A shooting during a lunch reception Sunday at the Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California, left one person dead and five people wounded, according to multiple news reports.
Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Maryland, hosted the fourth-ever Beyond Pink and Blue: Trans+ Family and Spiritual Care conference on Saturday, attended both in-person and via Zoom by more than 70 people.
Well into his baccalaureate address at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary on Friday, the Rev. Dr. Justin Reed asked graduates from the classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022, “How is God different now than when you started?”
Two thoughtful theologians — Dr. Martha Moore-Keish, the J.B. Green Professor of Theology at Columbia Theological Seminary, and the Rev. Dr. David Gambrell, Associate for Worship in the Office of Theology & Worship — put their brains and their hearts on display Thursday during the Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ town hall, “Why do we Keep Doing these Prayers of Confession?”
Communicators with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) used written, visual and aural tools of their trade to garner 10 awards Thursday during the Best of the Church Press ceremony held online.
이 글을 쓰면서, 저는 다가오는 이사를 준비하며 열심히 정리와 포장을 하고 있습니다. 모든 것을 자세히 살펴보고 있습니다 : "이건 누구거지?" "이게 여전히 필요할까?" "이건 도대체 뭐지?" 이번 주 제가 할 일은 모든 책을 처리하는 것인데, 둘 다 성직자이고, 열렬히 독서를 좋아하는 우리 부부에게는 다음 주제의 많은 책들이 있습니다: 아동 도서, 소설, 회고록, 글쓰기에 관한 책, 여행, 주석, 성경, 신학, 신앙 형성, 리더십. 너무나도 많은 책들.
Mientras escribo esto, estoy metido en el proceso de desorden y empaque para un próximo movimiento. Todo está bajo escrutinio: "¿De quién es esto?" "¿Todavía necesitamos esto?" "¿Qué es esto?" Mi tarea para esta semana es abordar todos los libros, y hay muchos de ellos en esta pareja de clérigos y familia de lectura ávida: libros infantiles, novelas, memorias, libros sobre escritura, viajes, comentarios, Biblias, teología, formación de la fe, liderazgo. Tantos libros.
As I write this, I am deep in the process of decluttering and packing for an upcoming move. Everything is under scrutiny: “Whose is this?” “Do we still need this?” “What even is this?” My task for this week is to tackle all the books, and there are plenty of them among us, with a dual clergy couple and family of avid readers: children’s books, novels, memoirs, Bibles, commentaries, books on writing, travel, theology, faith formation, leadership. So many books.
As travel restrictions begin to loosen worldwide and churches start thinking about long- and short-term mission trips, a group of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission leaders, World Mission staff and mission co-workers joined together on Zoom Wednesday night to talk about how to be thoughtful travelers when visiting global partners in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Not worrying about tomorrow is easy to say yet difficult to do, especially when our world is in such a state of turmoil.