‘El espíritu del Señor está sobre mí’, dijo Isaías con confianza a los lectores en el 61º capítulo del libro que lleva su nombre, ‘porque Dios ha ungido al profeta para dar las buenas nuevas a los oprimidos, para liberar a los prisioneros y para consolar a todas las personas que lloran’. Read more »
January 31, 2019
“Camarero, quiero lo mismo que él”
‘El espíritu del Señor está sobre mí’, dijo Isaías con confianza a los lectores en el 61º capítulo del libro que lleva su nombre, ‘porque Dios ha ungido al profeta para dar las buenas nuevas a los oprimidos, para liberar a los prisioneros y para consolar a todas las personas que lloran’. Read more »
Presbyterians are being asked to play an advocacy role to avert a second government shutdown — and at the same time protect immigrants and border communities. 
Davidson College, a Presbyterian-affiliated college north of Charlotte, N.C., will host Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch on March 13 as part of its Symposium on Reformed Christianity and Social Ethics. 
Parking lot meetings. Wealthy members with outsized influence. Inconsistent practices. Confusion about purpose and vision. There are lots of ways for a congregation’s systems to be unhealthy, and I suspect you could add to this list. Whatever the problem or situation, all do one thing: They undermine a church’s vitality. 
This year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated eight films in the Best Picture category. Because the Academy could have honored as many as 10 (I wish “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “The Hate U Give” had also been chosen), but maybe they thought that would be too many films dealing with racism. 
When Stephanie Fritz heard that the Presbyterian Mission Agency was looking for a person to help lead collaboration with the five PC(USA) missional partner associations that work with “ages and stages” ministry, she was intrigued. 
While about 85 percent of the congregations within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are predominately white, more than half of Presbyterians recently surveyed said they’re not opposed to worshiping in a congregation where most of the members aren’t of the same racial and ethnic background as they are. 
Princeton Theological Seminary has announced the hiring of the Rev. Ann-Henley Saunders, M.Div ’14, as the new director of alumni relations in the Office of Advancement, effective January 22. 
Last month, the Stewpot, a ministry of First Presbyterian Church of Dallas, served its 8 millionth meal — equivalent to 13 million pounds or 2,800 pallets of food — marking a major milestone in the ministry’s 44-year history.