Presbyterian Mission Agency rev. maryann mckibben dana Archives

Being church in a COVID world

Posted December 16th, 2021

What can you do with a photo of paper clips and a Zoom chat box? Quite a lot — and it might be just the thing to open up a discussion on innovation and empowering servant leaders.

The language of aspiration and inspiration

Posted January 6th, 2020

Preaching from Deut. 6:4-9, a text she described as both aspirational and inspirational, the Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana sent about 900 people attending the College Conference at Montreat home Sunday morning with a closing worship message focused on Sabbath and remembering.

Resistance as Sabbath

Posted January 5th, 2020

Anxiety may be rampant in modern culture, but it’s not unprecedented. Take, for example, the enslaved people of Israel described in the Book of Exodus.

Silence and Sabbath

Posted January 4th, 2020

The 900 Presbyterians attending the Collegiate Conference at Montreat entered Sabbath together in silence Friday evening following vibrant, thoughtful worship with communion led by conference preacher the Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana and the Rev. Dr. Alonzo Johnson, coordinator for the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People.

Keeping the Sabbath is simple, but not easy

Posted January 2nd, 2020

About 900 Presbyterian college students have gathered at the close of their Christmas break for the 2020 College Conference at Montreat. They’re here to rediscover the importance of keeping the Sabbath.