Co-moderators make committee appointments
(OGA) After the close of its meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, the 223rd General Assembly tasked the Co-Moderators, Elder Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri and the..
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God with us when we seek God (Horizons 4)
“God’s Promise: I Am With You” Lesson 4: 1 Chronicles 28:1-21; 1 Kings 11:1-13, 29-30 “Sinners in the hands of an angry God”..
Advent politics
They almost seem to come around together: Election Day and Advent. A secular moment and a sacred moment, moving in tandem, as..
Walking
The elderly woman waited her turn to speak with me after my talk. “It doesn’t really matter how you walk,” she said..
A young Presbyterian …
A young Presbyterian lass asked her grandmother, “Are you glad you’re having another birthday?” And Granny answered, “Oh yes, birthdays are good..
Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship
The Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship has Bible schools in refugee camps in neighboring countries to South Sudan. Many are fleeing from that country..
J. Herbert Nelson
“They are asking questions and we are failing to give them answers that correlate with their current realities. We are still talking..
The smaller church (40 years ago)
40 years ago — November 6, 1978 As almost every Presbyterian knows, our denomination is made up predominantly of smaller congregations. Without..
Remembering Eugene Peterson
Guest commentary by Harry Heintz I don’t know just how I found the writings of Eugene Peterson. Once I did, it..
25th Sunday after Pentecost — November 11, 2018
Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17; Mark 12:38-44 Ordinary 32B Proper 27 What obligation do we have to those in our society who cannot provide..
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Prayer in the wake of another mass shooting
God who weeps with us, breaking news is no longer shocking news. After another mass shooting we hear the reports of how..
Days and Times: Poems from the Liturgy of Living
Paul K. Hooker Resource Publications, 88 pages Reviewed by Dana Hughes Of all the poets alive or dead, Paul Hooker is by..
Presbyterians help prepare to meet the needs of the coming caravan
McALLEN, TEXAS – The caravan of thousands of Central American immigrants is coming, to be met at the border by the military...
Prayers for Cameroon
Sisters and Brothers, I urgently call you to prayer for our partners and friends in Cameroon, a nation divided by language between..
Grace in the mechanism: How a typewriter changed the way I pray and preach
Why am I writing about typewriters when you are supposed to write on them? At least that is what people used..
Our God Loves Justice: An Introduction to Helmut Gollwitzer
W. Travis McMaken Fortress Press, 240 pages Reviewed by Kenneth E. Kovacs Thirty years ago, one of the assigned texts for Theology..
Enough
After hearing Jezebel expound on her state policy of murdering protesters of her injustices, Elijah sat down under a solitary broom tree and..
Faith groups mount election turnout efforts that could help both parties
(RNS) — Waves of religious groups are mustering passionate get-out-the-vote efforts in the final hours before the heated midterm elections, with clergy..
Bus station compassion: volunteers help asylum-seekers get to the next place on their long journey to safety
MCALLEN, TEXAS – What happens when the caravan gets here remains to be seen, but a recent fall day at a bus..
Denial is My Spiritual Practice (And Other Failures of Faith)
Rachel G. Hackenberg and Martha Spong Church Publishing, 144 pages Reviewed by Jennifer Burns Lewis In her book, “The Gift of Imperfection,”..
What’s right about Clear Lake Presbyterian Church?
Clear Lake Presbyterian Church — Houston The devastation of Hurricane Harvey is still felt all over Houston, where thousands of flooded homes..
On election eve, Stated Clerk calls on political leaders to take new approach
(OGA) The recent mass murders in Pittsburgh, the random assassination of two African Americans at a Louisville grocery store, and the two..
“The Message” author Eugene Peterson remembered for his many gifts
(PNS) Two handmade containers — one a cradle, the other a casket — were on display Saturday during a memorial service for acclaimed..
Fall books: Briefly noted
Being Human Rowan Williams Eerdmans, 112 pages Rowan Williams’ recent small books “Being Christian” and “Becoming Disciples” have been helpful in describing..
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