19th Sunday after Pentecost – October 15, 2017
Exodus 32:1-14; Matthew 22:1-14 Ordinary 28A; Proper 23 The parabalous horriblus continue this Sunday. Matthew doesn’t shy away from violence, judgment or..
Exodus 32:1-14; Matthew 22:1-14 Ordinary 28A; Proper 23 The parabalous horriblus continue this Sunday. Matthew doesn’t shy away from violence, judgment or..
(RNS) — Praise team leaders, organists, gospel choir members and other lovers of church music will gather in Dallas this weekend to..
The Presbytery of Philadelphia celebrated its 300th anniversary last weekend, welcoming 2,000 worshipers to a special Saturday service in North Philadelphia. Presbytery..
(PNS) Northern California’s wine country has received the brunt of the massive wildfires that continue to burn out of control. More than..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – “He grabbed my hair and pulled and yanked. … He grabbed my head and began pounding it into the..
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Muslim refugees to the United States, whose numbers have recently increased, have still been far outpaced by Christians refugees..
(WCC) As the Churches’ Week of Action on Food is to commence on 15 October, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Advocacy..
Karen Branan Atria Books, 312 pages Reviewed by Currie Burris Nearly everyone has secrets buried in the history of their family..
(PNS) The Rt. Rev. Fonki Samuel Forba, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon, issued a statement yesterday urging peace and dialog..
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PHILADELPHIA (Board of Pensions) — On Friday, October 6, Judge Barbara Crabb, a federal district court judge in the Western District of..
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Members of the 2020 Vision Team say they want to craft a vision statement for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that is short,..
(PNS) How does your church commemorate World Food Day? For some congregations, the day during Food Week of Action means a special..
(RNS) — Martin Luther reportedly said: “There never yet have been, nor are there now, too many good books.” As the 500th anniversary..
On August 21, millions of Americans jammed highways, crowded campgrounds and booked up hotels along a narrow corridor stretching from Oregon to..
(RNS) — A federal judge recently decided that clergy may no longer exclude housing expenses from their taxable income. U.S. District Judge..
ST. LOUIS – The All Agency Review Committee is looking ahead and getting more specific about changes it might recommend – including..
(PNS) For more than 17 years, the Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP), through its Joining Hands initiative, has been tackling the root causes..
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge in Wisconsin has struck down as unconstitutional a law that gives clergy tax-free housing allowances,..
David Hansen InterVarsity Press, 168 pages I have long believed that bird-watching is training in the practice of prayer. Both bird-watching and..
ST. LOUIS – What are the “perils and possibilities” ahead for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)? Why does lament resonate so deeply in..
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Twenty years ago, men gathered as “Promise Keepers” and filled the National Mall for a prayer rally seeking repentance..
A secretary typing the bulletin in a hurry in a Presbyterian church in Louisiana gave the congregation a good laugh. She defended..
Nadia Ayoub writes from Ukraine of special services there and in Hungary during the 500 years since Martin Luther’s actions brought about..