Resurrecting Easter: How the West Lost and the East Kept the Original Easter Vision

John Dominic Crossan and Sarah Sexton Crossan HarperOne, 224 pages The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the heart of the Christian tradition...

Voices

Admiration for weeds

I am not a fan of weeds. Weeding in Houston (where I live) is an extreme sport, especially in the summer time...

Presbyterian News Service

Four overarching themes come out of new worshiping communities research

Aisha Brooks-Lytle and Michael Gerhling offer affirmation and blessing to those gathered during worship at “Living, Dying, Rising,” the national 1001 New..

Editorials

Gospel conversations

According to Masha Gessen, a Russian-American journalist and staff writer for the New Yorker, “We’ve lost the ability to have political conversations.”..

Religion News Service

From the black church to India: The theology of Martin Luther King Jr.

(RNS) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “was no armchair theologian.” “He was a theologian of action, an engaged theologian, actively..

What's right?

What’s right about Kirk of Kildaire?

Kirk of Kildaire – Cary, North Carolina Kirk of Kildaire places a tremendous focus on those in our community who are below..

Voices

Family baptism

Having attended a more evangelical seminary, there were lots of different views on the sacrament of baptism floating around. And I was..

Prayers for the moment

Prayer for Easter

Another day has dawned, a day we anticipated would be like yesterday — full of despair and confusion, fear and sorrow —..

Prayers for the moment

Prayer for Holy Saturday

We woke today hoping against hope that you would be alive and with us, Lord. We had wished yesterday was a nightmare,..

Voices

Woodwork

It’s about the blood — joining boards at angles, edges are negotiations, prone to pinch, and nails pierce like talking points, splinters..

Looking into the lectionary

Resurrection of the Lord/Easter — April 1, 2018

Mark 16:1-8 Secrets people take to the grave don’t often stay there. Movies, reality television and soap operas make great use of..

Prayers for the moment

Prayer for Good Friday

Lord, days like today we wish we could wipe off the calendar. The pain crushes our spirits. Seeing you mocked and beaten,..

Presbyterian News Service

Governance Task Force seeks common ground

LOUISVILLE (PNS) – Representatives of the Governance Task Force (GTF) of the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA), the Way Forward Commission (WFC), and..