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Just Brave Enough: Lifting Up the Voices of Women in Scripture

A year ago I arrived at Princeton Seminary for The Art of Transitional Ministry training. I had no idea why I was there. I had graduated from Union Presbyterian Seminary a few months earlier and had yet to receive a Call. Truthfully, I hadn’t begun to look—I hadn’t even created my PIF. I did not… Read more »

#GivingTuesday draws us to lessons learned in Sunday school

Calendared amidst the commercial craze of Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes #GivingTuesday, a timely reminder that life is more about giving than getting. It is a verifiable fact that generosity enhances our well-being.[i] #GivingTuesday is celebrated the week following Thanksgiving and kicks-off the year-end charitable season. About 40 percent of all charitable giving occurs… Read more »

A Reflection on Indigenous Peoples, Colonization, and the Church

*This piece was originally written by Shannan Vance-Ocampo for Indigenous People’s Day as part of her newsletter to the Presbytery of Southern New England. As we enter into National Native American Heritage Month, we encourage you to sit with her reflection and her invitation at the end.* Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, formerly known as… Read more »

Liberty Community Church: A Beacon of Hope

Liberty Community Church is the only African American PC(USA) church in the state of Minnesota. Located in North Minneapolis inside one of the city’s poorest zip codes and situated between major interstates which make it a prime spot for sex trafficking and illegal drug trading, this Matthew 25 congregation revitalized the spaces of two Presbyterian… Read more »

In Praise of the Scruple

What’s the simple solution to our fractious and fracturing society? We need more Presbyterians!  We need more Presbyterians not because we want to keep churches open or even because our Presbyterian form of government is unique within Christendom. No, we need more Presbyterians because Presbyterians know how to tolerate differences of opinion. We know how… Read more »

A Prayer for Israel and Palestine

The following prayer was written by Adebisi Shofu, MDiv who is a Ruling Elder in Coastlands Presbytery. It offers her own hopes and prayerful perspective concerning the conflict unfolding in the Middle East. The Acting Stated Clerk of the PC(USA) has also offered a statement on the conflict, which you can also read here.  O… Read more »

The Divine Is Close with Us

For too long, we have believed that the divine is outside us. This belief has strained our longing disastrously. This makes us lonely, since it is human longing that makes us holy. The most beautiful thing about us is our longing; this longing is spiritual and has great depth and wisdom. If you focus your… Read more »

Jesus and a Park Bench

A bench in New York’s Central Park makes a great place to people watch. I got to do that this past Sunday afternoon before I met up with the group of my general presbyter friends from around the country. Our group—hailing from Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Kentucky—converges annually in New York for a… Read more »

The Dream Team

Our team of communications staff tasked with dreaming up the future of PT met together at PC(USA) headquarters in Louisville, KY on July 17-18 to put plans in motion. Rich Copley, multimedia producer, captured the occasion in black and white.