Making change
A few months ago I flew to Oklahoma City to keynote at a conference about 90 miles outside of the city. I..
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Opinion: The economic (and Christian) case for hiring refugees
(RNS) — As a white evangelical Christian from a rural town in Georgia, I grew up around people who looked like me,..
Presbyterian educators address their organization’s lack of diversity
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — Knowing that the membership and leadership of the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE) is nearly 100 percent white..
Communal Conversion: the path to becoming a neighborhood church
LOUISVILLE (OGA) How do churches connect with their neighbors? What barriers do they need to break in order to establish that relationship? Neighborhood..
“All my best”
My other job – besides minister – is teaching math to high-schoolers. As the last school year drew to a close, a..
Christian leaders call for Day of Prayer in support of impeachment inquiry
(RNS) — More than 90 Christian leaders are calling for a National Day of Prayer this Sunday (Oct. 13) “for the truth..
Horizons 3: Keep Sabbath
“Words of Love: Keep Sabbath” Lesson 3 Exodus 20:8-11; Deuteronomy 5: 12-15; Mark 2:23-28 When I was a child and later a teenager,..
A Presbyterian woman in Chicago …
A Presbyterian woman in downtown Chicago saw a young barefoot lad. She took him to a shoe store and asked for warm..
First Presbyterian Church in Richmond
First Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, supports Presbyterian Women. With so many women working, many women’s groups have eliminated circles. At First..
Lee Hale
“People have so many reasons that they might not be walking into a church, and rarely is that reason that they don’t..
Woman minister (63 years ago)
63 years ago — November 12, 1956 By 1930, the Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A. had opened the door to ordination for..
Video: Stated clerk urges Americans to look beyond skin color and find the heart
LOUISVILLE (OGA) At a time of political and racial divisions in the United States, the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the..
Evolving Faith 2019 held in Denver
DENVER, Colorado (RNS) — The Evolving Faith 2019 conference, the second annual gathering of progressive Christians (most of them with evangelical backgrounds),..
The rise of women in the pulpit
The boundary breakers When the Northern Presbyterian Church (United Presbyterian Church in the United States of American) ordained Margaret Towner in 1956,..
Christian university leaders meet to discuss how they can diversify their campuses
NEWBERG, Oregon (RNS) — The images of marchers with tiki torches chanting “You will not replace us!” at the Unite the Right..
Stated Clerk Nominating Committee begins nomination process
LOUISVILLE (OGA) With the 224th General Assembly (2020) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approximately eight months away, the Stated Clerk Nominating Committee has..
Ministry interrupted
Women get interrupted more frequently than men. Studies reveal this, but I didn’t need research to confirm this truth — my own..
What all college students need to know about religion, according to the AAR
(RNS) — The American Academy of Religion has published a broad set of guidelines outlining what every undergraduate student should know about..
Hands and Feet initiative gets high marks from Baltimore organization
(OGA) When the Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, was elected Stated Clerk of the Office of the General Assembly of the..
17th Sunday after Pentecost — October 6, 2019
Ordinary 27C; Proper 22 World Communion Sunday Lamentations 1:1-6; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10 We constantly want more. Yet, Jesus tells us..
Biblical scholar Cain Hope Felder dies at 76
(PNS) Renowned biblical scholar Dr. Cain Hope Felder may have been a Methodist, but he had fans among Presbyterians, too. Felder, who taught..
Soul Space: Creating Places and Lives that Make a Difference
Linda Lawrence Hunt Tasora Books, 152 pages Reviewed by Nancy T. Fox “Soul Space” provided a gracious space for my own soul..
What might replace per capita? PC(USA) stated clerk urges consideration of new funding system
J. Herbert Nelson, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is stressing the urgency of coming up with a new funding system..
Presbyterians celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — From Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 the United States celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month. During this period the country..
New study details ‘intersection of philanthropy and faith’ in US
SAN DIEGO (PNS) — A new study by the Lake Institute was recently released that delves into how American congregations “receive, manage..
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