A declining economy, including a possible downturn in tourism. Threats to water, agriculture, infrastructure and health — and a half-dozen other potential near-term calamities.
In the wake of the holiday shopping surges of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, a daylong celebration of giving will make its appearance tomorrow.
Registration for the largest event in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — the Presbyterian Youth Triennium 2019 — will launch soon.
The refrain of Advent is Come, Lord Jesus. And so, during the season, we stand in the place of those who awaited the advent of the Lord for centuries before the birth of Christ. We cry out for the Lord to come. But just as importantly, we also stand looking forward to Christ’s second advent, when we, who see through a glass darkly, will see our Savior face to face.
I was talking to my friend from the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma one time about how squirrels can signal to us what kind of winter we could look forward to. He said that when the squirrels dig holes in the ground to bury their harvest, we can expect a mild winter. If squirrels carry their harvest to their nests, then a heavy snow would be expected, as snow would be more difficult for the animals to work through to get to the food.
One of the first Presbytery of San Jose meetings the Rev. Sammie Evans attended as the new pastor at Stone Church of the Wooded Glen was to hear a presentation from the Rev. Dr. Kathryn Threadgill on Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Vital Congregations Revitalization Initiative, which is designed to help churches live more faithfully as disciples of Jesus Christ.
"Inbox zero." It’s a funny term, often used in professional circles to denote when one’s email inbox has zero messages. As the social media strategist for the denomination, this is one of my most treasured dreams, but not necessarily my reality.
Las co-moderadoras de la 223a Asamblea General están haciendo un cambio del libro que recomendaron para el estudio. El mes pasado, la reverenda Cindy Kohlmann y la anciana gobernante Vilmarie Cintrón Olivieri recomendaron que las iglesias tomen el libro «Where the Cross Meets the Street» (en inglés).
Kohlmann y Cintrón Olivieri recientemente supimos que el autor renunció a su cargo luego de que surgieran las acusaciones de que había creado un ambiente de trabajo «hostil y abusivo».
Westminster John Knox Press announces the release of “She’s My Dad: A Father’s Transition and a Son’s Redemption,”from Jonathan S. Williams with Paula Stone Williams.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance uses terms like “unprecedented” and “all-encompassing” when referring to the destructive fires still burning both in Northern and Southern California – especially the Camp Fire that destroyed much of Paradise, Calif., a fire that had claimed at least 79 lives as of Tuesday and destroyed more than 10,000 homes.