Pope Francis calls traditional marriage an icon of God’s love
by Josephine McKenna ROME (RNS) Pope Francis stressed the importance of marriage between a man and a woman at his general audience..
by Josephine McKenna ROME (RNS) Pope Francis stressed the importance of marriage between a man and a woman at his general audience..
Katallagete! Be reconciled! Grace then gratitude… reconciliation then justice “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and..
MINNEAPOLIS – “No community of faith can be silent while people suffer.” J. Herbert Nelson II, who leads the Office of Public..
by Eva Stimson LOUISVILLE (PNS) Moderators and vice moderators have been selected to lead the fourteen committees that will handle the business..
Lent is an odd time of rapid growth. It’s like the strident, awkward middle school years of the soul, except that it..
MINNEAPOLIS – “We stand in the rubble of the mainline church” – that’s how Jim Kitchens, a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) minister and..
by David Yonke DEARBORN, Mich. (RNS) For the first time in its long history, Thrivent Financial is not just for Lutherans. The..
by Toya Richards Jackson, OGA LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), joined..
Thank God for Holy Week. To hear the common rhetoric of apostasy accusers, Jesus’ life is as endangered in today’s Presbyterian Church..
The congregation I serve is currently restructuring its session committees. After several years of a wide number of groups, faithful and focused..
Normally, I don't go for caustic humor, the kind that constantly ridicules and belittles others. Nor do I normally go for the supposed..
Yes, this one is coming in with all the hype of the new “Hunger Games,” and that’s probably an unfair burden to..
Outlook roundtable interview with Miles Teller and Jai Courtney, stars of “Divergent” Dallas, Texas March 5, 2014 Ronald P. Salfen, Presbyterian Outlook..
My congregation affords me two weeks of paid study leave (i.e., continuing education). I decided to use a portion of this year’s..
by Timothy Cargal (PNS) In my previous post I addressed a number of changes that the Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates..
by Candida Moss San Francisco: HarperOne. 320 pages Candida Moss deconstructs much of the mythology surrounding Christian martyrdom. While some may..
Stephanie Fritts, Chair of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) Advisory Committee, is Director of the Pacific County Emergency Management Agency. Following is..
by Bethany Daily LOUISVILLE (PNS) What could have been a simple night at the movies turned into a ministry that has affected..
By Bob Smietana (RNS) Going to church these days can be a bit like eating at a fast food joint. It might..
by Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) The Rev. Sue Pinnington is on a five-week mission to compile a job description for a..
by Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Christian leaders are appealing to President Uhuru Kenyatta not to sign into law a proposed new..
By Eric J. Lyman VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis met with President Obama for the first time on Thursday (March 27) in..
by James R. Bullock Jr. ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA (PNS) On March 22 at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, a remembrance of the 1964..
By Julie Maclemore Wells For many years Presbyterians in the United States have been concerned about the struggles that often define life..
Yesterday I went on a pastoral visit to two of my longest tenured church members, a couple who joined the church in..