Advent for Everyone: Luke (A Daily Devotional)
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1st Sunday of Advent — December 2, 2018
Jeremiah 33:14-16; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36 Advent 1C The days are surely coming when struggling with texts about the heavens and..
Presbyterian leaders gather virtually to address immigration issues
What are Presbyterians doing in response to the influx of asylum-seekers along the U.S.-Mexico border? How can Presbyterians help? A series of..
New Jersey church celebrates release of member picked up by federal authorities in January
(OGA) The First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen (“FPC”), in Metuchen, New Jersey, had a special reason to celebrate Thanksgiving. Roby Sanger was..
In life and in death (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Robe)
“From dust you were formed and to dust you will return” It was Ash Wednesday, and the crowd was small since it..
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World
Christopher de Hamel Penguin Press, 640 pages. Reviewed by Karen R. Dukes Many experts have attempted to write about their field of..
A mother in the pulpit: A letter (Sisterhood of the Traveling Robe)
Dear Mary Eliza and Teddy, You know that mommy is a pastor and you have seen me in my robe. Especially you,..
Physical space for God’s glory: A story of selling church property
Why do churches sell their property? Sometimes a congregation gets too small and too old and the church closes its doors. Sometimes..
What’s next for churches who sell their property?
Sometimes a congregation decides to sell all or part of its property because it needs the money. And sometimes the decision to..
The sisterhood of pastor-mamas (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Robe)
Supply preacher: Have robe, will travel. That is, until the robe doesn’t zip. Our first child was on the way and we..
Support the Outlook on #GivingTuesday
Friends, It is that time of year again: Giving Tuesday! Unlike other random days on the secular calendar (why can’t every day..
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Robe
The first Geneva robes, with their billowy sleeves and pleats, were stitched together with men in mind. These days their construction makes..
Your neighbors do not live in your neighborhood
When my family moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, we purchased the only house that was available in our price range. After moving..
Fearless generosity and radical hospitality
In January 1828, a bunch of men sitting in a palace in Mexico City signed the “Treaty of Limits,” a document that..
Christ the King Sunday — November 25, 2018
2 Samuel 23:1-7; Revelation 1:4b-8; John 18:33-37 The language of “king” perplexes and confounds. For some, it creates a stumbling block to..
Prayer for Thanksgiving
God whose giving knows no bounds, your Word teaches us to give thanks in all circumstances. Today we take that instruction to..
Survivors of California’s unending fires cook up Thanksgiving for latest victims
(RNS) — It was almost four months ago when the Carr Fire near Redding, Calif., ripped through Amanda Woodley’s town. The blaze..
When children pray
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from..
What’s right about Rutgers Presbyterian Church?
Rutgers Presbyterian Church — New York City Mayada Anjari came to the U.S. as a Syrian refugee and is building a new..
Inches from wildfire, Malibu church faces uncertainty
MALIBU, Calif. (RNS) — Two hours before the sun set over the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 8, the Rev. Joyce Stickney, rector..
PDA responds to needs following both natural, human-caused disasters
(PNS) Presbyterian Disaster Assistance uses terms like “unprecedented” and “all-encompassing” when referring to the destructive fires still burning both in Northern and Southern..
Sojourners all: Presbyterians involved in international advocacy
“These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having..
Grateful for privilege?!
I recently watched a short, six-minute film by Louis Schwartzberg called “Gratitude” (you can find it on YouTube). This is a visual..
Workshops and worship create full agenda at Moderators’ Conference
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Policies and procedures, workshops and worship made up the two-day Moderators’ Conference in Louisville, Kentucky over the weekend. The Presbyterian..
Grateful when grieving?!
A wave of death has hit our congregation recently. We said goodbye to several long time church members over the course of..
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