Presbyterian Mission Agency race audit team prepares 2018 report
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — Acting on the referral 11-24 of the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a team from..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — Acting on the referral 11-24 of the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a team from..
A new hymn for Advent by Paul Hooker. Your hymn purchase includes downloads of a PDF of the lyrics scored with the..
U2 Interscope, 2017 As a lifelong U2 fan, I’ve learned that the key to coming to grips with U2 in the 2010s..
Guest commentary by Richard Peterson Maybe hard times have to get worse before they get better. It seems like that’s the way..
Isaiah 40:1-11; 2 Peter 3:8-15 ; Mark 1:1-8 Advent 2B Punctuation matters. Maybe you’ve seen those T-shirts and mugs that read: “Let’s..
Guest commentary by Conrad Rocha The sacred land of Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah is now under major threat. On..
John Brueggemann and Walter Brueggemann Westminster John Knox Press, 202 pages “Something is torn in the fabric of American society,” the authors..
A second team has announced that they will stand to be co-moderators of the 2018 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)...
Dear Members and Friends of the Presbyterian Church USA, We write this today as leaders of our denomination – and specifically as..
(OGA) General Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson, II issued a statement today from Israel – where he is traveling with a delegation..
Step by step, the groups working on big-picture reports to the 2018 General Assembly are getting closer to nailing down their recommendations...
(OGA) The Reverend J. Herbert Nelson, II, General Assembly Stated Clerk for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), today asked U.S. religious leaders to “call..
Mission co-worker, Mark Adams walks away from the migrant cross on the Mexico side of the U.S. border fence/wall. (Photo by Dan..
As Advent dawns again, O God, we lament that hateful chants, violence, and death have marked our streets. Lord, have mercy! God..
(WCC) In a global campaign “A Light of Peace”, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invites people across the globe to unite..
The Thomas Fire in Ventura County. (Photo via Ventura County Fire Department twitter account) (PNS) — Wildfires are raging again in parts of..
I love the used book sales that local libraries hold in basements and back rooms. The smell of musty pages, the multicolored..
Thomas Dekker (Robert Hudson, editor) Eerdmans, 176 pages This is a most unusual book – and a lovely one at that...
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — As the 2017 hurricane season draws to a close, the bulk of the work for this year’s storm season..
Robert Farrar Capon Winston Press, 82 pages Why mention a book that was first published over 40 years ago? Simply because it..
McKinley Presbyterian Church — Champaign, Illinois At the edge of the University of Illinois campus, McKinley Presbyterian Church was the first Presbyterian..
T. Denise Anderson speaks at the launch event for the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival in Washington, D.C.,..
“No matter the tribes we choose, the morally-minded decry the killing of innocent people. This is not a high bar for unity;..
Many Presbyterian churches make shawls or quilts to give to members facing illness or other difficult circumstances. A church in Lampasas, Texas,..
A Sunday school teacher was trying to explain the meaning of the word “free” after a question from one of her tots...