November 8 — Let justice roll down like water: 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: ..
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Vote, pray, wait: Faith leaders reassure congregations, call for full vote count as election remains uncertain
(RNS) — As the first polls began to close Tuesday (Nov. 3), the Rev. Cara Tanis logged off. Instead of obsessing over..
Scandalous Witness: A Little Political Manifesto for Christians
Lee C. Camp Eerdmans, 192 pages Reviewed by Jordan Tarwater Lee Camp rejects the old notion that, in polite company, you should..
Electing the elect One
Mr. Rogers had a plaque hanging in his office that read, “What is most essential is most invisible.” Of course, Fred Rogers..
The Stated Clerk of the PC(USA)’s General Assembly offers words of hope to a nation anxious over election uncertainty
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) had a pastoral message Wednesday for Presbyterians..
Blessed are … — Christian education at home
The day before the election, I ended up driving through the country for about four hours. On long drives, I like to..
Closed for months by COVID-19, church reopens to provide respite on Election Day
PASADENA (RNS) — When All Saints Episcopal Church announced it would open its sanctuary, which had been closed since March due to..
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..
Order of worship — November 8, 2020
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation. It is free for..
Election stress? Check out these spiritual self-care activities designed for the day
(RNS) — The Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber knows what she’ll need on Election Day. Bolz-Weber has already voted. She endorsed a presidential candidate..
A perspective upon America’s political division
My first memory of political consciousness was the 1988 presidential election. There was a mock election in my second grade classroom and..
For whom the bell tolls: COVID-19 deaths recalled with church bell, vigils, services
(RNS) — The Rev. Dwight Lee Wolter, pastor of the historic Congregational Church of Patchogue, New York, had been trying to come..
Stated Clerk urges Presbyterians to get out and vote on Tuesday
(OGA) As the hours count down to Election Day across the country, the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian..
Revelation
Joseph L. Mangina Brazos Press, 272 pages During this global pandemic, many have used apocalypse to describe what is happening. Some have..
Bless God for every little thing
I heard someone the other day use the phrase, “that’s so 2020.” They weren’t referencing something pleasant. 2020 has become synonymous in..
More books, more testimonies
I arrived to Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, in the summer of 2010. It was a different time for me and..
All Saints’ Day — November 1, 2020
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..
Deputy-involved shooting in Florida raises concerns
(PNS) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has joined a chorus of concerned voices calling for law enforcement officials to be more transparent about..
November 1 — All Saints’ Day: 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:..
Virtual communion liturgy
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation. It is free for..
Faithful Families for Advent and Christmas: 100 Ways to Make the Season Sacred
Traci Smith Chalice Press, 128 pages | August 18, 2020 This book is God’s gift to parents, pastors and Christian education directors..
Extraordinary ordinary saints — Christian education at home (All Saints’ Day)
When I was young, I had a very particular view of what a saint was. Many of my friends were Catholic..
PC(USA) joins call on corporations to support free and fair elections
(PNS) The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), whose membership includes the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has sent a letter to more than..
United Church of Canada shares a new vision of mission
(PNS) On Nov. 1, the Rev. Michael Blair will assume the role of general secretary of the United Church of Canada (UCC), a..
Poll chaplains plan to bring a ‘prayerful presence’ to precincts this Election Day
(RNS) — Billy M. Honor has been encouraging clergy to join him at the polls for the past three years. Honor, director..
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