Prayer for the day after Pentecost

Gracious God, as I look out my window I see the beauty of your beloved creation exploding in colorful blooms, raining down..

Book Reviews

Out of the Depths

Kenneth E. Kovacs Parson’s Porch Books, Cleveland, Tenn. 160 pages Kenneth Kovacs is a seasoned pastor and a theologian who writes like..

Voices

How I found God in sickness and health

Thank God for One Direction. Every time I feel bad about myself, One Direction is there to pick me up. They remind..

Presbyterian News Service

Interfaith leaders speak out on White House decision to withdraw from Paris climate accord

LOUISVILLE (PNS) President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord is being met with harsh criticism from..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian Peace Fellowship releases gun violence prevention toolkit

LOUISVILLE (PNS) Today marks the third annual observance of National Gun Violence Awareness Day. As advocates remember the 138 mass shootings and 6,303..

Voices

“She’s on hospice”

Guest commentary by Franziska Rokoske It seems so innocuous, the request to keep people and their families in our thoughts and prayers..

Looking into the lectionary

Day of Pentecost – June 4, 2017

Acts 2:1-21 Language is more than words. Last week on Morning Edition there was a segment on the challenges of translating President..

Presbyterian News Service

Dansalan College buildings burned and teachers abducted in Marawi City, Philippines

(PNS) The United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP), a long-time Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) global partner, joined the National Council of..

Presbyterian News Service

Faith-based investors gain ground with ExxonMobil on climate change

(PNS) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and nearly three dozen faith-based investors are encouraged by shareholder approval yesterday of a proposal urging ExxonMobil to..

Book Reviews

Pastoral Care: Telling the Stories of Our Lives

Karen D. Scheib Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tenn. 256 pages Reviewed by Eunil David Cho In this book Karen D. Scheib, associate professor..

Voices

The thirty-two-foot principal

When called for, or at the organist’s discretion, at the end of lines, or when otherwise the melody pauses, as though gathering..

Benedictory

Remembering the blessing

My father-in-law moved from Korea to America to live with my wife and me at the age of 62 and changed his..

Presbyterian News Service

Attack on Christian pilgrims in Egypt kills 35

CAIRO – Terrorists attacked Christians last Friday in Egypt’s western desert, near Minya, initially killing 28 and injuring 23. As of today,..

Outlook Features

Congregations offer and find support through CanCare

The idea is deceptively simple. When someone is diagnosed with cancer – a diagnosis that often overloads the mind and heart with..

Voices

Field day and the Holy Spirit

I had the opportunity to go to the “field day” of one of my children recently. I remember some of my own..

News from other sources

Reformation is ‘GPS’ for next 500 years, says S. African Anglican leader in Luther’s town

The Reformation was a defining moment 500 years ago but can also serve as an inspiration for the next five centuries, South..

Presbyterian News Service

New Pentecost worship resource exalts Holy Spirit-inspired possibilities

LOUISVILLE (PNS) Pentecost is a time to consider “what becomes possible when God blows through your life with the wind of the..

Religion News Service

Cloistered nuns on Facebook: What’s not to like?

ROME (RNS) For centuries they lived in isolation and silence. They spent their lives as nuns in silent prayer, cut off from the..

Outlook Horizons Studies

Jesus is … (Horizons preview)

2017-2018 Presbyterian Women/Horizons Bible Study “Cloud of Witnesses: The Community of Christ in Hebrews” Preview I received a note recently. There was no..

In This Corner

A Presbyterian mother …

One Presbyterian mother told her pastor, “The Sunday school teachers are not making themselves clear. My son says Jesus healed a lot..

Presbyterians in Action

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Larry and Inge Sthreshley, PC(USA) mission co-workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, tell about informational forms developed for each child..

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