Where did Indiana law come from? A brief history of religious freedom (ANALYSIS)
(RNS) Before this week, few people had heard of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act or could even pronounce its acronym, RFRA (Riff-ra),..
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The big great surprise (Stated clerk’s column)
Well it seemed impossible even on March 22nd, but it does appear that Spring may arrive after all. Back in Tennessee we..
Saving the cross: God’s restorative justice
by Robert Chestnut Over the past several decades so many progressive Christian thinkers have raised so many critical problems with traditional theories..
Lenten fasting
This week we asked our bloggers what they had learned from spiritual practices and disciples. This is how they responded. In Matthew..
PC(USA) anxiously awaits proposed revision to Indiana RFRA law
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and..
Beyond time-limited essays
In a press release sent out on Friday, March 27, 2015, the Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates (PCC) announced some significant changes..
Where to start? Untangling governance, transparency and finances in the PC(USA)
The Presbyterian Mission Agency has been rocked in recent months by a trifecta of investigations and a lot of criticism involving the..
Much discussion about the marriage amendment: Going back to Acts
Lately, I’ve been drawn back to Acts. Specifically, Acts 11 and 15. As I read, certain phrases and sentences stand out. Phrases..
Fasting: When what is harmless keeps us from God
This week we asked our bloggers what they had learned from spiritual practices and disciples. This is how they responded. This Lent,..
New York City to change rules to allow churches to rent schools
NEW YORK (RNS) Congregations in New York City that rent space in public schools will be able to hold Easter services this..
Jesus is all over the small screen, and that’s no accident
Need proof that biblical entertainment is Hollywood’s holiest trend? Then look no further than Morocco, where three TV projects — National Geographic..
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence: ‘Not going to change’ religious freedom law
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence defended his state’s new religious freedom law Sunday (March 29) while refusing to say if it would allow..
Living Missionally Under the Big Tent
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s fourth Big Tent event runs July 30–August 1, 2015 in Knoxville, Tennessee. For the first time, Big Tent..
Presbyterian Foundation adds new service for churches and ministries
JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. (PNS) The Presbyterian Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of the Planned Giving Navigator as a service to churches and other..
If Christ had not been raised
“ … and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in..
Strength in weakness (Horizons 9)
HORIZONS BIBLE STUDY 2014-2015 RECONCILING PAUL Lesson Nine, 2 Corinthians 12:1-13:13 A competitive married couple constantly fought about their families. Each constantly..
Honorably retired (from the March 30, 2015 issue)
Susan Quinn Bryan, from pastor, Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, Ohio Jill Hawk Clupper, from validated ministry, Sojourn Institute for Spiritual Formation,..
Doing the truth
MARCUS BORG DIED IN LATE JANUARY. He was a famous — though many would say infamous — Bible scholar and theologian. Borg..
20 years ago – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906-1945 Costly Grace and the Quick Fix
20 years ago — March 27, 1995 “Even before his prison experience he was beginning to see his responsibilities ‘from the perspective..
South Sudan
New service in a difficult ministry in South Sudan is the future for Lynn and Sharon Kandel. After language training they will..
Ordinations (from the March 30, 2015 issue)
Annie Duncan, to temporary associate pastor, Bellevue First Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, Wash., by Seattle Presbytery Allysen Schaaf, to associate pastor, Decatur Presbyterian..
Transitions (from the March 30, 2015 issue)
Catherine Elizabeth Foster, to associate pastor, Shallowford Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, from associate pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Nashville David A. Grachek, from pastor,..
Gay Clark Jennings
(RNS) “Sometimes a tragedy happens and people move on after a couple of weeks. This particular tragedy has caused many people to..
Deceased (from the March 30, 2015 issue)
John N. Bratt, 87, May 4, Minneapolis James A. Churchill, 66, Sept. 28, Malvern, Pa. Asa Collins, 87, Aug. 30, Reno, Nev...
We live by metaphor
In this season of resurrection, I sometimes wonder what of my spirit, my center I will leave behind when ham-handed death pummels..
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