The problem with waiting
Lesson 8 — Exodus 32:1-24; 34:1-6 The fellowship hall was full of people from 90-year-olds to babies. The adults were having a..
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Turning our pain toward hope
My memories of the first time I taught a weeklong seminar at Ghost Ranch about getting from pain to hope through writing..
Sharing the love one neighbor at a time
by Erin Dunigan LADERA RANCH, CALIF. (PNS) It all started with a live nativity scene — or without one, depending on your view...
Calendar Check March 2014
Mar. 14-15 Louisville, Ky. Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal Celebration, featuring Martha Moore-Keish and John Wurster. Harvey Browne Church. presbyterianhymnal.org/launch Mar. 16-19..
“Good Days and Bad Days”
20 Years Ago — March 7, 1994 “A few times in my life I have prepared a sermon that I was convinced..
Kelly Allen endorsed as third candidate to stand for moderator
A third candidate has emerged for moderator of the 2014 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – the first woman nominated..
From the underside (Moderator’s column)
LOUISVILLE (PNS) We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him...
Ordinations from the March 3, 2014 issue
David Coello, to designated pastor, San Pablo Church, Brownsville, Texas, and Getsemani Church, San Benito, Texas, by Presbytery of New York City..
Transitions from the March 3, 2014 issue
Roger Boekenhauer, from Chicago Presbytery to pastor, Waterman Church, Waterman, Ill. Mark Scott Hinchcliff, from interim pastor, first Church, Hillsboro, Texas, to..
Retirements from the March 3, 2014 issue
Michael Boyland, from pastor, Irvington Church, Fremont, Calif. Louise Brokaw, from general presbyter, Presbytery of Lake Huron, Saginaw, Mich. Ann Owens Brunger,..
Extra-Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time bursts with learnings for those paying attention. When the church calendar turns from Advent/Epiphany and Lent/Easter to “Ordinary Time,” congregational..
An error in the “Salt Shaker” of the First Presbyterian Church in Hamilton …
An error in the “Salt Shaker” of the First Presbyterian Church in Hamilton, Mass., has never been forgotten there: “The ladies of the church have cast..
Chenoa Stock
Chenoa Stock reports from her missionary work in Bolivia. She recently took a group of youth to the International Youth Congress of Environmentalists held in the..
Bernice King
“As Mark 8:36 teaches, ‘For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?’ Our father MUST be turning in..
Deaths from the March 3, 2014 issue
Roy Byrd, 91, Aug. 17, Happy, Texas Courtney A. Furman, 82, Aug. 17, Olathe, Kan. James W. Gillespie, 95, Aug. 18, Dixon...
What’s coming to the 2014 General Assembly?
A "heads-up" webinar for Presbyterians The 221st GA: An Overview Featuring Jack Haberer, Editor What issues will be capturing the headlines during..
A married man is ordained a Maronite Catholic priest
by Lilly Fowler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS, Mo. (RNS) Wissam Akiki is a Catholic priest and a married man. The pews..
Christ, You Are the Savior (free hymn)
ASH GROVE (“Let All Things Now Living”) Christ, you are the Savior, the Way to the Father, The Truth we depend..
Board of Pensions elects new president
The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) has elected Frank C. Spencer, president of Habitat for Humanity in Charlotte, N.C.,..
Black clergy seek to bridge ‘green’ gap
by Adelle M. Banks (RNS) At Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, members and neighbors buy fruits and vegetables from a..
PC(USA) leaders briefed in meetings with Syrian, Lebanese partners
by Bethany Daily LOUISVILLE (PNS) While a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was the most headline-grabbing event of their recent trip to Syria and..
Book reviews: Power of Faith and But Why are You Called a Christian
Power of Faith: 450 Years of the Heidelberg Catechism Edited by Karla Apperloo-Boersma and Herman J. Selderhuis Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen. 454..
Pope Francis: The church needs better bishops; go find them
By David Gibson VATICAN CITY (RNS) In another strongly worded message to the Catholic hierarchy, Pope Francis on Thursday (Feb. 27) told..
A discernment process for your congregation
During the coming year many congregations should be asking an important question as they engage in long term planning, “How can we..
Moderator to convene conversations on unity and ecclesiology on West coast
by Eva Stimson, Office of the General Assembly LOUISVILLE (PNS) How can Christians talk constructively about racial and gender differences? How can..
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