rev. lee catoe Archives

Transforming the Season of Peace into an art form

Posted September 13th, 2021

The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program’s Season of Peace has been enhanced this year by artists with something to say — or sing, or paint, or even throw, such as pottery — and it was Simon Doong’s task on Monday to discuss the impact artists are having on Presbyterians subscribing to the Season of Peace videos and spoken word.

New YAV class will be commissioned Sunday in virtual ceremony

Posted August 20th, 2021

The Young Adult Volunteer (YAV) program will commission 33 members of the 2021-22 class virtually Sunday. The ceremony will be carried live on the Young Adult Volunteer Facebook page at 4 p.m. Eastern Time.

Do the queer community and the church need each other?

Posted June 2nd, 2021

Do people in the LGBTQIA+ community need the church? Does the church need people who are LGBTQIA+?

Challenging the ‘idolatry’ of the nuclear family

Posted May 20th, 2021

The first time the Rev. Lee Catoe heard the term “queer,” it was in the saying “queer as a $2 bill.” Sometimes it simply referred to something that was just odd, but other times it was referring to someone in the LGBTQIA+ community.

Mother’s Day to Father’s Day series considers new definitions of family

Posted May 12th, 2021

The past few years, Unbound: An Interactive Journal of Christian Social Justice has launched Advent and Lenten devotional series focusing on groups such as Black Women and people with disabilities.

Breaking free from purity culture

Posted May 5th, 2021

The second Linda Kay Klein heard that the gunman in the March 16 shootings at three Atlanta spas considered his victims “stumbling blocks,” she knew he had been raised in purity culture.

What can be done to resolve the nation’s gun violence problem?

Posted April 28th, 2021

Near the end of Tuesday’s episode of “Just Talk Live,” peace activist Kathryn Fleisher reflected on how community members united after a mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018.

Presbyterians contribute to new book on race

Posted April 14th, 2021

The latest episode of “Just Talk Live” aired Tuesday with the specter of yet another police-involved shooting of a Black man looming overhead.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) communicators garner Associated Church Press awards

Posted April 8th, 2021

Communicators with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — those who tell Presbyterians’ stories with words, photos, videos, public relations plans and podcasts — were rewarded for their work throughout 2020 on Thursday with recognition from the Associated Church Press during its online Best of the Church Press Awards.

‘Just Talk Live’ examines AAPI hate

Posted April 7th, 2021

On the eve of its one-year anniversary, “Just Talk Live” took on the topic of AAPI hate, with a trio of guests who affirmed that racism against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is nothing new and that the church has a role to play in stopping it.