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Land use in Latin America and systemic poverty
To end systemic poverty, we first must understand its root causes by asking good questions. In Latin America and the Caribbean, two..
PC(USA) leaders support week of action for Cameroon refugees
(PNS) — Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and the Presbyterian Office of Immigration Issues are joining in calls for support of legislation to grant temporary protected status..
Christian Aid Ministries says 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A group of 17 missionaries including children was kidnapped by a gang in Haiti, according to..
22nd Sunday after Pentecost — October 24, 2021
Mark 10:46-52 Ordinary 22B; Proper 25 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! John Wurster is pastor at St. Philip Presbyterian Church in..
Navigating neurodiversity: Parenting in a pandemic
When he was younger, I sent my son on quick jaunts with his mini grocery cart down the supermarket aisles while I..
The Word Made Flesh: A Theology of the Incarnation
Ian A. McFarland Westminster John Knox, 260 pages Those who take the time to dig into Ian McFarland’s work will gradually realize..
Order of worship — October 24, 2021
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation. It is free for..
The Reformed Church in America faces rupture over LGBTQ gridlock
(RNS) — This week, one of North America’s oldest denominations will confront its gridlock over LGBTQ ordination and same-sex marriage. Votes cast..
Is God good for America? Depends whom you ask.
(RNS) — Richard Rorty, the late philosophy professor, once claimed that religion is a “conversation stopper” — the ideal way to end..
National Council of Churches elects all-female officers, approves NRSV update
(RNS) — The National Council of Churches has elected an all-female slate of officers for the first time in the ecumenical organization’s..
White Christian progressives can be nationalists too, ecumenical panel says
(RNS) — While evangelicals are the group most often criticized for equating American identity with adherence to Christianity, white progressive Christians have..
Ronnie Floyd, SBC Executive Committee chief, resigns, citing damage to his reputation
(RNS) — Ronnie Floyd, the embattled president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, has resigned, effective at the end of October...
Stony Point Center becoming a place of connection for nonprofits in community
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — Thanks to a new partnership at Stony Point Center (SPC), food that might have been thrown away or composted ended..
Fixing confirmation: How to say, “Glad you’re home” instead of “See you later”
A history of confirmation In the early church, adult converts entered the catechumenate, a sometimes-three-year period of instruction. The culmination of this..
Caregiving’s transformative power
I spent January 1995 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with Uncle Jim, who was dying of AIDS. He was my mother’s younger..
Study: Attendance hemorrhaging at small and midsize US congregations
(RNS) — A new survey of 15,278 religious congregations across the United States confirms trends sociologists have documented for several decades: Congregational..
Servant leadership: Family faith formation for October 17, 2021
Welcome Invite various persons to bring a designated item and use this liturgy as a way to begin your time of learning..
Children’s Sabbath — Weekly Christian ed lesson
This Sunday is the annual Children’s Sabbath, a day devoted to raising up the issues and concerns facing children across the world...
Love Makes Room: And Other Things I Learned When My Daughter Came Out
Staci Frenes Broadleaf Books, 240 pages When her 16-year-old daughter came out, Christian music artist Staci Frenes found her faith faltering. For..
The Presbytery of Milwaukee congregations have reaped a harvest of cooperation
MILWAUKEE (PNS) — Five congregations in the Presbytery of Milwaukee joined together on an initiative inspired by the Matthew 25 invitation to feed the hungry...
Condom chaplain: ministering to college students about sex and faith
I have a reputation among a certain crowd of students who have nicknamed me the “Condom Chaplain.” This name comes from the..
The roller coaster of joys and concerns
On Sundays, we always have a section of the worship entitled “Joys and Concerns and Prayers of the People.” It’s a time..
Scotland: Voice from Iona (70 years ago)
70 years ago — October 1, 1951 The Scottish church “seemed to have nothing to say to the working classes of people..
Southern Baptist Convention’s lawyers to cut ties after vote to waive privilege
(RNS) — The longtime general counsel for the Southern Baptist Convention has decided to cut ties with the nation’s largest Protestant denomination...
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