Every now and then, the Rev. Amy Butler will find herself having to do a little simultaneous parenting and preaching from her pulpit at Calvary Baptist Church in downtown Washington.
A pub is not necessarily the first place you’d expect to find a Southern Baptist pastor and a Presbyterian minister leading a conversation about faith and spirituality.
“Watermarked,” an album renowned Presbyterian singer/songwriter david m bailey was working on when he died last fall, has been released posthumously.
Bailey died Oct. 2 of glioblastoma at a hospice near his Charlottesville, Va., home. He was 44 and had fought the disease for 15 years, continuing to write, record and perform.
The first Mass to refer to the late Pope John Paul II as “the blessed” was celebrated on May 2 at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, ending a three-day celebration that focused on his life and legacy.
Late Sunday night, while perusing Facebook, a friend on Facebook updated her status to announce that Osama bin Laden was dead. It took a few seconds to confirm the news on CNN, and by the time I refreshed the screen, her status had changed once again.
In light of Osama bin Laden’s death on May 1, Presbyterian ministries here have had reason to reflect anew on denominational statements and studies on terrorism, war and the continuing call for peace.
The Rev. Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), encouraged the offices of Theology and Worship and Compassion, Peace and Justice and the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy to share the following resources for prayer and reflection.
The World Association for Christian Communication’s (WACC) Strategic Planning Process is well under way, boosted by a roundtable meeting of WACC partners that took place here April 27-28. Some 20 international participants addressed the challenges posed by participatory communication for development.
The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) said it is inviting pastors from Japanese communities affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami to study disaster relief and community reconstruction projects in Taiwan.
In days long gone, Roman Catholic priests regularly made deathbed house calls, even in the middle of the night with little notice, to pray over the dying and anoint them with holy oils.
The loss of historic Mayfield (N.Y.) Presbyterian Church building last week to lightning and a devastating fire could not stop the congregation’s determination to help the world’s hungry.