Nations, tribes and people: Standing before the throne
Guest commentary by Carlton Johnson Confession: I have never been to a Korean Presbyterian worship service. Unfortunately, I have never been invited...
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7th Sunday after Pentecost – July 23, 2017
Genesis 28:10-19a; Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Ordinary 16A; Proper 11 “Let me sleep on it.” That’s the phrase we use when we aren’t..
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board Executive Committee discusses future: Possible publishing consolidation, Stony Point, staff survey
ST. PAUL, MINN. (Outlook) – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board’s executive committee spent some time at its July meeting preparing for what..
1001 New Worshiping Community receives $50,000 Duke Divinity grant
KANSAS CITY, MO (PNS) — Bringing rich and poor, black and white, young and old together in communion at the same table..
Recovering from Un-Natural Disasters: A Guide for Pastors and Congregations after Violence and Trauma
Laurie Kraus, David Holyan and Bruce Wismer WJK Press, Louisville, Ky. 184 pages Reviewed by Merritt N. Schatz “Thank God, I..
A “Space for Hope” in the midst of the Syrian civil war
In October, I spent two weeks traveling through Lebanon and Syria. The trip was organized by Presbyterian mission worker Elmarie Parker. Our group of..
African American clergy speak out against proposed federal budget and health care plan
(PNS) An estimated 40 to 50 African American clergy gathered on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to speak out against what they call..
The sisterhood of Presbyterian Korean-American Clergywomen
The first time Mihee Kim-Kort witnessed a female Korean-American pastor preach in the pulpit was in 2008. It was Grace Ji-Sun..
Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis expands, lives into mission
MINNEAPOLIS (Outlook) Here’s a question – one raised by a big, exciting, expensive, forward-thinking renovation and expansion project now underway at Westminster..
Lutheran and Presbyterian partnership welcomes African refugees in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, MINN. (Outlook) This is a story of how two Christians interested in immigrant ministry (one Lutheran, one Presbyterian) are working together..
A history of Presbyterian mission in Korea
Every year, researchers visit the Presbyterian Historical Society in Philadelphia to access our extensive Korea mission collections. Many are individual scholars and..
Governance Task Force releases revised recommendations
ST. PAUL (Outlook) – The Governance Task Force of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board has released a revised series of recommendations –..
PMA executive committee hears from The Way Forward Commission and All Agency Review Committee
ST. PAUL (Outlook) The high-level conversations about the future of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continue – this time, in St. Paul, Minnesota,..
Presbyterian pastor
Fewer and fewer people I encounter have any idea what “Presbyterian” means. When, upon meeting someone, I am asked, “What do you..
It’s no longer Sunday best for the Church of England
LONDON (RNS) — After centuries of wearing flowing robes, cassocks and other vestments, Anglican priests can finally dress down. Under canon law,..
Trust in God: Regarding ruling elders
(OGA) Trust in God. The phrase has always had a vanilla-bland feeling for me—even though I like vanilla. It just isn’t a..
Northeast cities rate most secular
(RNS) — Residents of Portland and Auburn, Maine, aren’t just living in the far Northeast. They’re in the most “post-Christian” part of..
Camp and God’s kingdom
Guest commentary by Shelly Wood Last week, I picked my 13-year-old up from a week of church camp at Pyoca, our Presbyterian..
6th Sunday after Pentecost – July 16, 2017
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 Ordinary 15A; Proper 10 Jesus’ parable of the sower would not make it into a self-help book. Nor would..
The Value of Doubt: Why Unanswered Questions, Not Unquestioned Answers, Build Faith
Bill Tammeus Skylight Paths Publishing, Nashville, Tenn. 160 Pages In a sermon I preached a few years ago on John 20:24-29, I..
The “PK” phenomenon
There is a phenomenon in the church world referred to as the “PK.” The initials “PK” traditionally stand for “preacher’s kid,” but..
Across church families, across states: pledges for peace on the Korean Peninsula
As a WCC-convened forum on peace on the Korean Peninsula came to a close, participants from around the world, representing many..
Home, belonging and Big Tent
Eric Barreto, an associate professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, started his Bible study on “differences and diversity in the..
Count Me
The three in me, was, is, might be, an unholy trinity. Each singularity a crossed humanity factored by duality. The sixfold choices,..
The healthy practice of pastoral sabbaticals
When Beth Garrod-Logsdon, pastor at Wilmore Presbyterian Church in Wilmore, Kentucky, prepared to broach the subject of a sabbatical with the session,..
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