“Journey to the Cross”, the popular youth and young adult Lenten devotional, returns to the popular daily devotion website d365 on Ash Wednesday, February 14, through Sunday, April 8.

Lent is a great time to focus more fully on our spiritual lives. For centuries, the church has encouraged us to give up something that brings us pleasure, so that we can be more in touch with Jesus’ self-denial. More recently, Christians have taken on new spiritual practices such as practicing intentional hospitality or reading the Scriptures more faithfully as a way of prioritizing God’s ways over our ways.

1월 말에 장로교회 교회교육자 연례 연합행사를 위해 켄터키 주 루이빌에 도착했을 때, 저의 마음은 세부 사항에 집중되었습니다. 컨퍼런스의 공동 의장으로서 저는 포스트잇 노트에 여러 장의 목록을 가지고 있었고, 저의 관심은 하나님의 임재가 느껴질 지에 대한 것보다 일정에 더 집중되어 있었습니다. 그러나 의심의 여지없이 하나님은 그곳에 계셨습니다.

When I arrived in Louisville, Kentucky, for the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators Annual Event at the end of January, my mind was focused on the details. As co-chair of the conference, I had a stack of lists on Post-It notes and my concerns were more focused on the schedule than they were on whether God’s presence would be felt. But, without a doubt, God was there.

The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) concluded its February meeting here today approving a recommended an increase in per capita funding to be considered by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly 223 (2018) this summer in St. Louis.

Amantha Barbee, Karen Hernandez-Granzen and Liz Theoharis were named recipients of the 2018 Women of Faith Awards by the Presbyterian Mission Agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) during its board meeting Feb. 7-9. They will be honored at the Women of Faith Awards Breakfast on Sunday, June 17, during the 223rd General Assembly (2018) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in St. Louis, Missouri.

The much-anticipated report from the Governance Task Force (GTF) of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) came up for discussion and debate during today’s open plenary of the group’s February meeting.

I walked away from the church at age 15. I wasn’t unique. Many teens walk away from the church, although it’s more common today than when I did it in the mid-1970s. No matter what the year, teens walk away from church for many reasons — spiritual laziness, lack of inspiration from worship services, worldly distractions, peer pressure (it’s not cool to go to church), the attraction of other beliefs (including agnosticism and atheism). But I walked away for reasons that were a bit different from those of many of my friends.

Concerned Presbyterians have started a new network to contribute to current efforts to reconcile all sides of the Korean conflict through peaceful efforts. The Presbyterian Peace Network for Korea, related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), was launched in October 2017 by a group of Presbyterians with a passion for seeking peaceful reconciliation in the Korean peninsula.

기딩스-러브조이 노회의 가장 큰 교회가 미국장로교 교단을 신중하게 떠났다. 다른 한 교회는 1백만 달러의 채무를 이행하지 않았다. 노회 직원 전체는 놀라움을 금치 못했다. 노회 사무실 건물이 매각되었다. 노회는 파산 직전에 있다.

제3장로교회 목사이자 6월 16-23일에 열리는 223차 총회(2018) 지역 조직위원회(COLA)의 공동 위원장인 시드릭 포티스^{Cedric Portis} 목사는 "우리는 포기할 수 있는 심각한 시점에 있었습니다.  포티스^Portis는 2월 6~8일 회의에서 총회 사무국 위원회(COGA)에 "저는 떠날 수 있었습니다"라면서 "그러나 우리 회중들에게 '우리는 하나님의 백성이고 그저 살아남기 위해서가 아니라, 우리는 번성할 것"임을 말하였습니다."