Presbyterian Mission Agency choctaw nation Archives

The psalmist and the solar eclipse

Posted April 10th, 2024

Seeing the “diamond ring” is the holy grail of amateur astronomers: that moment in a total solar eclipse when the edge of the sun’s corona bursts forth with a sparkling burst of light at one point while the rest of the rim is illuminated like a ring. I had no chance of seeing that where I was, located many miles away from the path of totality. All I saw was a solar “croissant.” But I did consider the experience holy.

During PC(USA) Chapel service, a Native American pastor retraces a recent blessed journey undertaken by a father and his son

Posted December 7th, 2022

To the psalmist’s question “How can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” the Rev. Ron McKinney had a ready answer during a recent online Chapel service for the national staff of the PC(USA): “How can we as Native Americans not sing our song? We are not in a foreign land. We are in our own land.”

During Wednesday’s PC(USA) Chapel service, a Native American pastor retraces a recent blessed journey undertaken by a father and his son

Posted October 12th, 2022

To the psalmist’s question “How can we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” the Rev. Ron McKinney had a ready answer Wednesday during an online Chapel service for the national staff of the PC(USA): “How can we as Native Americans not sing our song? We are not in a foreign land. We are in our own land.”