values Archives

The kitchen is a holy place

Posted July 19th, 2022

When I came on board as a co-host of the “Food and Faith” podcast, I suggested to my other hosts, Anna Woofenden and Sam Chamelin, that I would love to have more people on the show talk to us about cooking. I wanted to hear how people connected cooking to their values, how the act of cooking can be meditative or reflective, and how people connect or reconnect in the kitchen to deepen family histories or discuss even deeper issues of heritage and race.

Proposed Mission Work Plan for 2023–24 embraces transformation

Posted February 18th, 2022

The Presbyterian Mission Agency’s (PMA) proposed Mission Work Plan for 2023–24 was presented to the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) last week and approved to send on to the General Assembly this summer.

Moral and spiritual values in the 2017 Oscar nominated films

Posted March 8th, 2018

Each year when members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announces its candidates for “Best Picture,” it is surprising how many of them deal with issues important to people of faith.

Creating a vital snapshot of Presbyterians

Posted October 26th, 2017

Did you know that Presbyterians are more willing than Americans, in general, to pay higher prices for environmentally friendly products? Or that one-third of Presbyterians belong to a congregation that is trying to become more racially and ethnically diverse?

‘More than Words’ explores modern family values

Posted June 16th, 2017

In an ever-polarizing religious landscape, More than Words by Erin Wathen offers an invitation to a way of life that deepens relationships, strengthens communities, and empowers readers to let go of rigid “values” systems, discovering instead the meaning and freedom that can be found in articulating and living out one’s own values.

Board of Pensions says proposed AHCA changes won’t diminish essential features of church medical plan

Posted May 5th, 2017

The American Health Care Act (AHCA), passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives, would not affect coverage under the Medical Plan of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) should it become law.

Finding spiritual values in Oscar’s ‘Best Pictures’

Posted February 23rd, 2017

Each year the Academy for Motion Pictures and Sciences nominates five to ten films for the “Best Picture” category. I wish that it were a full ten this year, with the addition of Martin Scorcese’s haunting Silence rounding out the number.