Religious leaders recall George H.W. Bush’s priorities: friendship, faith, family
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As the nation learned of the death of former President George H.W. Bush, religious leaders from across the country..
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David Maxwell to head Geneva Press
(PNS) The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC) is excited to announce that Rev. David Maxwell will become the vice president and executive director..
Zomba Theological College graduates from college to seminary
(PNS) Just months after celebrating its 40th anniversary, Zomba Theological College in Malawi received accreditation by the National Council for Higher Education..
Let the little children come to me?
It is a familiar litany: Seminaries are struggling to recruit students, there is an impending minister shortage and pastor burnout in the..
Advocacy Committee for Women’s Concerns speaks against Pentagon policy restricting transgender military service
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — An advocacy committee is calling on Presbyterians, including church leaders, to speak out against the Trump administration’s request last..
The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben Greystone Books, 288 pages About worship, David Gambrell once said, “I like to think of worship as an organic, dynamic..
Tidings
This season’s festive cards that crush and crowd the mails bear witness to the limits, all those insistent boundaries that ever mark..
Sanctuary churches’ rocky relations with ICE strained after arrest of undocumented man
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Houses of worship that provide sanctuary for undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation follow strict protocols for protecting their guests..
COP24: Global church bodies urge transformative action to protect the most vulnerable
International climate march during COP22 climate conference in Marrakech. Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC (WCC) As the United Nations climate summit kicks off..
Sister of the robe (Sisterhood of the Traveling Robe)
“When you belong to this church family, the family you belong to is bigger than just this church.” That’s how I start..
A way forward for Advent carolers?
Guest commentary by Will Berger I've spent the better part of my 25 years in Nashville being a preacher/musician and a musician/preacher...
Advent for Everyone: Luke (A Daily Devotional)
Roy Howard reviews N.T. Wright's book.
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..
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