Re-envisioning and then rebuilding the Presbyterian Mission Agency

LOUISVILLE (PNS) — Over the next eight months or so, the Presbyterian Mission Agency — with input from its many partners —..

Presbyterian News Service

Union Presbyterian Seminary launches Master of Arts in Public Theology

RICHMOND, Virginia (PNS) — Union Presbyterian Seminary is currently accepting applications for a Master of Arts in Public Theology (M.A.P.T.). Classes will..

Family Faith Formation

November 15 — Lift your eyes to God: Family faith formation @ home

Welcome Invite various persons to bring a designated item and use this liturgy to begin your time of learning together. One:..

Book Reviews

Leading Lives that Matter: What We Should Do and Who We Should Be (2nd edition)

Edited by Mark R. Schwehn and Dorothy C. Bass Eerdmans, 650 pages What is my purpose in life? This question haunts not..

Religion News Service

‘You can’t just jump to hope’: Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on healing after the election

(RNS) — The weekend before Election Day, Bishop Michael Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, led an interfaith prayer service livestreamed..

Presbyterian News Service

Hunger and Homelessness Sunday is this weekend

LOUISVILLE (PNS) — As the nation continues to grapple with the health and financial repercussions of COVID-19, Presbyterians are being encouraged to..

Christian Ed for Children

The past, present, and future are female — Christian education at home

Last Saturday I shed a healthy dose of tears. In part, they were tears of relief that the agonizing election cycle was..

Insights columns

The congregation and public policy

Undergirding the well-worn wisdom of “Give folks a fish and nourish them for a day, teach folks to fish and nourish them..

Benedictory

Success, faithfulness and failure

I love being a ministry coach because I get to be present for people’s aha! moments. Sometimes, the things I say or..

From the Archives

Armistice Day in 1940 — 80 years ago

80 years ago — December 4, 1940 It is with inevitable and irrepressible sadness that we come to celebrate Armistice Day in..

Prayers for the moment

Prayer for Veterans Day after an election

A prayer for Veterans Day after election day.

Religion News Service

Anxiety, loneliness and spiritual isolation characterize life in prison during pandemic

NEW YORK (RNS) — The men incarcerated in a New Jersey state prison have a favorite prayer to chant along with the..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) expresses solidarity with Nigerian partners

(OGA) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) stands in solidarity with our partners in the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (PCN), applauding the courage and passion..

Presbyterian News Service

After General Assembly approval, Roman Catholic-Reformed dialogue to focus on justification and justice

LOUISVILLE (PNS) — Plans are under way to begin the ninth round of Roman Catholic-Reformed dialogue in the United States. The group..

Outlook Features

“I can’t breathe!” — The racist assault upon the breath of God

America is being smothered by multiple traumas. The COVID-19 pandemic – which has taken over 200,000 lives in America and thrown..

Voices

Do you need a heaping dose of big, generous grace today?

I preach about God’s grace on the regular. I make it a point to remind people that this big, generous, expansive grace..

Weekly Liturgy

Order of worship — November 15, 2020

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

Outlook Features

Paths to resilience

As I wrote this article in my guest-room-turned-shared-office, the following distractions occurred: Screaming children refusing to do homework. Barking dogs. Lawn mowers..

Presbyterian News Service

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary establishes Welch Scholarship

PITTSBURGH (PNS) — Pittsburgh Theological Seminary has established The Rev. Drs. John C. (’02) and B. De Neice (’04) Welch Endowed Scholarship..

Presbyterian News Service

Stated Clerk issues call to prayer regarding violence in Cameroon

(OGA) Two years ago, seventy-eight students and three staff members were abducted from the Presbyterian Secondary School (PSS) in Nkwen, Bamenda. A..

Presbyterian News Service

A former Catholic school-turned-Nashville swingers club is reborn as homeless shelter

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — The red-brick building at the corner at 701 Drexel St. in Nashville has a colorful history. In the..

Voices

Mission and ministry: Commencement during the pandemic at Stillman College

Guest commentary by Mark McCormick For 144 years, Stillman College, an HBCU (historically Black college or university) in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, started by..