Memorial Day: Remembering
The Defense Department maintains the numbers of those killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and in Enduring Freedom and in New Dawn and..
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Turning guns into water pumps
(PNS) - The ancient biblical vision of turning swords into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks has stirred the modern-day imagination of Columbia..
Among M.Div. graduates, a new crop of transgender students
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) - Like other graduates of Wake Forest University’s School of Divinity, Adam Plant walked onstage earlier this month to..
My hope for General Assembly
Guest commentary by Clay Allard When I was growing up in Washington, D.C., in the early 1970s, I watched my father..
May 29, 2016 – 2nd Sunday after Pentecost
1 Kings 18:20-21 (22-29) 30-39; Galatians 1:1-12; Luke 7:1-10 “How long will you go limping along with two different opinions?” How could..
The Eternal Cycle of Life: An Illustrated Sermon Series
by Jonas Hayes (illustrated by Anna McDonald) Shook Foil Books, 123 pages REVIEWED BY CASEY FITZGERALD In a culture driven by images..
Stewarding God’s creation through alternatives to fossil fuel divestment
Guest commentary by Jim Allison The 222nd General Assembly will face the issue of climate change and our response. The agenda includes..
Loving creation by divesting from fossil fuels
Guest commentary by Abby Mohaupt and Dan Terpstra One of our core beliefs as Presbyterians is that we are called to love..
Technology expands the congregation for opening worship of GA222
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Several thousand people are expected to gather in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, June 18, for the opening worship service of the..
Ecumenical and Interreligious Service Recognitions awardees announced
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Ecumenical and Interreligious Service Recognitions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are a public acknowledgement of the significant service to the..
Mental illness and the church: Stopping the continuum climb
by Kenneth Phelps Parents of a 4-year-old with autism and intellectual impairment find themselves preoccupied with how their gregarious boy is behaving..
Calling
Both less and more than family and good friends, still you belong there at the high moments and low, included in the..
PC(USA) celebrates 60 years of women’s ordination
LOUISVILLE (PNS) For some, there has never been a time where there were not women ministers. But others remember when there were no women..
What’s right with your church? Cabwaylingo Presbyterian Chapel
Cabwaylingo Presbyterian Chapel Dunlow, West Virginia On a typical Sunday morning, 10 worshippers gather at the Cabwaylingo Presbyterian Chapel in rural, impoverished..
Pope Francis holds talks with Sunni Islam leader in breakthrough Vatican meeting
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has welcomed the highest authority in Sunni Islam to the Vatican in a significant step forward in..
David M. Loleng joins the Presbyterian Foundation as Director of Church Financial Literacy and Leadership
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (PNS) – Rev. David M. Loleng has joined the Presbyterian Foundation as Director of Church Financial Literacy and Leadership. Loleng most recently served..
United Methodist conference concludes
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS) The debate — over how to debate the rules — became so convoluted that at one point Missouri delegate Margie Briggs..
Matt Brogli
“I was in over my head. I thought being a pastor meant giving sermons, loving my congregation, doing marriages and funerals, and..
Overview of “Who is Jesus? What a Difference a Lens Makes”
Preview of 2016-2017 HORIZONS BIBLE STUDY There was once a zoo in which there were all kinds of animals. One day a..
Faith and mental illness: The interplay of two forces
Sam is a 45-year-old male who presents to the behavioral health clinic for initial evaluation of depressive symptoms and anxiety that have..
I used to be a runner (Active Life Sunday)
Guest Outpost blog by Alex Becker I used to be a runner. Back in elementary school, my parents thought it would be..
A blessing for discernment
OUR COUNTRY IS IN TURMOIL due to the intense race between the presidential candidates. So my blessing to you is for discernment...
Orthodox Church in Davydovo, Russia
The Presbyterian Outreach Foundation works with the Orthodox Church in Davydovo, Russia, which does a remarkable ministry with children who have special..
A mother in Texas…
A mother in Texas asked her little girl what they were studying in Sunday school. The answer startled her: “We’re reading the..
Why the silence?
She talked about it in code. She would say things like, “You know, that time I spent at Camp Minnehaha.” Few knew..
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