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2023 ‘Celebrate the Gifts of Women’ service offers a powerful reflection on Mary’s embodied revolution

Posted March 3rd, 2023

The 2023 Celebrate the Gifts of Women worship service took place on Wednesday and was streamed on the main PC(USA) Facebook page. A joint effort by Presbyterian Women and Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries, the service can be viewed here.

Lift each other up, ‘like Elizabeth did with Mary’

Posted March 16th, 2021

On International Women’s Day, Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri noticed her social media feeds were loaded with memes in celebration, but one stood out: “On this day, we don’t need flowers. We need justice and equity.”

‘Pray the psalms and you will learn what it means to be fully human’

Posted December 23rd, 2020

As dark December transitions into nearly-as-dark January and February, preachers in need of resources can serve both God and their hearers by preaching the psalms of lamentation.

The hopes and fears of all the years

Posted December 9th, 2020

“’Comfort, O comfort my people,’ says your God” are the words the prophet Isaiah uses to open his oft-quoted 40th chapter.