By Althea Jerome Each year, toward the beginning of Lent, I recall friends, and years, when it was customary for people whom I know to “give up” something for lent. While I have tried this practice myself, in the final analysis, it seems I didn’t set an appropriate goal for deepening my walk with Christ, …
By Rev. Eugenia A. Gamble Throughout the centuries of the church’s common life it has been a common practice during the forty days plus Sundays leading up to Easter Day for the faithful to ‘give up something’ as a sign of devotion. Often those commitments fade fast, and even if we do remain steadfast, the …
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Idlewild Presbyterian Church is excited to partner with the Presbyterian Association of Musicians in hosting the Mid-South Festival of Choirs! This event is open to any and all singers in local church choirs thought our region. The festival will take place at Idlewild Presbyterian Church on April 19th and April 20th culminating with a festive …
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has a new online landing page that will allow users to engage with the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict more easily using digital resources. The single page aggregates worship resources for congregations, advocacy, and action links for those wishing to have their voices heard, and a secure way to donate online for those wishing to ease the …
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By Rev. Eugenia A. Gamble Prepare! Arise! Shine! Your Light Comes! Rarely in my lifetime have I seen the contrast between light and darkness, love and hate, beauty and despair as clearly defined as in this present moment. In times of conflict and turmoil, both personal and global, God knows our deep need …
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Gregory A. Goodwiller, Synod Executive I have devoted a good bit of my vocational life to the development and implementation of policies, procedures, bylaws, and rules. That kind of work has always come very naturally to me, and I’ve always seen it as part of what I have to offer the churches and councils …
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By Rev. James Gale It feels like the last couple of years have given interim ministry a bad name. Everywhere I turn, there are articles about how interim ministry has lost its way or conversations about how the interim process can stall a church. In my experience, it is true that in far too …
By Steve Young Each morning, across 28 nations in over one thousand communities, men and women begin their day operating a Living Waters for the World purification system. Their faithfulness, day after day, week after week, month after month, is an expression of hope lived out, a very real giving of life itself. Because reliable …
By Rev. Ann Laird Jones Like all good celestial collision paths, Christmas Eve 2023 brings the incarnational arc as close together as imaginably possible. In the morning on December 24 we wake up to Advent 4. By afternoon we are zooming towards Christmas Eve. Purple paraments yield to white. The now-complete circular Advent wreath …
By Rev. Eugenia A. Gamble I never thought it would be like this. When I was unexpectedly thrust into retirement after thirty-five years of pastoral ministry due to complications from what should have been a routine surgery, I was ill prepared in every possible way. The church has always formed the rhythms of my life. …
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