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October 2, 2020
Born in 1946, the Rev. Nibs Stroupe, now retired after serving for 34 years at the intercultural Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Georgia, grew up “in a totally segregated society” in Helena, Arkansas. He said he saw Black folk “all the time” while growing up, but “they didn’t feel like people” until he did some work in Brooklyn, New York as a young adult. Read more »
October 2, 2020
I’m a small child in a crib, struggling to breathe in the night, clogged up with what will turn out to be allergies and asthma. My crying rouses my parents who take turns responding. Read more »
October 1, 2020
As most graduation ceremonies went virtual this year, a small liberal arts college in West Virginia related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) made good on its promise to give the Class of 2020 an in-person commencement. Read more »
October 1, 2020
Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries has announced the 2020 recipients of the Rev Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon Scholarship. Read more »
October 1, 2020
At the 224th General Assembly in June, four new members were elected to the Presbyterian Foundation’s Board of Trustees. At the June Board of Trustees meeting, the trustees elected the Rev. Dr. Neal Presa as Chair and Bridget-Anne Hampden as Co-Chair. Also, the Rev. Warren Lesane, Jr., Chair of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board of Directors, joined the Foundation board as an ex-officio member. Read more »
October 1, 2020
Dr. Michael W. Waters, the author of Flyaway Books’ “For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World,” talked Wednesday about the inspiration for his character Jeremiah, who asks his fictional father pointed questions about systemic racism and gun violence throughout the new book. Read more »
October 1, 2020
It’s been only a few months since Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fort Myers, Florida, worked with a professional beekeeper to relocate a couple of well-established bee colonies from an old rotten tree on the property. The bees were successfully moved to side-by-side hives in the church’s Together We Grow Mission Garden. Read more »
October 1, 2020
Not surprisingly, Hannah Lundberg’s sermon on peacemaking for World Communion Sunday opens with a series of questions:
“What is peace for you? Is it a simple state of being? The way things are until something goes wrong? Is peace the absence of conflict?” Read more »
September 30, 2020
This is a time of year the staff at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations usually gears up for the annual UN General Assembly, which brings a bevy of world leaders to the UN’s New York headquarters for headline-making speeches and sets the stage for potentially world-changing meetings. Read more »
September 30, 2020
Just over a week ago, the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People was supposed to be in Rochester, New York celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Read more »