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I feel like a small child, cowering and afraid in my room because my parents are fighting. I no longer believe their..
I feel like a small child, cowering and afraid in my room because my parents are fighting. I no longer believe their..
When I returned home from serving as a commissioner to the 222nd General Assembly, I went straight to church. My red-eye flight..
Luke 10:25-37 Proper 10; Ordinary 15C The walking dead. That’s who the priest and the Levite are in this text. The man..
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Once again the nation, and the African American community, in particular, is faced with two more high-profile killings of African American..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – Controlled chaos. That’s how Joan Stewart, executive director of the West Virginia Ministry of Advocacy and Workcamps —the long-term recovery response..
I attended the 222nd General Assembly in Portland, the biennial gathering of our beloved Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) denomination where we attempt..
Addison Hodges Hart Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 96 pages If you love language and the creative uses of it, you will enjoy this..
Dear Friends in Christ, The grace of Christ be with you. We write out of our deep love for you to express..
Guest commentary by Cynthia Jarvis “Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in..
by Dan Hotchkiss Rowman and Littlefield, Baltimore. 264 pages REVIEWED BY JOHN WIMBERLY For years, I have been recommending to congregational leaders..
by William Willimon Abingdon, Nashville, Tenn. 112 pages You can read this book in an hour. Do it — the insights will..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – The Rev. Dr. Laurie Kraus, coordinator for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, offered prayers for those killed and injured in a massive..
LOUISVILLE (OGA) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) joins the people of Turkey and the world in expressing our profound sorrow in the aftermath of..
Guest commentary by Katherine Achtemeier Over the years our congregation’s worship committee has raised questions about the appropriateness of displaying the American..
(RNS) The nation’s second largest Presbyterian denomination has passed legislation repenting for “past failures to love brothers and sisters from minority cultures”..
(RNS) The call went out for 600 volunteers to make care packages for Syrian refugees. Nearly 1,000 Muslims, Sikhs, Jews, Buddhists, Christians and..
(RNS) At its quadrennial meeting last month, the United Methodist Church decided not to take up contentious LGBT issues. But that’s not stopping..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) approved grants totaling $124,000 to fund several self-help projects in..
The youth group from Central Pres in Atlanta is on a mission - to learn and to serve at GA and around..
Guest commentary by Wanda B. Olive As a teaching elder of a small church in Madison County, Kentucky, it was my great..
LOUISVILLE – A suicide bombing and gun attack in the international terminal of Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport has left at least 41 people..
PORTLAND, Ore. (General Assembly News) – Commissioners to the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Thursday instructed the denomination’s mission agency to close the..
PORTLAND, Ore. (General Assembly News) – One barometer of the pressure points within the Presbyterian family in past years has been “commissioners’..
The offer of a cup of tea and a muffin can be just what a new mom needs in the days after her..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – The floodwaters are receding in West Virginia and families have begun the massive task of cleaning up following last..