Two more points from Heath Rada, moderator of the 221st General Assembly

LOUISVILLE (PNS) Several weeks ago I spoke to the Presbyterian Mission Agency about nine areas where I was observing interest, concerns, joys, or..

Voices

Uncool? Check. Authentic? Maybe.

Rachel Held Evans, religious blogger, writer and my new favorite millennial, recently lit up the church nerd social media world and broader..

Presbyterian News Service

Trial begins for two Presbyterian pastors in Sudan

LOUISVILLE (PNS) Court proceedings have begun in the Republic of Sudan for two pastors. The Rev. Yat Michael and the Rev. Peter Yen..

Presbyterian News Service

Seventeen worshiping community grant recipients announced

LOUISVILLE (PNS) Seventeen worshiping communities will receive mission program grants from the Presbyterian Mission Agency. The funding of nearly $300,000 will support a diverse range of..

News from other sources

Edwin David Aponte named new executive director of the Louisville Institute at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary

LOUISVILLE – Edwin David Aponte, dean and chief executive administrator of Palmer Theological Seminary at Eastern University (St. Davids, Pennsylvania), has been named..

Deaths

Deceased (from the May 25, 2015 issue)

William F. Ansell, 79, Nov. 27, Elizabeth City, N.C. Thomas J. Bumpas Jr., 79, Dec. 24, Louisville, Ky. Cecil Clarence Callis, 91, Aug...

Honorably retired

Honorably retired (from the May 25, 2015 issue)

William Jay Connolly, from pastor,Ripley Presbyterian Church, Ripley, Miss. George E. Conway, from member at large, Keswick, Va. Bradley C. Copeland, from..

Religion News Service

Ireland gay-marriage vote a ‘reality check’ for church (analysis)

DUBLIN — In many ways, Ireland remains a heavily Catholic country. Yet Friday (May 22)’s emphatic “Yes” vote to same-sex marriage rights..

Religion News Service

Protestants join Catholics in reconsidering the death penalty (Commentary)

(RNS) Nebraska is showing the most visible signs of a change in thinking by Christians and conservatives on the death penalty, and..

Editorials

A PR problem

I don’t know what you think of The New York Times columnist David Brooks, but I am betting you may have read..

He/She Said

Heidi Grant Halvorson

“The uncomfortable truth is that most of us don’t come across the way we intend. We can’t see ourselves truly objectively and neither can anyone..

Presbyterians in Action

Mission co-workers in Lebanon

Elmarie and Scott Parker, mission co-workers in Lebanon, accompanied moderator Heath Rada and his delegation to the church in Iraq. While in Erbil..

In This Corner

The 10 plagues

A high school Sunday school teacher asked his students if they could remember any of the 10 plagues. One youth answered, “Sure: rats, mice, lice …..

Prayers for the moment

Memorial Day

I live so close to an army base that I can hear reveille in the morning and taps at night. If I..

Voices

Meditating – Memorial Day

Graves are for decorating on this first of summer's weekends, surrounding them with ceremonies handed down by sagging-waisted, sweat-stained-hatted vets with flags,..