Voices

A New Year’s resolution: Practicing friendship

What if we made a New Year's resolution to be intentional, writes Sam Codington?

Presbyterian News Service

Stated Clerk looks to challenges, opportunities facing the church in 2019

(OGA) For two and a half years, the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, has listened to the heartbeat of the church. The..

Presbyterian News Service

Fifteen months after Maria, PC(USA) leaders find Puerto Rico devastated but determined

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (PNS) — It’s a pretty port of call. Mere blocks from where cruise ships pull into San Juan..

News from other sources

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation’s president and publisher announces retirement

LOUISVILLE (Presbyterian Publishing Corporation press release) — Longtime president and publisher of the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC), Marc Lewis, has announced that..

Editorials

Holy Spirit house of worship

Ineffable. The feeling that washes over you in worship or in a session meeting or at a community event in the church..

What's right?

What’s right about Westminster By-The-Sea Presbyterian Church?

Westminster By-The-Sea Presbyterian Church — Daytona Beach Shores, Florida After reading Leslie Scanlon’s article about churches responding to the opioid epidemic (“Addiction and..

Voices

A resolution to wonder

Whereas a year is a wondrous fleeting thing, and there is no time like the present and no present like the..

Prayers for the moment

Prayer for the New Year

God of our past, present and future, as the calendar turns and we greet another year, we ask not so much..

Religion News Service

2018 in review: A year of reckoning for powerful religious figures

(RNS) — A year ago Bill Hybels was the well-respected pastor of one of the most influential megachurches in the nation. Theodore..

Voices

Confession and assurance at the border

Guest commentary by Jonathan Freeman This is my confession. Earlier this month I joined a delegation of fellow Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary..

Looking into the lectionary

1st Sunday after Christmas Day — December 30, 2018

1 Samuel 2:18-20; Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:41-52 Christmas 1C “He has a profound, profound faith. All were moved by the depth of..

Book Reviews

Healing Our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World

Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill IVP Books, 208 pages Reviewed by Rachel Cheney Starting conversations about change can be uncomfortable in..

Voices

Resolution to awe and wonder

“And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.” (Acts 2:43) I heard in..

Book Reviews

Simon and the Big, Bad, Angry Beasts: A Book About Anger

Ian De Haes Flyaway Books, 40 pages Anger is spewing out everywhere these days. Actually, rage – which is a notch higher..

Editorials

Gratitude for the year

As we end this calendar year I want to express my deep gratitude for all of the people who make our..

Prayers for the moment

Christmas prayer: “God of fresh starts…”

"No longer do we stumble through the dark valley of death. No longer do we fear evil. No longer do we languish in despair," writes Jill Duffield.

Prayers for the moment

Christmas Eve prayer: We make our way to the manger

"Visit us this night with angels, give us ears to hear the chorus of good news of great joy for all people, grant us the courage to leave what we know in order to encounter heaven come to earth," writes Jill Duffield.

Voices

Advent, pregnancy and the spirituality of bodily functions

Guest commentary by Abbi Heimach-Snipes I am experiencing an Advent like no other. Pregnant with my first child, I’m past my due..

Looking into the lectionary

4th Sunday of Advent — December 23, 2018

Micah 5:2-5a; Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-55 Advent 4C Women blessed by God accomplish the previously unimaginable. “Silent Night, Holy Night!” – one..