Time names Pope Francis its Person of the Year
ROME (RNS) Pope Francis was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year on Wednesday (Dec. 11), adding yet another high-profile accolade to..
ROME (RNS) Pope Francis was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year on Wednesday (Dec. 11), adding yet another high-profile accolade to..
(RNS) The crowd hushed, the lights dimmed and the National Cathedral’s bourdon bell chimed for three minutes — each minute to commemorate..
Members of Salem and New Hope presbyteries gathered on Moral Monday. From left to right: Alice Geils Nord, Bernie Nord, Bob Brizendine..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has announced that it is adding six new service sites..
Christians today should not live in the fantasy that they know more about the faith than those who came before them –..
This post originally appreared on Juicy Ecumenism, a blog from the Institute on Religion and Democracy. It is reposted here with permission...
A note (if you read my last blog post and are curious): My dog, Cyrus is still alive and well. On the..
Knowing that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is about to confront once again the question of whether Presbyterian ministers should perform same-gender marriages..
I have two colleagues who constantly irritate me but have taught me volumes about how to speak about faith. I seek them..
SPOKANE, WASH (PNS) Whitworth University has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to fund a new comprehensive church engagement..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) As the year winds to a close, the Presbyterian Mission Agency has received its second $1 million anonymous gift in..
PRINCETON, N.J. (PNS) With the idea of membership meaning less and less in American culture and its churches, the Rev. John Burgess..
(RNS) Midway through the dash from Thanksgiving Day to Gift-giving Day, it’s time for the annual quandary: “How much of Christ can we..
My congregation may or may not help to create one of the “1001 New Worshiping Communities” the PC(USA) is promoting, but just..
I welcome and thank Neal D. Presa, Moderator of the 220th General Assembly (2012-2014) as a guest blogger in an Advent series answering the..
PRINCETON, N.J. (PNS) God’s Word sounds in the midst of a cacophony of other voices ― cultural, political and religious ― making..
21 year old student Lenin Bladimir Dubon; 61 year old Tolupan activist Maria Enriqueta Matute; 23 year old farmer Melvin Amaya; And,..
(RNS) It’s one thing to say kind words about gay people and atheists while admonishing those who would bury them in stones. It’s one thing to..
Kathleen Long Bostrom, Elizabeth Caldwell and Jana K. Reiss, editors Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 552 pages. This book truly is..
For at least 60 years, the light of Nelson Mandela, the man known to his people as Madiba, has shined over the..
Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) is an aging schoolteacher living by himself in a small apartment in Bern, Switzerland. He gets up in..
(RNS) Nelson Mandela, the former South African president who died Thursday (Dec. 5), had a deep connection with religious institutions. Mandela was..
by Thomas A. Miller, MD Crossway, Wheaton, Ill. 176 pages. reviewed by EUGENE BIERLY For most people in the scientific..