I Want to Tell You a Story… I wish it was just a story, but what I am about to share with you is sadly true. It is about a boy named Princeton—a happy, carefree, 13-year-old boy. Happy, that is, until the day he was snatched by soldiers and taken to a military training camp…. Read more »
September 20, 2018
Peace & Global Witness: Ending the Practice of Child Soldiers
I Want to Tell You a Story… I wish it was just a story, but what I am about to share with you is sadly true. It is about a boy named Princeton—a happy, carefree, 13-year-old boy. Happy, that is, until the day he was snatched by soldiers and taken to a military training camp…. Read more »
Peace-positive, or peace-negative? The choice makes all the difference. I recently asked one of our Mid-Kentucky Presbytery pastors if she felt that the congregation with which she served was peace-positive, or peace-negative. To be fair, I didn’t define those terms. At first, the pastor vociferously answered yes, and seemed a little concerned that I might… 
Hope Renewed After a Weekend of Violence I’m sure you haven’t forgotten that weekend in August 2016 when racially charged violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, sent shockwaves of fear and grief across our country. Like us and many other Americans, Presbyterian pastor Jon Brown was distraught to the point of numbness. But on the following Monday… 
Now may the Lord of peace . . . give you peace at all times in all ways. 2 Thessalonians 3:16 Sometimes it feels the world is coming at us so quickly that we don’t know which way to turn, where to look, what to do next. In a chaotic world, we find strength in… 
Guest post by Kate Burkart, Chair of the Peacemaking and Social Justice Committee at St. Philip Presbyterian Church When the Peacemaking and Social Justice Committee of St. Philip Presbyterian Church in Houston, TX, gathered at its first meeting of 2017, committee members sought to discern what focus of its work to concentrate on in the coming… 
Guest post by Ann Owens Brunger, Moderator for the Peacemaking Committee of the Presbytery of East Tennessee When Ukrainian and Tennessean peacemakers meet, and the Holy Spirit and PC(USA) Peace & Global Witness Offering are at work, seeds are planted that produce a bountiful harvest. In the fall of 2017, the Rev. Gloria Mencer, a member… 
The 2018 Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women begins tomorrow, August 2nd, in Louisville, KY, marking the celebration’s 30th anniversary. The Special Offerings and Presbyterian Giving Catalog team will be celebrating, too, sharing the work of the whole church with Presbyterian women from all over the United States in the exhibit hall at the Galt House…. 
Meet us in St. Louis The 223rd General Assembly (GA) kicks off this weekend in St. Louis, MO, and we are looking forward to spending the next week with thousands of other Presbyterians as we come together to witness for truth and justice in our communities and the world. In the midst of this action-packed…