Presbyterian Mission Agency meditation Archives

A Princeton Theological Seminary webinar tells a captivating story of how one inmate gained freedom and now serves his community

Posted November 23rd, 2022

It was Billy Taing’s candor that made for a memorable and moving webinar hosted last week by Princeton Theological Seminary’s Center for Asian American Christianity. Taing joined his fellow co-director with the organization API Rise, the Rev. Diane Ujiiye, for a discussion titled “Freedom? A Conversation About Incarceration and Being Asian in the U.S.” Dr. David Chao, director of the Center for Asian American Christianity, was the host.

An unused space becomes a place of prayer and connection

Posted January 15th, 2021

A West Virginia congregation turned a previously-used outdoor porch area into a safe place for prayer, meditation and socially-distanced fellowship.

Presbyterians and interfaith friends continue to wage war on veteran suicide

Posted January 7th, 2020

Since its establishment in 2015, the nonprofit Interfaith Veterans’ Workgroup, based in Wilmington, Delaware, has provided a supportive interfaith community to assist returning veterans reacclimate to civilian life.

Reaching our forgotten veterans

Posted May 22nd, 2019

Why are 20 veterans a day taking their own lives? That’s the question the Rev. Tom Davis has been asking since August 2015, when a magazine cover on veterans’ suicides grabbed his attention. After all, he thought, aren’t these the same men and women who fought so hard to stay alive during active duty, as Davis did during his combat service in Vietnam?

Pause Prayer Center a reflective oasis for Triennium participants

Posted July 21st, 2016

If you had a chance to share a cup of coffee with Jesus, what would you talk about? Young adults attending the 2016 Youth Triennium have the opportunity to imagine that conversation and record it into their personal journal at the Pause Prayer Center, a reflective and meditative antidote to the mostly high energy events that mark the triennial gathering held on Purdue University’s campus.