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September 30, 2024
While traveling across the American Southwest last spring, Kathy Mitchell was caught by surprise by the stories of her fellow travelers. “Everybody has a story,” said Kathy, a Native American ruling elder at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Chinle, Arizona, in the heart of the Navajo Nation. “Everybody deserves to be heard.” Kathy’s desire to share peace… Read more »
September 23, 2024
The local laundromat was Linda’s chapel. It was where she first shared a prayer concern that had been weighing heavily on her mind — and on her family’s heart — to say nothing of their budget. At the time, Linda was dealing with stage 4 cancer. She confessed to the pastor and volunteers from the… Read more »
September 16, 2024
The plight of the thousands of migrants in her native El Salvador keeps Carmen Elena Díaz awake at night. “Knowing their experiences, their stories, and in ministering to the migrant people, my life has been transformed,” said Carmen. “Their stories mark you, transform you, sensitize you. They make you realize what a hard and difficult subject… Read more »
September 9, 2024
“Sowing the Seeds of Peace” (Zechariah 8:12) We’ve all witnessed it, haven’t we? Flowers miraculously blooming across a ravaged landscape. Children holding hands and smiling in the face of war. We’ve all seen it and wonder how it’s possible. Such scenarios seem unlikely when we’ve all but given up hope. And yet … The… Read more »
March 19, 2024
‘We saw you’ In all her 66 years, Magda Cruz had never witnessed anything like Hurricane María’s power to destroy. The Category 4 hurricane ravaged the island of Puerto Rico. Many residents lost large parts of their roofs, so they had to either abandon their homes or sleep in unsafe conditions. Thankfully, Fideicomiso [fee-day-cō-mē-sō],… Read more »
March 5, 2024
Embodying Kindness For Shawn Duncan, it’s the little things — like getting a birthday card — that mean a lot. Perhaps it’s because Shawn, a military veteran living in Las Vegas, hadn’t had a mailbox in years. Or a home. A native of Michigan with no strong family ties, Shawn had been struggling for… Read more »
February 27, 2024
Leading With a Purpose Although the women of Malawi are accustomed to doing anything and everything to support their families — from farming to running small-scale businesses — Tropical Cyclone Freddy sorely tested Tinenenji [tee-nan-an-gee] Kalamba’s resilience. Tinenenji was already proving to be an exemplary leader in the Kasupe [kuh-soo-pay] Women’s Bakery and… Read more »
February 20, 2024
Repairers of the Breach – Fixing What’s Broken “In a broken and fearful world the Spirit gives us courage to pray without ceasing, to witness among all peoples to Christ as Lord and Savior, to unmask idolatries in Church and culture, to hear the voices of peoples long silenced, and to work with… Read more »
December 21, 2023
Like the Magi from the East who followed the star to Bethlehem only to return home another way, the route of mother-daughter duo of Carla Louca and Susannah LeMay took some unexpected turns. Their respective roads surprisingly led them to study in the same place at the same time, at Presbyterian-related Stillman College in Tuscaloosa…. Read more »
December 19, 2023
When the Apostle Paul wrote about the varieties of God-given abilities conferred by the Spirit, the Rev. Peggy Krong would be the first to admit that she likely missed out on the gift of financial expertise. Peggy, an active Presbyterian for more than 50 years, had always sensed a call to ministry. She was advised… Read more »
