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December 9, 2022
The Rev. Dr. Luke Powery, Dean at the Chapel at Duke University and an associate professor at the Duke Divinity School, recently used the account of the Valley of Dry Bones found in Ezekiel 37:1–14 to remind preachers that sermons about resurrection must first encounter death in a real way. Read more »
December 9, 2022
“Tell the story of Center Church honestly: the good, the bad and the ugly.”
This guiding principle framed the Rev. Tom Moore’s workshop at Stewardship Kaleidoscope 2022. Moore told participants the story of Center Presbyterian Church in McMurray, Pennsylvania, showing the importance of honesty and transparency when it comes to the church and its finances. Read more »
December 9, 2022
With nearly all the bills in and paid for, the Conference Center project at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville, Kentucky came in at about $130,000 under the revised budget of about $3.88 million, A Corp President Kathy Lueckert reported to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation Board of Directors Friday. Read more »
December 9, 2022
“Evangelism means sharing the good news in relationally flourishing ways,” said Dr. William P. Brown, Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, recently. Read more »
December 9, 2022
One year ago Saturday, a deadly outbreak of tornadoes ravaged several states in the South and Midwest. Western Kentucky took the brunt of the damage from the storm, which took lives and destroyed homes and property, including the historic Presbyterian Church in Mayfield. Read more »
December 9, 2022
Here’s some good news for fans of “Just Talk Live.” The award-winning online talk show, co-hosted by the Rev. Lee Catoe and Destini Hodges, returns in 2023 with 14 new episodes. Read more »
December 9, 2022
How do we really know God cares when Black people are still getting killed? How long do we have to wait for God’s justice?
Hearing her son ask those questions and seeing Black Lives Matter protests erupt nationwide after George Floyd’s death in 2020 led theologian the Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas to write “Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter.” On Friday she was named winner of the 2023 Grawemeyer Award in Religion for the book’s ideas. Read more »
December 9, 2022
In a time of war, it’s hard to believe in a night where all can be calm and bright — let alone holy. But for the German and English troops hunkering in the muddy trenches on the Western Front during World War I, a miracle occurred. Read more »
December 8, 2022
It was Billy Taing’s candor that made for a memorable and moving webinar recently hosted by Princeton Theological Seminary’s Center for Asian American Christianity. Taing joined his fellow co-director with the organization API Rise, the Rev. Diane Ujiiye, for a discussion titled “Freedom? A Conversation About Incarceration and Being Asian in the U.S.” Dr. David Chao, director of the Center for Asian American Christianity, was the host. Listen to their conversation here. Read more »
December 8, 2022
With less than a month before Mission Engagement & Support falls under the purview of the Administrative Services Group and away from the Presbyterian Mission Agency, top MES officials briefed the board of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation on Thursday to let them know what the new arrangement, as determined by the 225th General Assembly last summer, will mean. Read more »