Prayer for Maundy Thursday
Servant Lord, you come not to be served but to serve. You tell us to emulate your actions becoming least and last..
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2018 GA bulletin inserts
What happened at the 223rd General Assembly? Post-GA bulletin inserts What will they hear? Who will tell them? Give your church members..
The kiss
Listen to the author read his poem. So Judas came straight to Jesus. “Greetings, Rabbi!” he exclaimed and gave him the kiss...
Prayer for Wednesday of Holy Week
You call us, Lord of all, to keep awake, to watch and be ready, to be on alert for the in-breaking..
Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel Picador, 640 pages and 432 pages Reviewed by Lisa Kenkeremath “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies” (parts one and..
Polishing the silver
It has become an annual lenten ritual, pulling out rags and the pink paste that smells of wintergreen to polish my baptismal..
Presbyterians join hundreds of thousands in march against gun violence
Thousands participate in the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Photo by Nora Leccese (PNS) Across the country..
Stated Clerk files amicus brief supporting DACA
(OGA) Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson, II has signed an amicus curiae brief in a suit filed in..
The last laugh
My friend Jane is about to die. Her husband David texted me last night to tell me that the doctors say it..
How are saints like a cross-country team? (Horizons 9)
HORIZONS BIBLE STUDY 2017-2018 “Cloud of Witnesses: The Community of Christ in Hebrews” Lesson 9: In Community with the Hope of the..
Easter is the real deal
Christianity lost the battle for Christmas a long time ago. There was too much money to be made and too much fantasy..
A church secretary …
A church secretary in Wisconsin misspelled an announcement that then appeared as: “The monthly potluck supper is this Sunday at 5 p.m...
A church in Topeka …
A church in Topeka, Kansas, has an endowment committee that started Stepping Stones to Trinity’s Future, a program encouraging members to give..
Nicole Chung
“Showing my book to my parents meant showing them who I am, with no spin, no soothing, no apologies, no disclaimers. I..
A program of interracial cooperation — 70 years ago
70 years ago — March 8, 1948 The executive committee of the Virginia Council of Churches recognizes that substantial advances have been..
Prayer for Tuesday of Holy Week
Lord Christ, Hosanna in the highest, even as you prepare to face your death, you continue your God-given work. We marvel at..
Our year with “her”
Of all the words spoken and read, broadcast and printed, muttered to ourselves or shouted aloud, the one Americans most sought to..
Holy Week, March Madness-style
Guest commentary by Gerald Little March Madness is here. College basketball fans, coaches and players cheer, coach and strive to lead their..
Prayer for Monday of Holy Week
Lord, after the crowds and noise, the branches and cloaks, the shouts of “Hosanna!” and the scramble to follow your instructions and..
Urged by their youth, faith groups flock to the March for Our Lives
WASHINGTON (RNS) — When Lydia Catterall, a junior at Norcross High School in Norcross, Ga., was asked why she was participating in..
Prayer for Palm/Passion Sunday
Cloaks on the road, leafy branches cut from the fields of those who welcomed you, Lord Christ, all offerings of what..
Johnson Amendment remains intact in latest omnibus spending bill
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The part of tax law that prohibits houses of worship from engaging in explicit political activity will remain intact..
Via Crucis: Praying for peace in Honduras
Guest commentary by Lora Burge Representing PC(USA) World Mission and Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, I recently spent a week in Honduras as part..
March 25, 2018 — Palm/Passion Sunday
Mark 11:1-11 Palm/Passion Sunday, Year B Why are you doing this? What are you doing? These two questions are front and center..
Clarification of Evaluation Standards for the Standard Ordination Exams
(OGA) At its annual meeting from March 5-10, the Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates (PCC) sought to clarify for both..
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