PC(USA) leaders condemn Paris violence and call for justice
LOUISVILLE (PNS) This day, as people of faith who believe in a God of healing and restoration, we pray for the city of..
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Film in review – “The World Made Straight”
Rural Appalachia is its own insulated world. Everybody has pickup trucks, which is about the only modern concession. People live pretty much..
Film in review – “Selma”
“Selma” is an emotional experience. Whether or not you lived through the turbulent 1960s, you know that the social upheaval changed the..
Family of Syngman Rhee request prayers – with updates
The family of Syngman Rhee have requested prayers following his hospitalization due to an aggressive cancer. Rhee currently serves on the board..
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) applauds new Fair Food Program partnership
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is celebrating the new Fair Food agreement announced Jan. 8 between the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and The..
Blossom and flourish in our renewal (Moderator’s column)
LOUISVILLE (PNS) This morning when I awoke and peered outside the window, the rhododendron forest in which I reside looked dead. All of..
Police chief to black churches: ‘We can’t do this without you guys’
(RNS) Bishop Talbert W. Swan II has worked with police departments in western Massachusetts for two decades, speaking to new cadets and..
Contemporary gospel music pioneer Andrae Crouch dead at 72
(RNS) Andrae Crouch, a Grammy-winning gospel composer and singer whose music remains a staple in many church hymnals, died Thursday (Jan. 8)...
Conservative Jews question notions on dating, marrying only Jews
(RNS) Whether Jews should only date and marry other Jews is not a new question, but it’s one that has come into stark..
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr Scribner, New York. 531 pages REVIEWED BY LAURA CUNNINGHAM "None really knows why they are alive until they know..
Where we worship
Late last year my congregation did something different. We put together what we called “Be the Church Sunday,” in which, after prayer..
Pope Francis
(RNS) “Building peace is difficult, but living without peace is a torment!” POPE FRANCIS, in an appeal from “the bottom of my heart” to..
Seminario Evangelico Teologia in Matanzas, Cuba
Last June a record number 72 men and women graduated from six degree programs in the Presbyterian sponsored Seminario Evangelico Teologia in..
In a Sunday School class for seniors…
In a Sunday school class for seniors, one grandmother laughingly reported: My grandson asked me if I knew how much alike God..
30 years ago — January 21, 1985
“New hope has sprung in the breasts of many … the mother watching her child starve in a … resettlement camp, or..
Deceased (from the Jan. 5, 2014 issue)
Charles Alexander, 66, Mar. 11, Corfu, N.Y. Rebecca L. Clokey, 67, Feb. 26, St. Johns, Fla. Edwin Cooley, 70, May 22, Cordell,..
Honorably retired (from the Jan. 5, 2014 issue)
Michael E. Bongart, from pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Ohio W. Samuel McAliley Jr., from member at large, Powder Springs, Ga. Carl..
Transitions (from the Jan. 5, 2014 issue)
Austin Ashenbrenner, to associate pastor, Sammamish Presbyterian Church, Sammamish, Wash. Paul Barrett, from pastor, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Mercer Island, Wash., to..
Ordinations (from the Jan. 5, 2014 issue)
Sara Bird, to associate pastor, Swickley Presbyterian Church, by Pittsburgh Presbytery Jennifer Frayer-Griggs, to temporary pastor, Greenfield Presbyterian Church, by Pittsburgh Presbytery..
Congo Mission Network raises money to reopen nutrition center
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Although the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Congo Mission Network focuses its efforts on long-term, sustainable solutions, sometimes there’s a need so glaring that emergency..
Muslims on edge after Paris terrorist attack on satirical magazine
PARIS (RNS) A horrific attack on a satirical magazine that mocked Islam left 12 people dead Wednesday (Jan. 7) and put the..
Multidimensional wellness
by Marisa Ray What do yoga, art, Olympic competition, and volunteering have in common? These activities seem unrelated to some degree. However,..
Three habits of highly effective pastors
1 - Remembering names. We sing, “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound!” But, Dale Carnegie wrote that the sweetest sound to a..
United Methodists settle complaint against bishop over same-sex wedding
(RNS) The United Methodist Church is dropping a complaint against a retired bishop who performed a 2013 same-sex wedding in Alabama, offering at least..
Winners of the Contest for Hymns on Labor and Faith
We are pleased to announce the winners of the contest for hymns on labor and faith. The committee consisted of Jann Aldredge-Clanton,..
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