How can I help? Responding to COVID-19 with grace and love
COVID-19 has upended life for so many, so now people are asking, “How can I help?” At Fountain City Presbyterian Church in..
Empty tomb, empty church
In the Gospel of Matthew, we read: “After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and..
A possibility: A virtual General Assembly in June focused on essentials, with room for lament
The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) is thinking about – but has not yet voted on – the..
Preaching resurrection during a pandemic
On this afternoon in San Diego, it may seem as if everything is normal. The sky is blue. The sun is warm...
Hope is not canceled
Guest commentary by Becca Weaver Longino I bought my Palm Sunday plant seven months ago. I was in IKEA when I saw..
Virtual General Assembly: How should the PC(USA) do this?
So what might a virtual General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) look like? Facing intense deadline pressure, the Committee on the..
Montreat asks: What could we do now?
Guest commentary by Richard DuBose When the age of the coronavirus dawned, Montreat Conference Center was unprepared. I don’t mean we didn’t..
Presbyterians, Holy Week and COVID-19
With Palm Sunday and Easter around the corner, congregations are trying to figure out how to approach Holy Week in the year..
Dead air, living silence
I recently wrote about my first experience with video-taping Sunday morning worship. I began that service by lip-synching the opening theme to..
Lent 3, 2020: The Sunday the church went virtual
On Wednesday, March 11, I changed the text and went off script, having decided the lectionary was not the way to go..
GA or not GA? That is the question
Guest commentary by Steve Salyards GA or not GA? That is the question. Presbyterians in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are watching and..
Prayer for healthcare workers
Lord, you came to the world healing, touching those considered dangerous, unsafe and unclean. You entered into suffering, never turning away from..
Prayer for the class of 2020
Compassionate God, for many of us these days feel like an exile. We remember that your people have walked through exile of..
When We Face an Unknown Future (a free hymn)
BEACH SPRING 8.7.8.7 D ("God Whose Giving Knows No Ending") When we face an unknown future that we can’t imagine yet, when..
Presbyterian leaders seek ways to support congregations responding to COVID-19
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) plans to send out a video worship service for Easter to congregations – with J. Herbert Nelson, the..
Presbyterian World Mission and COVID-19: A conversation with Sara Lisherness
As COVID-19 continues to spread and international travel is disrupted, Presbyterian World Mission has asked all of its mission co-workers who have..
GA meeting site in Baltimore to be converted into field hospital
A decision may be getting closer about whether to hold the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) – set for June..
New advisory opinion on congregations celebrating communion
The Office of the General Assembly has released a new advisory opinion from J. Herbert Nelson, the stated clerk of the Presbyterian..
Breaking News
The word is that springtime arrives late this week, yet here on the Maine coast we have little to show for it...
Uneasy. Unsteady. Uncertain.
I remember in college I started getting hives seemingly out of nowhere. We never did figure out what caused them. They were..
Presbyterian World Mission calls mission co-workers home in response to COVID-19 risks
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is recalling many of its overseas mission co-workers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sara Lisherness, the PC(USA)’s..
Washington co-pastors are being church and building community in the time of coronavirus
Day by day, First Presbyterian Church of Snohomish, in Washington state, is figuring out what it means to live with COVID-19 –..
Dispatches from the (COVID-19) front
Everything is the same. I walked outside and pollen covered my car, birds were chirping and I noticed all the yardwork that..
Pandemic prayer for college students
God of acceptance letters, scholarships and internships, we ask you to comfort: Those whose “best years of their lives” were uprooted. Those..
Building virtual community as a college chaplain
As COVID-19 continues to grow in cases across the United States, those of us in higher education have been bracing for what..
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