Just Making: A Guide for Compassionate Creatives
In "Just Making:" Mitali Perkins explores the seemingly bifurcated relationship between creativity and justice and finds that the two are not as opposed as she once thought. — Caroline Barnett
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100 years ago, the Social Gospel movement pushed to improve workers’ lives – but also to promote its vision of Christian America
How has white Christian nationalism changed since the Gilded Age? A religion scholar compares the Social Gospel with the Christian right today.
Churches hope to tap the power of pickleball
Millions of Americans have taken up pickleball, touting its health and social benefits. A growing number of churches want to tap into those benefits — with a side of spirituality.
Intentional awe, awareness and connectivity
Whether it's people or trees, we are surrounded by community, writes Colleen Earp, but connection requires intentionality.
Pathways to Belonging
"Pathways to Belonging" is for those interested in the importance of belonging, and the power of choosing to belong to God, writes Amy Pagliarella.
Cleveland Heights church focus is on student debt relief as repair
Congregation’s Racial Repair and Restoration Task Force addresses historic harms with new program.
Fourth Sunday after Pentecost — July 6, 2025
Many grantmakers fund stuff, not staff — but Jesus sends people, not things. Luke 10 invites us into a ministry rooted in presence, not possessions.
Order of worship — July 6, 2025
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
National Black Presbyterian Caucus finds hope in ‘Labor Not in Vain’
The caucus provides a vital space to address challenges and issues that are specific to Black Presbyterian congregations.
When hate goes viral
How to talk to kids about racism in a world that rewards outrage.
Preserving history: A Presbyterian landmark remembered and nationally recognized
Founded at the end of the Civil War, Hebron Presbyterian Church, a historic Black church, has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Reckoning with History: Settler Colonialism, Slavery, and the Making of American Christianity
William Yoo's work is of interest to all people of faith, who are called to a more honest approach to American history and who seek a faithful way forward for the church, writes John Wilkinson.
‘No Kings’ in Moab: Protest and pilgrimage
A peaceful protest in Moab becomes a sacred act of belonging, writes Karie Charlton.
Rev. Glenda Hope’s 55 years of ordained ministry
Maggi Henderson honors Glenda Hope, the first woman ordained in the Synod of the Pacific, for 55 years of bold ministry, justice work and compassionate care.
Supporting your congregation’s caregivers
Small churches rely on a few faithful caregivers. Phillip Blackburn calls us to see the weight they carry and offer them support.
Cross Purposes: Christianity’s Broken Bargain with Democracy
Has America's crisis of Christianity become a crisis for America's democracy? Raymond Roberts reviews Jonathan Rauch's new book.
Repair as an antidote for loneliness
We are called to serve as death doulas to the institution and midwives to the church, writes Jess Cook.
MRTI reports substantial progress on corporate engagement
Mission Responsibility Through Investment withdraws seven of eight resolutions filed during the current proxy season.
Westminster College’s ComPASS program: Providing direction to address loneliness
Hospitality is about walking with people and inviting them in, not just pointing them in the right direction, write James McMinn and Gina Vance.
After a decade of controversy, clergy psychedelic study is published
'Johns Hopkins and NYU schools of medicine carried out the study, and that in itself speaks to the powerful presence psychedelics have in popular consciousness,' said scholar Gary Laderman.
Third Sunday after Pentecost — June 29, 2025
For Luke, and for Jesus, there is no looking back, reflects Philip Gladden.
Order of worship — June 29, 2025
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
Southern Baptists seek overturning of same-sex marriage
‘For Southern Baptists, the waters of sexuality are not muddy,’ said Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley.
Vote to bar churches with women pastors fails again at SBC meeting
The issue of women staffers who have the title of pastor in SBC churches has been up for debate repeatedly in recent years.
LGBTQ teens wanted a Pride festival in their town. How five churches made it happen.
Five churches organized the event out of a conviction of their faith, but as an invisible network.
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