Posts By: Carl Horton

Season of Peace Reflection for 9/16

Deuteronomy 6:20–25 When your children ask you in time to come, “What is the meaning of the decrees and the statutes and the ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?” then you shall say to your children, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a… Read more »

Season of Peace Reflection for 9/15

Luke 10:25–37 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,… Read more »

Season of Peace Reflection for 9/14

Isaiah 59:20–21 And he will come to Zion as Redeemer, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression, says the LORD. And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD: my spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of… Read more »

Season of Peace Reflection for 9/13

Joshua 1:7–9 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go. This book of the law shall not depart out… Read more »

Season of Peace Reflection for 9/12

Deuteronomy 10:12–22 So now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord your… Read more »

Season of Peace Reflection for 9/11

Isaiah 55:1–5 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me,… Read more »

Several International Peacemakers Are Still Available

Invite one of these peacemakers to visit your area during the Season of Peace Each year The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program invites leaders from our partner churches around the world to come to the PC(USA) to share their experiences as peacemakers in their own lands.  This year they will be here visiting the churches of our… Read more »

Rev. Nicole Ashwood, Peacemaker in the Carribean

Request a visit from Nicole in your Presbytery September 27-October 17 Rev Nicole Ashwood served as an inner-city English teacher for four years in Jamaica before accepting the call to ministry in 2000.  The rich diversity of relationships with colleagues, students and families helped to prepare her for some of her experiences in ministry as… Read more »

International Peacemaker Available September 27-30: Dr. Zuhair Fathallah of Iraq

Apply today to host Dr. Fathallah Since 1989, the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program has brought 200 International Peacemakers from 57 countries to visit 160 presbyteries, six synods, and several Presbyterian colleges to share their experiences as peacemakers in their own lands. These visits have informed Presbyterians, opened hearts and minds, touched lives, built relationships, and inspired new… Read more »