E. T. Thompson Award to Buchanan, Small, Wheeler at General Assembly Lunch
The board of directors of the Presbyterian Outlook Foundation, Inc., has announced that the 2014 Ernest Trice Thompson Award will be presented..
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Board of Pensions grants 4.6% experience apportionment
by Jerry L. Van Marter PHILADELPHIA (PNS) Buoyed by a 17.1 percent return on its balanced investment portfolio in 2013, the Presbyterian Church..
COTE names recipients of Excellence in Theological Education award
by Robin Rueff, The Office of Theological Education LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Committee on Theological Education (COTE) is recognizing two transformational leaders for..
Bolz-Weber asks, “What does it mean to be a public church?”
BLOOMINGTON, IND. – On Fat Tuesday, folks from the House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver go to the bars to..
Whitworth to host Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Conversation on Unity with Difference March 12-14
by Whitworth University News Whitworth University will host the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s third Conversation on Unity with Difference March 12-14 in the..
Bookmark – Falling Upward
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life by Richard Rohr Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, Calif. 198 pages. This book of observations..
A parched patch of prejudice (Commentary)
By Tom Ehrich (RNS) Conservative Christians are claiming that their religious freedom requires free rein for legalized discrimination. That’s a clever argument...
Evangelical, pro-Israel and pro-Palestine (Commentary)
By Todd Deatherage WASHINGTON (RNS) Secretary of State John Kerry brought his argument for a two-state Israeli-Palestinian peace to the annual AIPAC..
In Jerusalem, Jews, Muslims clash over mosque loudspeakers
By Michele Chabin JERUSALEM (RNS) A long-standing row between the Jerusalem municipality and Muslim officials over the decibel level of prayers emanating from..
“Lots and lots of paperwork”
By Eva Stimson, Correspondent, Office of the General Assembly LOUISVILLE (PNS) If an immigration reform bill is approved by Congress this year, potentially..
Ecumenical Advocacy Days March 21-24
By Bethany Daily LOUISVILLE (PNS) Presbyterians, along with other Christians from across the country, will gather in Washington in this month for Ecumenical..
Self-Development of People announces grant recipients
By Margaret Mwale, Associate for Community Relations New Orleans (PNS) The National Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)..
Reflections on sin
TO BE HONEST, SOMETIMES WHEN I hear the word “sin” I flinch. You’d think I’d get used to it after nearly 45..
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..
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..
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