Guest commentary by Timothy Slemmons Judging by so many observations of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, one must exercise some determination..
For years Frederick Buechner’s quote about vocation both haunted and inspired me. You likely have heard it: “The place God calls you..
The Way Forward Commission is moving closer to proposing specific recommendations to the 2018 General Assembly – and in the process is..
Seventy-two years ago today, the newly-formed United Nations approved a charter that has been the foundation of its work ever since. Today..
Directly across Jordan Street (the address for the church I serve) sits the Roman Catholic Cathedral. In the Presbyterian churches I have..
Psychiatrist Murray Bowen coined the term “emotional field” to describe powerful systemic forces – something akin to electromagnetic fields. We all know..
When an older person walks into a library and asks you how to use a computer having never touched one before, where..
In a church just outside Atlanta, a bulletin typo read: “More choir members needed. Try sinning in the choir during the month..
A Presbyterian college, Waynesburg University in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, recently received a high honor from the Corporation for National and Community Service. Waynesburg..
“I love Houston. It’s still my city. It’s a beautiful cornucopia of hope, of diversity, and I’m praying it’s going to be..
Leaders of the Presbyterian Church, USA, and the United Presbyterian Church produced a joint statement in support of Christians taking a courageous..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — The day after the Las Vegas shooting massacre, I posted on Facebook, “Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers.”..
As a geologist, I initially felt no need to connect science with faith; I neatly compartmentalized the two, thinking that science dealt..
Horizons Bible Study 2017-2018 “Cloud of Witnesses: The Community of Christ in Hebrews” Lesson 4: In community with God’s messengers (Hebrews 13:1-6) “All..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) — The Rev. Shawn Kang has been named the central region associate for 1001 New Worshiping Communities (NWC) in the..
Reprinted with permission from the ECO website. This week, the Synod office has received some questions regarding the article The Presbyterian Outlook published..
Guest commentary by Hsin-hsin Huang “Who am I?” This question is not only asked by teenagers in search of identity, it is also..
Exodus 33:12-23; Matthew 22:15-22; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Ordinary 29A; Proper 24 Right smack dab in the middle of what is “stewardship season”..
(PNS) October 20-22 marks the 26th annual National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths, a time for people of all faiths to devote to,..
(WCC) Fifty church development practitioners and leaders as well as organisations for persons with disabilities in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda met in..
In my early years, I, like every other American toddler, had to recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the homeroom period every..
Composed of excerpts from the creeds, catechisms and confessions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), this litany has been compiled by Susan Carter Wiggins.
J. Dana Trent Upper Room Books, 117 pages Reviewed by Meredith L. Kemp-Pappan I write this review in the midst of ending..
ST. LOUIS (OGA) Preaching at the closing worship service here of the five-day Mid Council Leaders Gathering of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),..
Wayside Presbyterian Church — Erie, Pennsylvania We are a 600-member church on the west side of Erie, a city with a diverse..
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