New hunger figures show millions of Americans continue to struggle
WASHINGTON (PNS) On Sept. 3 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its annual report, Household Food Security in the United States 2013...
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Food drive on wheels: ‘Reverse food truck’ collects food rather than selling it
DALLAS (PNS) Brent Barry picked up his iPhone on an early June Saturday morning and scrolled through his Twitter feed. A tweet from..
We are the church together
A guest blog by Melissa DeRosia and Shannon Meacham Shannon: It was November 2010 when I stood in the pulpit of..
An American Scholar Recalls Karl Barth’s Golden Years as a Teacher (1958-1964)
by Raymond Kemp Anderson Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, Maine. 438 pages REVIEWED BY JAMES CUBIE A real gift has unexpectedly come to..
From one Presbyterian Rear Admiral to the next: Margaret Kibben becomes first female chief of U.S. Navy chaplains
WASHINGTON (PNS) Rear Adm. Margaret G. Kibben relieved Rear Adm. Mark L. Tidd as the chief of Navy chaplains during a change..
Christian and Muslim aid groups unite to urge action on IS threat in Iraq
GENEVA (Ecumenical News) Christian and Muslim aid groups have united to issue an urgent call for action by international organizations to work..
3 things Indonesia can teach the Muslim world
JAKARTA, Indonesia (RNS) I woke up this morning to the news that the thugs in the Islamic State had beheaded yet another..
Mid Councils: Stay tuned …
What’s next for mid councils in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)? That’s still to be determined, as the decisions the 2014 General Assembly..
There is no secret ingredient
I recalled these familiar words from “Kung Fu Panda” as I was touring the facility of a church pastored by a colleague in a..
Stated Clerk’s column: A theology of preciousness
School has started in our city. I watch the young people from our neighborhood trudge up the little hill to the front..
After kidnapping schoolgirls, Boko Haram takes aim at churches in northeast Nigeria
NAIROBI, KENYA (RNS) Five months after Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls in Nigeria’s Borno State, the Islamic extremist group has..
Blowing up the caricatures
I love when caricatures get blown out of the water. I love when negative caricatures I’ve believed get disproven (I’d rather admit..
Engaging in hospice ministry: Incorporating end-of-life ministry into everyday ministry
In a small house in Portsmouth, Virginia, we sat next to her as she lay in a hospital bed in her dining..
A National Service of Mourning in remembrance of those who have died in Palestine and Israel
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 6:00 PM Calvary Baptist Church 755 8th St., N.W. Washington, DC 20001 Live-stream at: www.bit.ly/NationalServiceofMourning The loss and suffering..
Witnessing to the world: Columbia Seminary and the Presbyterian Ministry at the U.N. partner to advance global engagement
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations and Columbia Theological Seminary have built a tradition that blends two valued Presbyterian hallmarks — public policy..
Process and Providence: The Evolution Question at Princeton (bookmark)
Process and Providence: The Evolution Question at Princeton, 1845-1929 by Bradley J. Gundlach Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 374 pages It is a..
Film in review – “The Trip To Italy”
I have an old friend who is a great conversationalist. Recently he proposed that we go on a road trip together, “just..
Film in review – “November Man”
This spy thriller is kind of in the genre of John le Carre’s literary potboilers: the viewer has to try to piece..
Film in review – “What If”
Even we married folks have friends of the opposite gender. And occasionally it will occur to us that we seem to have..
Speaking from the heart
“A MAN CANNOT LIE,” said Sigmund Freud (in the sexist language of his day), “if he lies with his lips he will..
The new pastor’s first year: Part 1
What should a teaching elder and the session try to accomplish in the first year of ministry? If people think that the..
Continuing history
WASHINGTON D.C. – It was late on a recent Friday afternoon when I slipped into New York Avenue Presbyterian Church here to..
Calendar Check – October 2014
Oct. 13-16 Montreat, N.C. More Than None: Engaging the Religiously Unaffiliated featuring Eric Weiner, Gabe Lyons, Katharine Henderson, Rodger Nishioka, Allan Boesak,..
Calendar Check – September 2014
Sept 15-17 Montreat, N.C. Healthy Congregations™ facilitator training. Montreat Conference Center. montreat.org Sept 22-27 Abiquiu, N.M. Change and Conflict in Congregations (Even..
Gradye Parsons
“Not one more name, Israeli or Palestinian, should be added to this list. The violence must stop.” Stated Clerk GRADYE PARSONS, in..
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