As cohort groups are being formed by the Office of Christian Formation in partnership with the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators and Presbyterian Youth Workers Association, Christian educator Linda Babcock said her cohort was “a real lifesaver.”
“I bring you greetings from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),” the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett told the online audience of St. Stephen Baptist Church in Louisville on Sunday. Moffett was the featured speaker during the church’s Women’s Day celebration. “We are your partners in ministry,” said the president and executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency. “God has called us to preach good news to the poor, recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.”
What did you do on Mr. Rogers’ Day? Saturday, March 20 would have been the 93rd birthday of Fred Rogers (1928–2003), remembered perhaps as the greatest virtual teacher of all time and a beloved ordained minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
He [the scribe] asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?” Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:28–31)
These are the most important commandments, to love God with all heart, soul, mind and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself. These may seem simple, and yet they are extraordinarily challenging, especially when faced with how to truly comprehend God’s gracious abundance and how we share that abundance with each other. How do we care for each other? Do we embrace the opportunity to carry each other’s burdens or do we turn our face away in shame?
Flyaway Books has officially released its moving new children’s book “Walking toward Peace: The True Story of a Brave Woman Called Peace Pilgrim” by Kathleen Krull and illustrator Annie Bowler.
Flyaway Books celebrates the release Tuesday of “El maravilloso grano de mostaza" by co-authors Amy-Jill Levine and Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and illustrator Margaux Meganck.
Tuesday marks the release of “Arthur and the Forgetful Elephant” by Maria Girón.
The 21st century has seen tremendous shifts in how gender and sexuality are understood around the world and in the church. These changes are making the church more welcoming to all, but they also present challenges as people come to understand language and practices that are new to them and their communities.
“If you ain’t got no proposition, you ain’t got no sermon either.”
What does the Lord require of us in the time of COVID-19?
This grounding in Micah 6:8 is the primary question the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is exploring through a yearlong process titled “What Does God Require of Us? Discerning, Confessing, and Witnessing in an Age of COVID-19 and Beyond.”