Theological Education Matters

This week, I watched Hurricane Florence take aim at the North Carolina coast, a place that is close to my heart and is where my home Presbytery resides. I'm anxious for my friends, colleagues, and all of those serving Christ's...

Editor's note: Sending our oldest child off to college this year made me more attentive the last few weeks to my social media friends posts of their children’s first day at school. They range from the first day of preschool...

Although there are three times as many men currently serving as congregational minsters than women, the tide is turning as more Presbyterian women were ordained from 2007-2016. This seems like a long time coming since 1994 is the first year...

Arise, Shine, Your Light Has Come! -Isaiah 60:1 Women of the Church play a tremendous role in shaping Christians. In fact, there wouldn’t be a Christian Church without the women witnesses at Jesus’ tomb described in all four Gospels. The...

For all who go to General Assembly, it is an exhilarating and exhausting whirlwind of the Holy Spirit, both at the same time. Even for extroverts like me, all that time together is intense, and when it’s all said and...

You probably will not be surprised to learn our future ministers are active in healthy congregations now, maybe even yours! According to a landmark 2017 Barna study, the vast majority (85%) of current ministers were active as children in a...

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12          Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. Since Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico last year, I’ve kept in touch with colleagues...

Lent is traditionally a time for Christians to reflect, (re)affirm our baptismal identity, who we are and who we are called to be, and to commit to living faith in more life-giving ways. Our liturgical year takes us on a...

It is the great joy of my work to visit congregations, and those who love the church, keeping in conversation about how we can ensure we have enough ministers for the future needs of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). These conversations...

A big congratulations to Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, professor of theology and ethics at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and Rev. Dr. Douglas Oldenburg, former President of Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia and a former General Assembly moderator. ...