Film in review – “Art and Craft”
As most of us amateur ethicists have come to realize, it’s one thing to break one of the Ten Commandments. But it..
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Film in review – “Interstellar”
First of all, dear readers, you have to see this one in the theater. And let the surround-sound rumble your chair and..
Film in review – “Elsa & Fred”
Elsa (Shirley MacLaine) lives in an apartment building in New Orleans where Fred (Christopher Plummer) has just recently moved next door. Fred’s..
Edna Palmer, Presbyterian ecumenist, dies at 97
NEW YORK – Edna Leigh Dunn Palmer, 97, a lifelong Presbyterian who was one of the ecumenical movement’s most valued and effective..
New HLPM moderator expresses solidarity with murdered Mexican students
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (PNS) After a successful Triennial Assembly here that gathered a crowd of more than 200 participants, the new Executive Committee..
Worship (PMAB chair column)
O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For he is our God, and..
Come and See: Presbyterian Congregations Celebrating Weekly Communion
by Ronald P. Byars Cascade Books, Eugene, Ore. 150 pages REVIEWED BY JOHN P. BURGESS Ronald Byars believes passionately in weekly communion...
Worshipping communities partner to create new Advent devotion book
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The new worshipping community, Through The Lens, in partnership with the Presbyterian Church of Wyoming has created a..
Court rejects atheists’ demand to end tax-exempt clergy housing
(RNS) A federal court of appeals rejected a case brought by an atheist organization that would have made tax-exempt clergy housing allowances..
U.S., Cuban religious leaders press humanitarian case for prisoners’ release
NEW YORK (CWS) The Rev. John L. McCullough and two fellow religious leaders ― including Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly Stated Clerk Gradye..
Dementia: Living in the Memories of God
by John Swinton Eerdmanns, Grand Rapids, Mich. 298 pages REVIEWED BY WILLIAM F. MAY John Swinton’s book dares to re-describe the headlong..
A word of regret and hope from Linda Valentine
LOUISVILLE (PNS) A recent incident involving the Presbyterian Centers for New Church Innovation Inc. (PCNCI) has caused much pain and distrust. It has..
WCC condemns the killing of Christian couple in Pakistan
The recent killing of a Christian couple by an angry mob in Pakistan has prompted condemnation from the World Council of Churches..
Invasion of the Dead: Preaching Resurrection
by Brian K. Blount Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 135 pages No one takes the resurrection more seriously than Brian Blount...
Be a reconciler in the church
LOUISVILLE (PNS) At a recent meeting of newly elected moderators of presbyteries across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), I was asked to share..
Office of Theology and Worship releases ‘white paper’ examining the PC(USA)’s actions on ordination standards and the definition of marriage
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Following a longstanding tradition of speaking to issues in the life of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that touch the basic commitments..
John M. Coffin, 85, dies
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Rev. John M. Coffin, a native Texan and one of the livest wires the Presbyterian Church has ever seen, died..
The restorative act of creativity whilst sermonizing
Sermonize /ser-muh-niz/ (verb) 1. To compose or deliver a sermon. 2. To deliver an opinionated and dogmatic talk to someone. (Merriam Webster..
U.S. Catholic bishops grapple with adapting their agenda to Pope Francis’ priorities
BALTIMORE (RNS) With a controversial Vatican summit on family life just concluded and a papal visit to the U.S. expected in less..
Return from obscurity: NY’s Spring Street Presbyterian Church
NEW YORK (PNS) “Give us Free! Give us Free! Give us Free!” At this point in her sanctifying of 193 early-19th Century members..
Honorably retired (from the Nov. 10, 2014 issue)
Jane Clupper, from validated ministry, Eastern Oklahoma Presbytery Kenneth G. Y. Grant, from validated ministry, Northeast Retirement Services, Inc., Woburn, Mass. Thomas..
Raising the roof
In J.D. Salinger’s novella “Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters,” traditional ways of thinking are challenged as the main character deals with..
Forgive and forget?
ANDREW LANG WAS A CELEBRATED Victorian Scottish man of letters who once published a very kind review of a book by a..
A school in Martin Pur, Pakistan
A school in Martin Pur, Pakistan, has a new wing of four classrooms. Among those who helped make it possible were Peachtree..
Ordinations (from the Nov. 10, 2014 issue)
Deb Belusa, to pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Lake Alfred, Fla., by the Presbytery of Tampa Bay Wally Johnson, to pastor, First Presbyterian..
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