Dios eterno, sustentador, proveedor, Dios de toda sabiduría y conocimiento,
nuestros espíritus están abrumados, nuestra fe desfallece y nuestras mentes se nublan con noticias
de enfermedad y muerte.
Conoces nuestros pensamientos antes de que los expresemos; aún los temores que echamos a un
lado, Tú los conoces.
No podemos esconderte nuestros pensamientos y preocupaciones.
Venimos a ti, oh Dios, tal cual somos y tal como estamos, rogando por sabiduría,
por mentes claras y corazones abiertos, por calma y por la certeza de que, a través de la crisis,
Tú estás presente.
This St. Louis congregation embraced the Matthew 25 invitation and is revitalizing itself by encouraging its members to become engaged in hands-on mission.
The history of the Roma (Romani) and Sinti people in Europe is filled with discrimination and bias. That’s why mission co-workers Burkhard Paetzold, Al Smith, and the coordinator for the Middle East and Europe, Luciano Kovacs, helped plan and participate in a conference in Budapest recently, to reflect on the Churches’ history, relationship and interaction with the Roma. The conference was organized by the Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME).
Compassion, Peace & Justice Training Day, set for April 24 in Washington D.C., has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.
As she pondered how to lead worship while keeping the safety of congregants who may be affected by COVID-19 uppermost in her mind, the Rev. Lynn Rubier-Capron remembered her childhood, when she used to see movies at the drive-in.
he Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the President and Executive Director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency have written a pastoral letter to Presbyterians living with the rapidly-spreading coronavirus pandemic.
The Office of Theology and Worship has developed an order of worship, available here, that’s been adapted for congregations gathering exclusively or primarily online in response to the coronavirus.
1 Corinthians 12:4-6 reminds us of this: “Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.” (NRSV)
When it comes to race, most white Americans are obsessed with two things: defending our own inherent goodness and maintaining our own comfort levels. Too often, this means white people assume that to be racist, one needs to be openly hateful and willfully discriminatory — you know, a bad person. And we know we’re good people, right? But you don’t have to be wearing a white hood or shouting racial epithets to be complicit in America’s racist history and its ongoing systemic inequality.
A simple journaling exercise can help people become more joyous and generous when it comes to their giving.