What does belonging feel like?
Eric Barretto and Willie James Jennings discuss how our knowledge of belonging resides in our bodies.
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There’s a reason every hit worship song sounds the same
A new study found that the most popular worship songs come from a handful of megachurches with a knack for writing pop songs about what God will do for you.
Can a teacher put John 3:16 in email signature? District says no; her lawyers say yes
An official of a Virginia school district said its ‘determination is not based on any particular religious viewpoint.’
Love for Easter-only worshippers
How one pastor’s investment in a theology of belonging has liberated him from resentment.
Reflections on belonging and a painful symbol of American slavery: Stepping stones
As he walks through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Master of Divinity student Tatum Miller considers what it means to belong.
Bonhoeffer and the structure of belonging
Dustin Benac explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s question that haunts us all: where do I belong?
Board of Pensions announces a season of rebuilding
The new initiative is designed to address Benefits Plan affordability issues faced by congregations.
“I never quite belonged.”
To be welcomed, says Mieke Vandersall, is not the same as to experience belonging.
Belonging to the cathedral of the future
Patrick B. Reyes’ grandmother bound the sands of his broken soul into a stained-glass windowpane of the future.
Indigenous activists share mixed feelings on Vatican repudiation of Doctrine of Discovery
‘They haven’t even begun to come to terms with the true nature of what we’re actually talking about,’ Steven Newcomb said.
Can AI disrupt the role of pastors?
With the recent release of ChatGPT, anyone can use artificial intelligence to produce papers or sermons. What does this mean for the art of sermon writing and for the work of pastors, wonders RJ Kang?
Order of worship — April 23, 2023
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
Third Sunday of Easter — April 23, 2023
"Hope, like fire, like flowers, requires tending. It is not a static object to be acquired and admired, but a living characteristic that we can let die or let loose." — Carol Holbrook Prickett
The restoration of Peter (April 23, 2023)
A lesson for April 23, 2023, about redeeming love.
Easter season vocabulary words: Joy
In this children's message, Sara Pantazes explores the difference between happiness and joy.
Figuring out Jesus — Weekly Christian ed lesson
In this lesson, children will explore the story of two disciples encountering Jesus on the road to Emmaus and will consider how they come to understand and grow in their own faith.
From U2 to ‘Derry Girls’, every generation reflects on Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’ in its own way
As the Good Friday Agreement turns 25, the country still resists violence through art.
Holy Week starts with palms — but Palm Sunday’s donkey is just as important to the story
Donkeys and palm leaves are both associated with Christianity’s Palm Sunday – but their symbolism couldn’t be more different.
Amid Israel protests, ‘Passover table is the new Thanksgiving table’
As Israelis continue to protest in unprecedented numbers against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed overhaul of the judicial system, political tensions arise within Jewish families during Passover.
Holy Saturday prayer
"Help me stay with the transformative tomb./ Help me trust it’s not over," writes Arianne Braithwaite Lehn.
The harvest of belonging
Gwendolyn Brooks writes, “We are each other’s harvest.” To be each other’s harvest requires us to also help each other in the planting, the cultivating, the weeding and the nurturing, adds Marcella Auld Glass.
Start with Hello (And Other Simple Ways to Live as Neighbors)
Amy Pagliarella reviews Shannan Martin's latest book.
Oldest Presbyterian Church in Manhattan Responds to the Climate Crisis
In advance of Earth Week 2023, the First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York is deepening its commitment to environmental stewardship by reducing its endowment’s exposure to fossil fuel investments.
Bearing witness
In the face of death, chaplaincy intern Ashley Brown learns the gift of bearing witness.
Visio divina for Holy Week
We invite you to prayerfully reflect on the incarnation with a piece of original artwork by Sarah Scoggin.
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