23rd Sunday after Pentecost – November 12, 2017
Matthew 25:1-13 Ordinary 32A; Proper 27 Heard the word “bridegroom” spoken lately? Do people in your congregation discuss Christ’s return or are..
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Nonviolence as foundation of faith and civil ethics: Taylor Branch speaks at Covenant Network conference
BALTIMORE – Look for the connections. The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s opened doors to movements for justice that..
“Why haven’t we progressed any further?” Yoo asks at Covenant Network conference
BALTIMORE – What are the implications, now and through the history of Christianity, of Imago Dei – the belief that all people..
Interfaith statement for COP23 urges change of lifestyles
(WCC) “We have to walk on the land and sail at the sea with care and deep respect for what is given”, said..
During Geneva Peace week, panel explores role of religion in preventing violence
(WCC) As the “city of peace” observed Geneva Peace Week from 6-10 November, a special panel discussion held on 8 November explored..
Pence tells grieving town ‘Faith is stronger than evil’
FLORESVILLE, Texas (RNS) — Vice President Mike Pence traveled to this rural stretch of Texas to offer prayers and words of comfort to..
Texas church to be demolished, like other mass killing sites before it
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (RNS) — The funerals were yet to be held. The eulogies were yet to be given. The bodies were yet..
Mother Emanuel AME pastor shows solidarity with Sutherland Springs
(RNS) — In the wake of the shooting massacre at a Texas church, the Rev. Eric S.C. Manning has visited members of..
Holy Spokes: The Search for Urban Spirituality on Two Wheels
by Laura Everett Eerdmans, 201 pages Reviewed by Ken Evers-Hood I once heard Bob Dykstra at Princeton Theological Seminary discuss a lecture..
Hymn: “If We Just Talk of Thoughts and Prayers”
Thanks to Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, this hymn is free for congregations to use in worship. It was written after the church shooting..
Stated Clerk pledges repentance for No Gun Ri massacre
SEOUL (OGA) In a sermon here November 1—All-Saints Day—Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), General Assembly Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson, II, pledged that the..
Stated Clerk issues statement on Texas church mass shootings
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson, II, issued the following statement today (November 8) on the..
Dissent and depravity
We asked our bloggers to share why they are Presbyterian. These are their responses. I was predestined to be Presbyterian. I’m not..
Are the 1866 St. Louis assemblies speaking to our 2018 St. Louis assembly?
Editor’s note: As Presbyterians debate holding the 223rd GA in St. Louis next summer (see Leslie Scanlon’s article the the COGA decision..
Four Presbyterian Seminaries receive social justice and service honors
CHICAGO (PNS) — The Center for Faith and Service at McCormick Seminary, announced today its annual list of Seminaries that Change the World..
National Council of Churches: We Grieve With Sutherland Springs, Call for Sensible Gun Measures
WASHINGTON (NCC) Our hearts are broken once again with the news of another mass shooting in our nation. Yesterday, twenty-six worshipers at..
Local Christians, and some Muslims, surround a grieving town with love
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (RNS) — After a day’s work, Jennifer Garcia drove over from San Antonio and propped a homemade poster drawn..
Created for a purpose: Teenager tells how family, church and service has shaped his faith
There was a time when physical pain threatened to drown out God’s voice in 18-year-old Phillip Storie’s life. But a life..
Presbyterian Mission Agency expects to end 2017 on solid financial ground
The Presbyterian Mission Agency expects to end 2017 on solid financial ground – with more income and fewer expenses than had been..
A prayer after the Texas church killings
Merciful God, I don't expect you to stop a speeding bullet from killing one of your beloved in a church, at a..
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance responds to mass shooting in Texas
First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. (Photo via Facebook) (PNS) While the community of Sutherland Springs, Texas grapples with yesterday’s mass..
Stated Clerk urges fast action on ‘clean’ DREAM Act
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Citing Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly actions dating back at least to 2012, the denomination’s stated clerk, J. Herbert Nelson, II..
Mass shooting at Texas church prompts strong words from religious leaders
(RNS) — A small Southern Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, has turned into a crime scene, with at least 26 people..
Shootings at U.S. houses of worship in recent years
(AP) Some fatal shootings that have happened at U.S. houses of worship since 2012: Nov. 5, 2017: Dressed in black tactical-style gear..
Puerto Rican seminary reopens in aftermath of Hurricane Maria
(PNS) The Seminario Evangélio de Puerto Rico reopened Saturday, October 28, with a revised academic calendar only a month after Hurricane Maria..
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