Prayer for Good Friday
My God, my God, why have you forsaken your Son? How can you tolerate the suffering of the One who came to..
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Walls
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall …” So begins Robert Frost’s famous poem “Mending Wall” from 1914 — musing on presumably..
God with us (Horizons 9)
“God’s Promise: I Am With You” Lesson 9: God with us Matthew 18:15-20; 28:16-20 Sometimes unhappiness and discouragement taint our actions. I’ve..
Tackling tough topics
When I trained to be an emergency medical technician, this was a paramount lesson: Identify the life threats. Your patient might be complaining..
Black women cracking ‘stained-glass ceilings’ with Jesus’ 7 last words
(RNS) — Days before Good Friday, the Rev. Stacey Hamilton continued to contemplate what she would preach about some of the last..
ECFA ousts Chicago-area megachurch Harvest Bible Chapel
CHICAGO (RNS) — The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, a Christian financial watchdog group, has terminated the membership of Harvest Bible Chapel...
Gallup: Number of Americans who belong to a church or house of worship plummets
(RNS) — Most Americans still say they believe in God. But their involvement in organized religion continues to wane. A new Gallup..
Presbyterian Outlook recognized at Best of the Christian Press Awards
CHICAGO — The Presbyterian Outlook received top honors in several categories at the Associated Church Press (ACP) 2019 annual conference in Chicago last week. ..
Prayer for Maundy Thursday
Lord, you are our Master, our Teacher, our Friend. The thought of your suffering pains us. We desperately want a different outcome,..
Regarding ruling elders: Risk-taking in spiritual leadership
(OGA) The gospel of Matthew tells the story of a man who entrusts a large amount of money to each of three servants..
Presbyterians aid vulnerable Puerto Ricans threatened with displacement
(PNS) Even before flooding from Hurricane Maria destroyed their home’s contents in 2017, Waleska García Castro and her family faced a human-made..
Holy Week: The holy in the mundane
"This week, so extraordinary, makes every other week in its wake holy and our every act now an offering of thanks to the One whose sacrifice saved the world, whether they know it or not."
Prayer for Wednesday of Holy Week
The days are surely coming, Lord, when you will no longer walk the earth. The atmosphere feels sinister as we prepare..
In a sixth grade class …
In a sixth grade class in Idaho a young girl said, “It seems to me Adam and Eve should have been embarrassed..
Trinity Church in Topeka, Kansas
A lot of Presbyterian churches honor graduates each year. Trinity Church in Topeka, Kansas, does a great job. On Graduate Sunday they..
Jason Pope
“I want to keep breaking bread with you. I want to live in a community again that eats and works and plays..
50 years ago
50 years ago — March 31, 1969 The issue of separation of church and state once again emerged when state proposals attempted..
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris ravaged by fire
(RNS) — A massive fire engulfed the 850-year-old Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris Monday evening (April 15), destroying the..
Immigration through the experiences of Border Patrol agents
DOUGLAS, Ariz. — Three U.S. Border Patrol agents answered pointed questions about their work during a near two-hour session last week with..
Jesus According to the New Testament
James D.G. Dunn Eerdmans, 192 pages This book is a summary of James Dunn’s brilliant scholarship over 50 years of teaching on..
Prayer for Tuesday of Holy Week
God of all times and places, the business of daily life consumes us. Work must get done. Meals must be cooked. Bills..
What’s right about West Plano Presbyterian Church?
West Plano Presbyterian Church — Plano, Texas Five years ago, the worship and formation ministry team at West Plano Presbyterian Church launched a..
Prayer for Monday of Holy Week
Living God, we acknowledge our tendency to worship you on Sunday only to forget your claim on our lives come Monday. Yesterday..
Prayers requested for Republic of Sudan
(PNS) Church partners in the Republic of Sudan are asking for prayers for peaceful resistance and non-violent responses to the change in the..
Palm Sunday — April 14, 2019
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Luke 19:28-40 Palm Sunday, Year C I am trying to imagine what the triumphant entry into Jerusalem must have..
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