The Rev. Dr. Diane Givens Moffett, president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, believes God has intricately woven our lives together at this time in history so we may be part of the healing work of God’s creation.

루이지애나의 빌록시, 촉타우, 치티마차 부족의 후손들은 기업의 석유 탐사 덕분에 갈림길을 직면하게 되었다. 기후 변화와 함께 수년간의 채취가 저지대에 피해를 주었으며 현재 주민들은 재 정착에 직면하고 있다.

미국장로교회 223차 총회(2018)의 공동총회장인 신디 콜만^{Cindy Kohlmann} 목사는 최근 해수면 상승과 기후 변화가 이 지역에 어떤 영향을 미치는지에 대한 조감도를 얻었다. 사우스 루이지애나 노회는 일부 직원들과 콜만이 석유 추출 효과에 대한 조감도를 위해 작은 비행기를 타도록 계획했다.

Descendants of the Biloxi, Choctaw, and Chitimacha tribes in Louisiana find themselves at a crossroads, thanks to the corporate quest for oil. Years of extraction, along with the changing climate, have taken their toll on the lowlands and now residents are faced with resettlement.

The Reverend Cindy Kohlmann, Co-Moderator of the 223rd General Assembly (2018) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), recently got a bird’s eye view of how rising sea levels and climate change are impacting the area. The Presbytery of South Louisiana arranged for some staff members and Kohlmann to take a small plane for an aerial view of the effects of oil extraction.

It’s been a month since Holmes Camp & Retreat Center in Holmes, N.Y., made history. Now the camp’s executive director, the Rev. Bryan Breault, is hearing lovely things from the parents of campers from across the country.

The Rev. Dr. Lucy Dergarabedian left Lebanon 30 years ago, knowing she would likely never live there again. She wanted to be a minister of Word and sacrament and that was not an option for her in her home country.

A new face has taken the helm at the Presbyterian Historical Society Board. Ernest R. Higginbotham of Dallas is the new chair of the board, replacing the Rev. Dr. George Abdo, who completed his second term as chair in June. 

Scott Galloway’s father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all Presbyterian pastors. Galloway has followed all three of his preacher forebears — not into the pulpit, but as a storyteller and filmmaker who’s created a product that pastors, church educators and others can use to stimulate discussion and make the weekly readings from the Revised Common Lectionary more relatable to Sunday worshipers.

In addition to worship and workshops — and even some hiking, kayaking and gardening — Presbyterians for Earth Care handed out awards at last week’s national conference.

The same week her brother died unexpectedly, spiritual travel writer and Episcopal deacon Lori Erickson moved her mother into a memory-care facility. Suddenly faced with the existential question of death, she set out on a quest, her own tutorial in death.

Light Street Presbyterian Church in Baltimore has been home to a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregation for more than 160 years.  Founded as a place of refuge for children who worked in factories, Light Street always knew it existed for the city’s working-class neighborhood.