William Deresiewicz

“Ultimately, colleges have inherited the spiritual mission of churches. As religious beliefs have declined with the rise of science, especially among educated..

Presbyterians in Action

San Francisco Presbyterian Seminary

San Francisco Presbyterian Seminary is developing new new ways to engage the rapidly changing world. Their president, James McDonald, announced the creation..

In This Corner

A church in California …

A lot of Presbyterians coming out of a church in California were startled when a three-year-old lad ran out the front –..

Calendar Check

Calendar Check – October 2016

Oct. 9-11 MONTREAT, N.C. Disgrace. Montreat. montreat.org/disgrace Oct. 10-13 CORBETT, ORE. Wright Lectures featuring Tom Long. Menucha. menucha.org/programs/wls Oct. 10-15 ABIQUIU, N.M. Fall..

From the Archives

Called to love (10 years ago)

10 years ago – July 27, 2006 The language of love is the primary language by which Jesus in John speaks of..

Deaths

Deceased (from the July 18, 2016 issue)

Mildred E. Adams, 79, Dec. 6, Pittsburgh James F. Anderson, 88, Oct. 27, Glen Allen, Va. Jack H. Barrell, 83, Oct. 23,..

Honorably retired

Retirements (from the July 18, 2016 issue)

Stephen E. Bird, from validated ministry, Waxhaw, N.C. Terry C. Blevins, from pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Ala. Bradford L. Calhoun, from..

Transitions

Transitions (from the July 18, 2016 issue)

C. Dale Jackson, to designated pastor, Riverside Presbyterian Church, Riverside, Ill., from pastor, College Avenue Presbyterian Church, Wood River, Ill. James Shuman,..

Ordinations

Ordinations (from the July 18, 2016 issue)

Sarah Chancellor-Watson, to associate pastor, St. Charles Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, by South Louisiana Presbytery Joel A. Esala, to director of family..

Benedictory

Whose lane is it, anyway?

A RECENT ARTICLE IN USA TODAY reported Miami as the American city with the rudest drivers. The data compiled by AutoVantage, an..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian World Mission provides update on South Sudan

SOUTH SUDAN — What has happened in South Sudan in the past two weeks is, in many ways, beyond comprehension. It’s hard for..

Religion News Service

Priest slain in France while saying Mass, ISIS claims attack

(RNS) France was convulsed by another horrific attack as armed men burst into a Catholic Church near Rouen and slit the throat..

Presbyterian News Service

October conference seeks to address joys and challenges of aging

LOUISVILLE – Unified under a theme inspired by John 13:34-35, Christian Discipleship: People of the Spirit, People of Hope, the Presbyterian Older Adult Ministries..

Outlook Features

Grace in a Mason jar

by Whitney Wilkinson To say my ministry at my wee kirk in the North Carolina Sandhills began in a Mason jar is..

Voices

Who me? With them? Triennium explored the gospel and issues of race

Guest Outpost blog by Christopher De La Cruz “You are enough.” Over 4,000 teenagers packed in a Purdue University music hall erupted in..

Benedictory

Deeper hope

In the last line of his 2008 acceptance speech, Barack Obama went to Scripture. “Let us hold without wavering to the..

Insights columns

Hispanic Presbyterians pursue love, learning and mission

by Melissa Wiginton Isolation. Loneliness. Financial stress. Generational disconnect. These words pepper all pastors’ conversations. Pastors in rural and small church..

Insights columns

From what was to what can be

by William McConnell Small and mighty are not mutually exclusive terms. Not in life, not in the church and certainly not in..

Outlook Features

Technology in the small/rural church

by Wayne Sankarlal What do I mean by a “small/rural church”? To take a page from Jeff Foxworthy, if your church has less..

Voices

The gospel is the end of racism

Guest commentary by Samuel Son “Black lives matter.” That’s how I started my sermon on July 10th, the Sunday after the withering..

Voices

Confessing our white supremacy

Guest commentary by Tracy Howe Wispelwey Last week, Denise Anderson’s guest commentary, “How white supremacy hurts white people,” reminded us that our..