“I definitely say that retirement for me has been a gift. It’s a gift of time,” the Rev. Dr. Barbara Cathey says during the fourth episode of the 2024 season of “Everyday God-talk,” produced by the Rev. Dr. So Jung Kim, associate for theology in the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Office of Theology & Worship.
“The way I’ve always done ministry is that I love my people,” said the Rev. Cynthia Jarvis, a retired pastor in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), in a recent episode of “Everyday God-talk.” Jarvis spoke to the Rev. Dr. So Jung Kim, associate for Theology in the Office of Theology and Worship, in three 10-minute conversations organized around the themes of how Jarvis’ soul, heart and mind are responding to the call to retire.
“I really felt it was a call upon my life to be a pollinator of God’s love,” says the Rev. Yena Hwang, a latest guest on “Everyday God-talk,” a video series from the Office of Theology and Worship of the Presbyterian Mission Agency.
When is the last time you talked to a bird, a fish or a plant, expecting to be taught about God?
This was one of the questions the Rev. Dr. Dee Cooper explored with host So Jung Kim in a recent edition of “Everyday God-Talk,” a production of the Office of Theology and Worship in the Presbyterian Mission Agency.
Years ago, at a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) youth conference in East Texas, Kurt Esslinger felt the Spirit nudging him toward a ministry that reaches out to people who feel they don’t belong because of their differences.