10 minutes with Shannon Johnson Kershner (APCE worship leader and plenary speaker)
DENVER (Outlook) - Shannon Johnson Kershner is senior pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She will speak during the final..
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Don’t call me bivocational: The importance of tent-making ministry
Guest commentary by Shawn Hyska “If you can see yourself doing something else and being happy at it, you should not enter..
4th Sunday after Epiphany — January 29, 2017
Micah 6:1-8; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12 Ordinary 4A Jesus recognizes a teachable moment with his new disciples. Jesus has been gathering..
Prayer after Restriction of Refugees
(PNS) - God, our heart's true home, Father and Mother of us all: We can no longer pretend to be distant from..
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board to consider salaries and what’s next for ministerial teams
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board is being asked to approve 3 percent salary increases for employees of the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA)...
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board considers recommendation to reduce size by more than half
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board is considering an approach that would reduce the size of the board by more than half –..
APCE starts conference in Denver with Nadia Bolz-Weber
DENVER (Outlook) God with us in the chaos. That’s the theme of the 2017 Association of Presbyterian Church Educators annual event being..
10 minutes with … Laurie Farquharson (APCE 2017 Educator of the Year)
For 27 years, Laurie Farquharson, has served as the director of Christian Education at Wekiva Presbyterian Church in Longwood, Florida. A lifelong..
A Letter to My Anxious Christian Friends: From Fear to Faith in Unsettled Times
David P. Gushee Westminster Press, Louisville, Ky. 128 pages Reviewed by Andy Nagel If my social media feed is any indication, we..
Faith leaders speak out against President Trump’s executive orders on immigrants and refugees
(PNS) A group of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders joined together on Wednesday afternoon to express opposition to President Trump’s executive orders..
Southern states begin clean up following weekend of tornadoes
(PNS) Residents along the deep south and Gulf Coast have begun to dig out from the damage left behind following an outbreak..
New GA-mandated LGBT resource now available
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – In fulfillment of a commissioner resolution adopted by the 221st General Assembly (2014), the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) has just published..
We are all migrants / Todos somos migrantes
“Maria” and “Ernesto,” along with their two children, migrated to the United States from Mexico in the early 2000s. They made..
PMAB Governance Task Force reports progress
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – The Executive Committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) will hear a progress report from the Governance Task Force (GTF)..
What’s right with Park Presbyterian Church – Newark, New York
The congregation of Park Presbyterian Church has known the highs of economic prosperity brought by the world-changing effect of the Erie Canal,..
New year, new words: “You have heard it said … but I say to you”
Amidst all that surrounds New Year’s resolutions – hope, turning over a new leaf and unbridled optimism – there is a lot..
“One Church, One Book” aims to jumpstart discussions about race
(OGA) It’s been called “one of the most important books on race in recent memory.” And now the Reverends Denise Anderson and..
Embracing my ignorance
Let’s start with fact that ignorance is unavoidable. Like sin, we can never escape the reality of our finitude. There will always..
Japan – A Laboratory Test (70 years ago)
70 years ago — February 3,1947 “Protestant missionaries newly returned to Japan celebrated the fifth anniversary of Pearl Harbor by spending the..
Understanding God (Horizons 7)
Horizons Bible Study 2016-1027 Who is Jesus? What a Difference a Lens Makes Lesson 7: The non-canonical Gospels When we wonder about how..
In a country church …
Betty Jean Young from Virginia writes that when her husband, Jim, was pastor of a country church, the Sunday school teacher asked..
The Outreach Foundation
The Outreach Foundation reports that Sason Tavassoli has a teaching ministry that has helped in the Presbyterian Church in Iran; Haitham Jazrawi..
Maria Scharron-del Rio
“I think we are still struggling to name ourselves, or to name a part of ourselves. That’s where it comes from. To..
Monday’s coming
Several of my colleagues attended a conference where the overarching theme was something like, “Make Sunday Matter on Monday.” The claim was..
Not forgotten
As I write these words on the second Sunday of Advent, 2016 (that annus horribilis) is winding down, and I’m thinking about..
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