Churches arm, train congregants in wake of mass shootings
HASLET, Texas (AP) — Acrid gun smoke clouded the sunny entrance of a Texas church on a recent Sunday. Seven men wearing..
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Bumper sticker theology
The bumper sticker on the car in the Chick-Fil-A parking lot read: “Heaven has walls, hell has open borders.” Google tells me..
Church leaders and alcohol consumption
This week we asked our bloggers to consider their experience of alcohol and church. Here are their reflections. Beer is not my..
Mississippi Presbyterian church, PDA help neighbors affected by ICE raid
(PNS) The morning of Aug. 7, the Rev. Steven Bryant of First Presbyterian Church in Canton, Mississippi was leading a Bible study..
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) urges RE/MAX LLC to end business ties to Israeli settlements of East Jerusalem
(OGA) As Israeli settlement colonies continue to expand in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continues to urge..
Little signs
This week we asked our bloggers to consider their experience of alcohol and church. Here are their reflections. With her typical wry..
What’s right about St. Andrew Presbyterian Church?
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church — Albuquerque, New Mexico Every Sunday after worship we serve a hot lunch to 25-45 people who are living..
ELCA women reflect on 50 years of ordination: “A celebration for the whole church”
MILWAUKEE (RNS) — As they entered the worship service on the last full day of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Churchwide..
Regarding ruling elders: Congregational nominating committees
(OGA) The PC(USA) Book of Order calls for ruling elders to “exercise leadership, government, spiritual discernment, and discipline and have responsibilities for..
‘Christian left’ is reviving in America, appalled by treatment of migrants (Commentary)
(The Conversation) — Holding pictures of migrant children who have died in U.S. custody and forming a cross with their bodies on..
A rabbi pleads with AG William Barr: Don’t bring the death penalty to Pittsburgh
RNS) — A chain-link fence shrouded with a black tarp surrounds the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh these days. The Jewish..
Money talk in the PC(USA): Per capita, who makes decisions, and more
We know, most Presbyterians don’t sit around all summer thinking about the denomination and money. There are, however, at the top levels..
10th Sunday after Pentecost – August 18, 2019
Isaiah 5:1-7; Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:14-56; Ordinary 20C Proper 15 Hebrews feels like an outlier this week. By faith - the litany..
When church transitions collide with social media
Guest commentary by Kim Douglass Marin When my grandfather accepted a new call 75 years ago, the goodbyes and welcomes were private...
Truck drives into line of Jewish demonstrators protesting ICE in Rhode Island
(RNS) — A truck attempted to barrel through a group of Jewish protesters who were demonstrating outside a detention center in Rhode..
A United Methodist group proposes a denominational breakup
(RNS) — A dozen United Methodists meeting secretly in Indianapolis earlier this summer have unveiled a blueprint for spinning off one or..
Climate change and the impact on the Louisiana bayou
(OGA) Descendants of the Biloxi, Choctaw, and Chitimacha tribes in Louisiana find themselves at a crossroads, thanks to the corporate quest for..
Some of the best food in Texas is made for the hungriest Texans
FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — Taste Community Restaurant, located in Fort Worth’s trendy Near Southside, hit Yelp’s “Top 100 Places to Eat..
The Eucharistic Pringle
When I was in seminary, I developed a life-threatening airborne food allergy to peanuts and tree nuts. For the first four years..
We Will Feast: Rethinking Dinner, Worship and the Community of God
Kendall Vanderslice, Eerdmans, 176 pages Reviewed by Henry G. Brinton When Jesus gathered his followers for the Last Supper, he broke bread..
The pastor and the clerk
Pastors often talk about the value of colleagues. Those folks listen to our concerns, share ideas and help guide us when we..
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
David W. Blight Simon & Schuster, 912 pages Reviewed by Donald W. Shriver A great life deserves a great biographer. In Yale..
An announcement in a California church newsletter …
An announcement in a California church newsletter read: “The low esteem support group will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. Please use the back..
Presbyterian Church of Venezuela
Zulema Garcia, a pastor and moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Venezuela, has begun to use three-minute devotions distributed by social media..
UPCUSA considers special meeting of General Assembly to act on church property issue (40 years ago)
40 years ago — August 20, 1979 The Presbyterian Church in the United States and the United Presbyterian Church in the United..
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