When grace meets words of healing
Guest commentary by Tara Bulger Recently, an old picture of my daughter and me came across my social media feed. My daughter,..
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6th Sunday of Easter – May 21, 2017
Acts 17:22-31; John 14:15-21 Easter 6A “If you love me you will keep my commandments.” In this brief passage from John, Jesus..
Cultivating hopeful expectation
I am currently part of a formation cohort through my alma mater, Fuller Theological Seminary. As a young female pastor, I’ve had..
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
by Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. 496 pages Reviewed by Robert L. Montgomery Thomas Friedman’s latest book shows..
Presbyterians in Cuba and U.S. meet to discuss renewal of Mutual Mission Agreement
(PNS) “We are partners in hard times but also in good times. What does it mean to be partners in hard times?”..
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Way Forward plans midterm report
CHICAGO – Hoping to give the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) a sense of some of the big themes it considers essential – from..
Cultivating the gospel in social media
Ministry with young people is irreducibly technological. Perhaps it has never not been so (after all, Paul’s letters to young Timothy employed..
The Way Forward Commission looks ahead to next steps
CHICAGO – The Way Forward Commission has begun to chart its next steps – including the question of whether it should draft..
The Way Forward thinks big in Chicago
CHICAGO – This was a day of thinking big – about what the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) looks like now and about possibilities..
Way Forward Commission begins work with visit from co-moderator Jan Edmiston
CHICAGO – Jan Edmiston, co-moderator of the 2016 General Assembly, encouraged of the Way Forward Commission to focus on mission and to..
Practicing Sabbath in the digital age
In her fantastic new book, “Liturgy of the Ordinary,” Tish Harrison Warren describes an all-too-common dynamic of life in the digital age:..
Finding a closer walk with God (Regarding ruling elders: a monthly series for spiritual leaders)
(OGA) There is something so compelling about a thoughtful ninety-year-old asking you questions about God. I was intrigued. Her name was Marion,..
PC(USA) co-moderators to lead plenary session at Big Tent
Co-moderators of the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), T. Denise Anderson and Jan Edmiston. (Photo by Danny Bolin) (PNS) The..
Peter Hollens
“I don’t have to go out on the road and play in bars. I can be a father and I can be..
Tim and Gloria Wheeler
Tim and Gloria Wheeler recently ended a lengthy mission partnership in Honduras. One of their projects was helping to install a new..
At the General Assembly in Houston…
Years ago at the General Assembly in Houston, a commissioner from John Knox Presbytery registered. When he checked in to his hotel,..
Holy Silence: The Gift of Quaker Spirituality
by J. Brent Bill Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 159 pages Reviewed by Emily Berman D’Andrea Quaker author, J. Brent Bill, in his revised..
Celebration or witness to the resurrection?
Let it be known that when I die there is not to be a celebration of my life. There will be a..
Can cyber-space be sacred space?
I read Jacques Ellul’s “The Technological Society” while in seminary in the 1990s. His prescience blew my mind. First published in 1954,..
Up in the balcony
I was visiting with the pastor of a church where I was the guest preacher. He lamented that the youth there didn’t..
Storytelling is stewardship ministry
Ponder these two experiences: A church member calls a fellow church member and asks for a personal meeting. In the meeting, the..
Powerful storms cause problems in the Midwest and South
LOUISVILLE (PNS) A series of storms in the past few weeks have caused a number of problems for residents across the Midwest..
Montreat College President Maurer responds to recent criticism
LOUISVILLE (PNS) In response to media outlets, including Presbyterian News Service, reporting Montreat College’s disaffiliation from the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities (APCU)..
22, A Million
Bon Iver Following the break up of his band and a relationship, Justin Vernon retreated to a secluded cabin in Wisconsin. Over..
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