Blogs

Through the Bible, the cornerstone of our faith, we know the stories of God's efforts to communicate with creation and of creation's response. God communicates through rainbows and burning bush, through earthquakes and fire, and through the still small voice. We pray that God will speak through us as we tell new stories of the faith, life and mission found in Christ's church.

Recent Posts

  • Now is the Time to Ratify the CRC! from Together with Children

    February 10, 2012 by Martha Gee

    Now is the time to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

    Read more →

  • Sharing the Story of an Earth Care Congregation from Eco-Journey

    February 9, 2012 by Rebecca Barnes-Davies

    Story-telling encourages us, inspires us, gives us hope, and helps us risk creative vision. In that spirit, I'd like to share with you, as I'm able, some glimpses of the stories that PCUSA Earth Care Congregations are creating in their congregational life.

     

    Earth Care Congregations vary in their interests, their geographical location, their church size, their leadership, and their current projects. Yet they all have stories to tell about what it is like to be following God's call to tend and keep the "garden" (Gen 2:15) in their part of the world.

     

    I invite you to ...

    Read more →

  • World Interfaith Harmony Week at the UN from Swords into plowshares

    February 9, 2012 by Mark Koenig

    by Andrew David Turner

    On February 7, the 66th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations celebrated the second annual World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW) with a full program of speakers and performances that underscored the significance of this year’s theme: “Common Ground for the Common Good.”

    The President of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, began the proceedings with a keynote address that highlighted the “social and moral significance” of religion in the global society and reminded the Assembly that the United Nations itself was founded on “the quest for the common values ...

    Read more →

  • Congregational Food Audit from Eco-Journey

    New guide from Green Faith and the John Hopkins Center for a Livable Future

    February 9, 2012 by Rebecca Barnes-Davies

    Listing one of the PCUSA Earth Care Congregations (Maryland Presbyterian Church in Towson, MD) as a success story, GreenFaith has just announced a new faith-based food guide called "The Good Food Toolkit." Available as a free download for those who register with Green Faith, this resource includes a food audit for your congregation, planning tools, teaching tools, and success stories. To learn more about GreenFaith, an interfaith organization that equips and develops faith leaders caring for the earth, click here. 

    Read more →

  • A Faith of Their Own from Here I am

    What we all know....but what do we do about it?

    February 9, 2012 by Brian Frick

    Helping Youth Have a Faith of Their Own

    The fact that youth participate in church less as they get older and often are not present in church as young adults can lead church leaders to assume they lack religious interest. A new book growing out of the National Study of Youth and Religion challenges that assumption. Sociologists Lisa Pearce and Melinda Lundquist Denton found that older teens and young adults see great significance in religion though not always in institutional forms of religious life.

    Read more →

All PC(USA) Blogs