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Presbyterians Today

Blooming out of season

Along the trail by the creek, maple leaves flash red against the yellows of the ash trees. It’s quite a show — and a confirmation that the chill in the air means business.

Watch Night services ring in the New Year

Watch Night recalls the hopeful waiting for Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to take effect in 1862, and today’s continued quest for racial justice.

Christmas: no celebrating allowed?

Until the 19th century, celebrating Christmas was typically a no-no for Presbyterians and members of other Protestant denominations.

Advent spirituality in a wreath

An Advent wreath is a spiritual practice to help center ourselves and our prayers to God during this special season leading up to Christmas.

Listening for those silent nights

No matter whether we celebrate Christmas together or apart because of the pandemic, may we be embrace God’s loving grace.

Giving came naturally to the ‘Bread Lady’

When Doris Brown, a member of Sherrill’s Ford Presbyterian Church in Sherrill’s Ford, North Carolina, was invited to write a prayer for the 2020–2021 Presbyterian Giving Catalog, the words she penned revealed a singular truth about this extraordinary woman’s life and legacy. Brown lived to serve.

Humility: Christ’s gift to us

Especially during Advent and Christmas, we are reminded to drop our arrogance and selfishness and embrace our call to humility.

Creating a truth-telling Thanksgiving

Some Presbyterian congregations are changing the Thanksgiving script to make it a more truthful and culturally healing narrative.