Just as technical debt can result from limited testing during the development process, ethical debt results from not considering possible negative consequences or societal harms. And with ethical debt in particular, the people who incur it are rarely the people who pay for it in the end.
The new “Wonder of Worship” initiative prepares Christian leaders and supports partnering congregations to engage children in corporate worship and thereby nurture their faith.
In this poem, Barbara Wood Gray shares who she experiences God to be.
No matter what I do, I am constantly 'back into the shiva chair.'
Rebecca Gresham remembers her time at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the belonging she felt as a student, young mother and resident.
Pew Research Center released the findings — that also hold true among most of those affiliated with a religion — from its Global Attitudes Survey.
A child wearing brown loafers and no socks (just like his father), reading a Bible in Sunday worship (just like his father) — What can this boy teach us about belonging?
In this lesson, children will hear about May Friendship Day and explore what it means to be a friend in Christ.
In this lectionary reflection, editor Teri McDowell Ott highlights the danger of refusing to hear dissenting voices and the effectiveness of listening well.
A lesson for May 7, 2023, about preparing for Pentecost.
In this children's message, Sara Pantazes explores what it means to be victorious.
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
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"I belonged to her. She belonged to me. Over the years, she belonged to others: students, her poetry pals, our family. But we remained a constellation of two stars."
“This was not an easy decision, but I feel it is the right one to make for my family and the church in this time of change.”
Work continues to unite the Office of the General Assembly and the Presbyterian Mission Agency.
A poem by Kathryn Lester-Bacon.
Young people, youth pastors say, are pushing the church to be more willing to talk about mental health.
Grief has a way of pushing everyone away, writes Angela Williams Gorrell. But it’s when you are grieving that you need belonging the most.
Using public funds to support students at private religious schools is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.
The University of Dubuque Theological Seminary (UDTS) is excited to announce its new master of arts in Reformed theology and master of arts in ministry.
"Missional confirmation inspires a missional identity and commissions young people to a missional way of life," writes Mark D. Hinds.
“Even in a room full of exhaustion, there is hope.” Shani McIlwain shares her experience at the Katie Geneva Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership’s spring conference.
For some, fear-saturated stories about the rapture can generate lifelong panic, paranoia and anxiety.
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