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Humility: Christ’s gift to us

Posted November 4th, 2021

Especially during Advent and Christmas, we are reminded to drop our arrogance and selfishness and embrace our call to humility.

Baltimore church embraces the Matthew 25 vision

Posted October 19th, 2021

During 2020, Knox Presbyterian Church in Baltimore faced both the start of the pandemic in March and the loss of its pastor, the Rev. Michael Moore, who accepted a call from the denominational headquarters in September.

New Mexico group empowers refugee women

Posted October 8th, 2021

When Nkazi Sinandile learned that refugee women in her adopted city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, were having trouble retaining employment because of various barriers, she created another outlet for their talents in 2009.

Taiwan has become a role model in fighting COVID-19

Posted December 3rd, 2020

Living relatively close to China with their three young children, Eva, Eli and Samuel, mission co-workers Jonathan and Emily Seitz feel comfortably safe in Taipei, Taiwan.

Love, prayers and masks from Changhua Presbytery

Posted August 4th, 2020

No sooner had the small delegation from the Presbytery of Mid-Kentucky — its general presbyter, stated clerk and moderator — renewed their passports and booked their flights to Taiwan than COVID-19 postponed their plans. Ever since three representatives from Changhua Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, Mid-Kentucky’s international mission partner, had traveled to Mid-Kentucky in May 2019, the Revs. John Odom, Jerry Van Marter and Angela Johnson had long been looking forward to their reciprocal visit.

Being Christ to those in need grows urgent in Alaska

Posted July 17th, 2020

Economically, Alaska was struggling before COVID-19; now community outreach is more important than ever to help people in need.

Survival checklist

Posted May 27th, 2020

He drives up the Philadelphia Turnpike for his semi-annual appointment with the allergist, and sneezes. Not unusual for this time of year. Should he, a senior, be nervous? He’s not anxiety-prone, but with the advancing virus constantly in the news, how can he not have dying at the back of his mind?

A visible mission against an invisible enemy

Posted May 14th, 2020

The senior pastor’s phone rang at 9:15 p.m. It was Dr. Paul Greenman, a member of First Presbyterian Church of Fort Lauderdale and the Broward County Medical Association. Greenman made a plea for help during the COVID-19 pandemic — not for himself, but for thousands of other medical professionals and first responders in Broward County, Florida.