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Worshiping Communities

‘I remembered what it was like to let my spirit breathe’

Thanks to Sabbath and Sabbatical Grants from 1001 New Worshiping Communities, 35 leaders in the new church movement began taking sabbaticals earlier this summer. The response for these grants — all available grants were awarded — was tremendous. Now, some of the leaders are returning from their week- or month-long break to their pastoral work.

Among the most vital of conversations

Based on the new commandment Jesus gave in John 13:34, where he instructed his disciples “to love one another, just as I have loved you,” four church leaders were asked how that passage applied to vital congregations — and how this kind of love has been demonstrated or even changed during the pandemic.

‘We don’t own God or the gospel’

What is Intentional Authentic Evangelism? How is it being practiced in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)?  And how has your understanding of evangelism changed during your time in ministry?

‘You don’t have to do it alone’

When Jasmine Evans reads Scripture, she often imagines what the people who are not heard from in the story are thinking and feeling.

Everyday God-talk reimagined

Everyday God-talk returns for its first official season using the lens of Reformed theology to focus on environmental justice and climate crisis.

Relishing a slower pace of life

In her introduction to the final two episodes of the New Way podcast, the Rev. Sara Hayden quotes St. Thomas More, who once said, “Soul cannot thrive in a fast-paced life because being affected, taking things in and chewing on them requires time.”