Presbyterian Mission Agency samaritan woman Archives

Don’t worship justice. Worship a just God

Posted June 1st, 2021

Had he been told in advance about the death and heartache wreaked by the pandemic, the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol and the killings of people of color over the past 15 months, “I’d be tempted to run away, to cower in anxiety and fear,” the Rev. Eugene Cho, president and chief executive officer of Bread for the World, said during a sermon featured in last month’s Festival of Homiletics. “I’m grateful that God, out of God’s goodness and grace, has invited all of us to be leaders in a church that serves through humble servant leadership.”

Rethinking Evangelism conference ends with a ‘scandalous conversation’

Posted October 16th, 2020

During closing worship Wednesday at the Rethinking Evangelism digital conference, the Rev. Dr. Jerry Cannon said a “scandalous conversation” between Jesus and a Samaritan woman has much to teach Presbyterians about evangelism.

Rethinking Evangelism conference opens with worship

Posted October 13th, 2020

During opening worship Monday at the digital Rethinking Evangelism conference, the Rev. Dr. Ray Jones III said that all human beings long for four things: justice, spirituality, relationship and beauty.