Laying fallow
When we bought our house, my husband and I inherited well-tended front and back yards, complete with bushes, flowers and established fruit..
When we bought our house, my husband and I inherited well-tended front and back yards, complete with bushes, flowers and established fruit..
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation. It is free for..
(RNS) — The Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber knows what she’ll need on Election Day. Bolz-Weber has already voted. She endorsed a presidential candidate..
My first memory of political consciousness was the 1988 presidential election. There was a mock election in my second grade classroom and..
(RNS) — The Rev. Dwight Lee Wolter, pastor of the historic Congregational Church of Patchogue, New York, had been trying to come..
(OGA) As the hours count down to Election Day across the country, the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian..
Joseph L. Mangina Brazos Press, 272 pages During this global pandemic, many have used apocalypse to describe what is happening. Some have..
I heard someone the other day use the phrase, “that’s so 2020.” They weren’t referencing something pleasant. 2020 has become synonymous in..
I arrived to Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, in the summer of 2010. It was a different time for me and..
Revelation 7:9-17; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 Pentecost 22A; Proper 26 All tribes, every nation, together in worship. How lovely. God has..
(PNS) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has joined a chorus of concerned voices calling for law enforcement officials to be more transparent about..
Welcome Invite various persons to bring a designated item and use this liturgy to begin your time of learning together. One:..
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation. It is free for..
Traci Smith Chalice Press, 128 pages | August 18, 2020 This book is God’s gift to parents, pastors and Christian education directors..
When I was young, I had a very particular view of what a saint was. Many of my friends were Catholic..
(PNS) The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), whose membership includes the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has sent a letter to more than..
(PNS) On Nov. 1, the Rev. Michael Blair will assume the role of general secretary of the United Church of Canada (UCC), a..
(RNS) — Billy M. Honor has been encouraging clergy to join him at the polls for the past three years. Honor, director..
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1,000 clergy members, religious scholars and other faith-based advocates have signed onto a unique statement that supports..
"As we vote and wait, pray and work, may we follow Jesus Christ so closely that we cannot help but see him everywhere and in all people."
There are expectations of the church, divine and earthly. Our human experiences tend to not reconcile with the expectations. Divine or earthly...
LOUISVILLE (OGA) As the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of easing, pastors and presbytery leaders across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) have had to..
LOUISVILLE — On behalf of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the Mission Development Resources Committee (MDRC) has approved Mission Program Grants to 21..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — Traditionally, All Saints’ Day is celebrated in public worship on the first Sunday after Nov. 1. All Saints’ Day..
PHILADELPHIA (Board of Pensions) — The Board Bulletin is published after each regular meeting of the Board of Directors of The Board..