Compassion, Peace, and Justice Unbound

What is a “Peace Church?”

What is a “Peace Church?”

Is the Pres­by­ter­ian Church (U.S.A.) now being called to become a “peace church,” not sim­ply oppos­ing par­tic­u­lar wars but affirm­ing non­vi­o­lence as a basic ori­en­ta­tion toward con­flict in our daily lives, in our com­mu­ni­ties, and in our world? If so, what … Con­tinue read­ing

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Emily Rose Proctor

What Would Jonah Do?

An HIV/AIDS Advo­cacy Ser­mon A Ser­mon by Emily Rose Proc­tor, orig­i­nally preached on the 1st Sun­day in Advent, World AIDS Day, Decem­ber 2, 2012, at Brown Memo­r­ial Park Avenue Pres­by­ter­ian Church, Bal­ti­more, MD. This ser­mon is part of a series … Con­tinue read­ing

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new day for human rights in the field

March for Rights, Respect & Fair Food

March 3–17, 2013: From Ft Myers to Lake­land, FL… 200 Miles Action Alert from the Rev. Noelle Dam­ico, Asso­ciate for Fair Food, Pres­by­ter­ian Hunger Pro­gram   Dear Friends, This Lent, you are invited to join the Coali­tion of Immokalee Work­ers in an … Con­tinue read­ing

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E. Taylor Doctor

Demythologizing HIV/AIDS as the Gay Man’s Disease

John­son C. Smith The­o­log­i­cal Sem­i­nary stu­dent begins can­did con­ver­sa­tions about HIV/AIDS, sex­u­al­ity, race, and faith com­mu­nity. This is the third arti­cle of a Feb­ru­ary 7–March 7, 2013, series of reflec­tions from John­son C. Smith’s first annual HIV com­pe­tency train­ing con­fer­ence. … Con­tinue read­ing

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