writing Archives

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.

미국장로교 통신부는 25개의 교회 연합 언론상을 수상하다

Posted April 23rd, 2018

미국장로교 통신부는 2017년 Best of the Christian Press 대회에서 25개의 상을 수상했다. Associated Church Press는 북미 최대의 기독교 언론 협회이다. 시상식은 4월 20일 시카고의 제4장로 교회에서 열렸던 ACP 연례 대회에서 수여되었다.

PC(USA) communicators win 25 Associated Church Press awards

Posted April 23rd, 2018

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) communicators garnered twenty-five awards in the 2017 Best of the Christian Press competition sponsored by the Associated Church Press, the oldest and largest Christian press association in North America. The awards were presented April 20 during the ACP’s annual convention at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago.

Presbyterian Writers Guild seeks Best First Book nominations

Posted January 3rd, 2018

The Presbyterian Writers Guild (PWG) is accepting nominations now for its 2018 Best First Book Award, honoring the best first book by a Presbyterian author published during the calendar years of 2016-2017.

Presbyterian Writers Guild seeks best Presbyterian writer nominees

Posted October 13th, 2017

The Presbyterian Writers Guild (PWG) is accepting nominations for its 2018 David Steele Distinguished Writer Award. The award is given biennially in even-numbered years to recognize the cumulative work and influence — regardless of genre or subject matter — of a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) writer.

Presbyterian Writers Guild announces publication of A Progressive Feast in Parabolic Story

Posted August 28th, 2017

Jesus often told parables that challenged the assumed wisdom of society, but he did so in a manner that entertained as well as drew the reader into considering alternative perspectives.

New book celebrates 90-year legacy of Frederick Buechner

Posted July 8th, 2016

Frederick Buechner turns 90 this Monday, July 11, and his friends and admirers have turned out a compiled volume of work in honor of the beloved writer and public theologian. Curated by author Anne Lamott, Buechner 101 samples his essays, sermons, and excerpts from memoirs and novels. The book also features homages by devotees such as Lamott, Barbara Brown Taylor and Brian McLaren.

Presbyterian Writers Guild announces new writing contest

Posted July 7th, 2016

Building on the momentum and success of its inaugural writing contest last year—in which the winning submissions were recently published in a book titled An Experiment in Modern Parables that debuted at the 222nd General Assembly (2016) in Portland, Oregon, last month—the Presbyterian Writers Guild (PWG) calls all writers and anyone who has ever dreamed about writing to compose a short story.

Jeanne Bishop wins Presbyterian Writers Guild’s Best First Book Award

Posted May 6th, 2016

Change of Heart: Justice, Mercy and Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer by Jeanne Bishop has been named winner of the Presbyterian Writers Guild’s 2014-2015 Best First Book Award.