A Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) delegation has returned from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt and is encouraging others in the denomination to find ways to show their concern for the environment.
White Christians who do the hard work of educating themselves and empathizing with the centuries of racial trauma their African American siblings have endured can produce hope and healing that’s badly needed, members of an online panel convened by Union Presbyterian Seminary said Tuesday.
Mindfulness helps you be present in different moments. Polity is one way Presbyterians care for each other over time.
The two themes are the focus of the third set of “Along the Road” podcasts, with the shorter ‘Nourish’ broadcast on mindfulness intended for ruling elders and deacons, and the polity discussion of ‘Encounter’ voiced for mid council and other church leaders.
Most of us look forward to decorating our homes and seeing family for the holidays, even if that can be stressful at times. The season of joy can evoke powerful feelings, even under the best circumstances. But for those who have lost a loved one, the holidays can be even more difficult — especially if it is “the first holiday without … .”
Vera Swann, a Presbyterian mission co-worker whose family helped secure the end of segregated public education, died last month at the age of 91.
She was born Vera Pearl Poe on April 11, 1931 in Cheraw, South Carolina, one of three sisters, and grew up in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Vera was educated at the Presbyterian Coulter Academy, and at Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU), where she met Darius Leander Swann.
Samual Polanco is no stranger to the power of walls. Especially their potential to exclude. Polanco, a 2022 graduate of the Menaul School — a PC(USA)-related, grades 6-12 college preparatory school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico — has faced walls his entire life.
While there’s been a lot of talk about diversity and inclusivity, the one conversation that is needed is how often diversity is mistaken for inclusivity. The two are not the same.
It took a village on Sunday for the Presbytery of Mid-Kentucky to pull off its Guns to Gardens event, including the village blacksmith.
In this season of Advent, the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) encourages the church to pause, reflect, meditate, and pray. The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, offers words of encouragement in this week’s devotional.
When I began writing this column, I talked about how the community garden I manage led me to bemoan the word “charity.” I soon realized that I was not alone in this. More churches seem to be moving away from charity models, reorienting themselves to justice models.