while overviewing the PC(USA)'s “7 Marks of Vital Congregations” list.

Religion News Service

Build Back Better or quit? Time to choose

(RNS) — One year — 12 short months — can make all the difference in the world. At this time one year..

What's right?

What’s right about Hope Presbyterian Church?

Hope Presbyterian Church — Springfield, Illinois Something that continues to be right about Hope Church is Gardeners with Hope. They are a..

Outlook Reporting

Breaking the silence: Progressive Christians work to support reproductive rights

In many churches, it’s the subject people never talk about. Yet the Guttmacher Institute estimated in 2017 that nearly one in four..

News from other sources

Board of Pensions joins other organizations in commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace

PHILADELPHIA (November 30, 2021) — The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has joined a growing coalition pledging to advance diversity and..

Voices

Shopping days ‘til Christmas — A poem

Black Friday opened up before Halloween this year, and the customary counselors are predicting drastic shortages, delays and empty shelves. The supply..

Book Reviews

OUTLOVE: A Queer Christian Survival Story

Julie Rodgers Broadleaf Books, 235 pages The author’s objective in writing “Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story” is summarized perfectly in its..

Presbyterian News Service

Justice comes for Ahmaud Arbery

(PNS) — We have seen this scenario play out over and over again. Armed white men taking the law into their own..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian history and Palestine

As Presbyterian leaders renew their calls for an end to Israeli depredations against Palestinians — in Gaza, in Silwan, in Sheikh Jarrah and elsewhere — let's sketch a..

Family Faith Formation

Second Sunday of Advent — Family faith formation for December 5, 2021

Welcome Invite various persons to bring a designated item and use this liturgy as a way to begin your time of learning..

Christian Ed for Children

Forgiveness and peace — Weekly Christian ed lesson

As children move through Advent, it is easy for them to connect to the excitement and anticipation of Jesus’ birth. They know..

Weekly Liturgy

Order of worship — December 5, 2021

You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation. It is free for..

Looking into the lectionary

2nd Sunday of Advent — Dec. 5, 2021

Luke 3:1-6 Advent 2C Thanks to this week’s guest writer! Brian Christopher Coulter is pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Worth,..

Religion News Service

What we profess on Sunday ought to apply to Black Friday

(RNS) — In the church I grew up in, the congregation managed all decisions about repairs or needs of the church by..

Presbyterian News Service

‘The promise of God is that the future is not going to be like the present’

(PNS) — The Rev. Irvin Porter, associate for for Native American Intercultural Congregational Support in the office of Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries, has..