Presbyterian Churches Lead Gun Violence Awareness Actions Dec. 10-14, 2017
STONY POINT, NY (Presbyterian Peace Fellowship press release) - Thursday, December 14, 2017 is Gun Violence Awareness Day across the United States...
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Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith
Karen Wright Marsh InterVarsity Press, 224 pages Reviewed by Jeff J. Meyers Dorothy Day, the founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, once..
Hope, the noun
Hope as a verb is anemic, a flimsy little cobweb. “I hope it doesn’t rain today,” we say. Hope-as-a-verb doesn’t even have..
Board of Pensions uncovers fraud scheme
PHILADELPHIA (Board of Pensions press release) – The Board of Pensions is investigating the fraudulent redirection of 11 pension payments. The Board..
Seasonal hymns by J. Barrie Shepherd
Beloved Presbyterian poet J. Barrie Shepherd has crafted hymns for Advent, Christmas and welcoming in the new year set to familiar Christmas tunes..
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..
Silence Falls – Advent hymn
A new hymn for Advent by Paul Hooker. Your hymn purchase includes downloads of a PDF of the lyrics scored with the..
Songs of Experience
U2 Interscope, 2017 As a lifelong U2 fan, I’ve learned that the key to coming to grips with U2 in the 2010s..
God’s Grace: Neighbor-run ministry in Indiana serves those in need
Guest commentary by Richard Peterson Maybe hard times have to get worse before they get better. It seems like that’s the way..
2nd Sunday of Advent — December 10, 2017
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..
Sacred space: Interfaith efforts to protect Bears Ears
Guest commentary by Conrad Rocha The sacred land of Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah is now under major threat. On..
Rebuilding the Foundations: Social Relationships in Ancient Scripture and Contemporary Culture
John Brueggemann and Walter Brueggemann Westminster John Knox Press, 202 pages “Something is torn in the fabric of American society,” the authors..
Cintrón-Olivieri and Kohlmann: A second team will stand for co-moderators
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.)...
A Letter from the Co-Moderators of the 222nd General Assembly
Dear Members and Friends of the Presbyterian Church USA, We write this today as leaders of our denomination – and specifically as..
Stated Clerk issues statement on Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel
(OGA) General Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson, II issued a statement today from Israel – where he is traveling with a delegation..
All Agency Review Committee continues to consider recommendations, ongoing questions
Step by step, the groups working on big-picture reports to the 2018 General Assembly are getting closer to nailing down their recommendations...
In the Holy Land, Stated Clerk calls upon President Trump not to move U.S. embassy
(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..
Mexican and U.S. Presbyterians look to ‘bridge the past and the future’ of border outreach
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..
Responsive Advent prayer of confession
As Advent dawns again, O God, we lament that hateful chants, violence, and death have marked our streets. Lord, have mercy! God..
Prayer resources for peace in Korean Peninsula available from WCC
(WCC) In a global campaign “A Light of Peace”, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invites people across the globe to unite..
Presbyterian churches in Ventura California face new wildfire threats
The Thomas Fire in Ventura County. (Photo via Ventura County Fire Department twitter account) (PNS) — Wildfires are raging again in parts of..
The blessing of books
I love the used book sales that local libraries hold in basements and back rooms. The smell of musty pages, the multicolored..
Four Birds of Noah’s Ark: A Prayer Book from the Time of Shakespeare
Thomas Dekker (Robert Hudson, editor) Eerdmans, 176 pages This is a most unusual book – and a lovely one at that...
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance hires senior advisor on hurricane recovery
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — As the 2017 hurricane season draws to a close, the bulk of the work for this year’s storm season..
The Third Peacock: The Problem of God and Evil
Robert Farrar Capon Winston Press, 82 pages Why mention a book that was first published over 40 years ago? Simply because it..
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