President Obama will welcome Pope Francis to the White House during the pontiff’s U.S. visit in September to “continue the dialogue … on their shared values and commitments on a wide range of issues,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Thursday (March 26).
Dr. Peter Millet was inaugurated as the sixth president of Stillman College, a historically Presbyterian racial ethnic college in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, last week. Representatives from the Stillman College board of trustees, local and county governments, the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the higher education community, and the Tuscaloosa community were present to celebrate.
A new Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) denominational children’s curriculum is succeeding the long-standing denominational curriculum We Believe: God’s Word for God’s People.
For centuries, artists have taken to the canvas to create their version of the guardian angel, a larger-than-life figure that watches and protects. These celestial beings are often depicted hovering above with outstretched arms, with small children nearing the edge of a cliff or crossing an old bridge with rushing water below.
I am struck even more so by these verses and hymn as I face my diagnosis with breast cancer. The prognosis is good and I have already started chemotherapy as the first measure in this healing process. There is also surgery and treatments to face in the future as well. But I find myself taking things one step at a time, getting more attune to the needs of my body and the surprises that each new day may bring.
Why has Christianity, a religion based on love, failed in its attempts to heal racial division? The Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings, winner of the 2015 Grawemeyer Award in Religion, will address that question during his sermon, "A God Who Joins," and his Grawemeyer lecture, "How Should We See Race," both of which will take place Wednesday, April 15, in Caldwell Chapel at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Jennings will deliver his sermon during the 11:30 a.m. chapel service and his Grawemeyer lecture at 7 p.m. A book signing and reception will follow the lecture.
What is the role—and relevance — of the church in reducing the problem of mass incarceration in today’s society? Noted activist Gail Tyree will explore that in her keynote address at the upcoming Compassion Peace and Justice (CPJ) Training Day in Washington, D.C. on April 17th.
During July 6-12, John Philip and Ali Newell and Nahum Ward-Lev will join in a special week of teaching from one of the most important spiritual texts of the 20th century, I and Thou, by the Austrian-born Israeli Jewish philosopher, Martin Buber. The program is open to students and seekers of all ages.
This Lenten season, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invites its member churches to pray on Sunday 29 March for those affected by wars in the Middle East, especially in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt. The season of prayer is meant to revive hope from hopelessness, taking into account the vulnerability of minority communities and the threat of losing the diversity of the social fabric in this region.
Effective March 30, the position titles for Alicia Samuels and Laura Cheifetz will change to be Vice President of eCommerce and Marketing and Vice President of Church and Public Relations, respectively.