Recently, an 86-year-old man, overwhelmed by caring for his Alzheimer’s- stricken wife, took his gun, shot her to death then went to the attic of their home, lay down in the crawlspace, and killed himself. This man and his wife were members of our church.
CALIFORNIAFirst, Exeter, thanks God for the Rev. Tom Elson’s outstanding leadership, service, and quiet manner in leading us into a deeper relationship..
I’m dying. Not soon, I hope. In fact, I hope I’ve got 30 or more years left, but the reality is I’m dying and so are you.
We once had a minister whom I truly detestedWhose preaching was perhaps his very worst fault;In fact I thought he should have..
I’m sure we have all been there.
GENEVA (ENI) — Three women who serve as presidents of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have expressed "considerable concern and great disappointment" about the lack of women in senior staff leadership positions in the world's biggest church grouping.
I made an unusual symbolic commitment as a teenager: I would not get my drivers license until I turned 21 years old.
So what about the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Washington Office (WO)? What’s ahead for the program heralded by some as a bright light on Capitol Hill and excoriated by others as a black hole?
Communities all over the country are experiencing it – changing population because of immigration.
Calculus and chemistry are among the pressures awaiting Mesuka Akter, a senior this year at Long Island City High School in New York City.
(ENI) — African American members of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a U.S.-based Protestant denomination, are joining other church bodies in boycotting the state of South Carolina for displaying the Confederate flag on the state capitol grounds.
(RNS) Mormon missionaries serving abroad will not be counted in the 2010 U.S. census, despite the hopes of Utah congressmen that they would be included, the Census Bureau said.
The proposal before the General Assembly Mission Council to transfer title of Ghost Ranch Conference Center in Abiquiu, N.M., to the Ghost Ranch Governing Board, a separate non-profit corporation, is raising a lot of eyebrows and rhetorical dust.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is undertaking a mission study of its Washington office. We don’t know how many Presbyterians are aware of the existence and significance of this study, although many have noted the discord of recent years. We are confident many are praying for a solution to the disharmony of recent years.
Can be sung to HYMN TO JOY 8.7.8.7.D.
If you ever doubted the importance of training church leaders before they start leading, remember the last time this scenario occurred:
When the couple came to Jean Southard and asked if she would marry them, that was not, for her, a difficult decision.
District 9” is just full of unlikely premises:
“All About Steve” is one of those silly romantic comedy movies that tries so hard to be cute that it just plain..
(ENI)--Churches in Taiwan welcomed exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama who prayed in the village of Hsiaolin on the south of the island on August 31 while visiting typhoon victims. Beijing said, however, it "resolutely opposes" the trip by the Dalai Lama, who it accuses of leading a campaign to separate Tibet from China.
(ENI) — Members of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan have written an open letter to President Barack Obama asking that his administration review U.S. policy to China and Taiwan and reiterate the need to respect the island's independence.
GENEVA, (ENI) — The main governing body of the World Council of Churches has called on the government of Pakistan to repeal the section of the country's penal code which carries a mandatory death penalty for anyone found guilty of blasphemy.
GENEVA (ENI) — The World Council of Churches has called upon the Israeli government to "implement an open-ended freeze" on all settlement construction and expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem "in preparation for negotiating peace in good faith" in the region.
SOLANA BEACH, Calif. - Learning to manage one's life is a form of success, but giving up that success is necessary when trying new things, said speakers at the closing of the Presbyterian Global Fellowship meeting here Aug. 21-22.
Geneva (ENI) — The global economic crunch has hit membership contributions to the World Council of Churches, which have dropped, a meeting of the church grouping's main governing body, its central committee, has heard.
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