by Steve Rankin
I hate to admit it, but I just turned 53 years old. I was born smack-dab in the middle of the Baby Boom. On my birthday a few days ago, my wife and I were headed to a worship service out of town and stopped at McDonalds for a cup of coffee. Two […]
by Meg Peery McLaughlin
They were traveling up the center aisle to see the body. Moving with faithful footsteps toward the one they dearly loved. Tears filled their eyes and they held tight to daughters and sisters as they came forward to view the deceased, hands folded calmly, suit freshly pressed.
I had lost the battle, you […]
by David Bartlett
I teach at a seminary where we try very hard to be sensitive to the diversity of the whole body of Christ. While most of the community is of Euro-American descent and the overwhelming majority of the student body consist of anglo Presbyterians, we are delighted that the faculty is becoming more and more […]
by David Bartlett
Earlier this spring I joined a group of preachers studying the lectionary texts for the season of Pentecost. We were reminded of the quip attributed to Alfred Loisy the French New Testament scholar: “Jesus proclaimed the Kingdom but what we got was the church.”
The clear implication of that statement is that we ought […]
by Robert K. Martin
As the church year moves from Eastertide to Pentecost this weekend (May 27, 2007), it is easy for us to get swept up in the disciples’ spiritual combustion or their evangelistic fervor in the marketplace. But what is it that prepared them for being fired-up and what is it that they carried […]