Blogging Towards Sunday, August 3, 2025
Mary Oliver’s Poems “The Summer Day” and “Thirst & Ecclesiastes 3 [pdf] “For theology and liturgy, poetry has always mattered. Scripture begins and ends with poetry and contains swaths and … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, July 20, 2025
Acts 17:16-31 & 1 Corinthians 1:17-31 Acts 17 tells of Paul preaching Jesus as Savior among the pantheon of the diverse gods of the Roman Empire within the public debate … Continue reading
How will they know we’re Christian? – Turning the World Upside Down.
Sunday, July 13th we continued our series on the Acts of the Apostles, looking to rediscover what the church was and what we’re called to be as the church today. … Continue reading
Organize the Church: Resisting with Our Soul, Mind, Body & Spirit
Organize the Church: Resisting with Our Soul, Mind, Body & SpiritPresented by Live Free USA and Black Church Freedom Fund Join Live Free USA and the Black Church Freedom Fund … Continue reading
March Advocacy Hour webinar dives into immigration issues (Presbyterian News Service)
The Office of Public Witness of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) hosted the second of its new monthly Advocacy Hour webinars on Wednesday, with a focus on immigration. The 90-minute virtual … Continue reading
Lamenting injustice in the federal budget – PCUSA national action
With heavy hearts and deep concern, we, the Office of Public Witness of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), bear witness to the harm set in motion by Thursday’s passage of a budget reconciliation bill … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, April 27, 2025
Luke 24:13-53 As you read/hear this large section of sacred story what strikes you? What’s curious to me is how the disciples are described repeatedly as afraid, perplexed, disbelieving, silent, … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025
Matthew 5:1-12 & Luke 24:1-12 “God simply keeps reaching down into the dirt of our humanity and resurrecting us from the graves we dig for ourselves through our violence, our … Continue reading
Blogging Towards Sunday, April 6, 2025
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 The story of the prodigal son may be one of the best known stories in the world. However, if you ask, “On what occasion did Jesus tell … Continue reading
Recent Responses of the Mainline Church Leadership to the Executive Actions at the beginning of the Trump 2.0 Administration
Our Faith in the Public Square Group has decided to pool together readings and resources for those who are interested and actively committed to working around the values of Christian … Continue reading
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