Emily Morgan

Emily Morgan

Dream, PC(USA)!

What is your dream for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Church Universal? By Emily Hope Morgan   I am convinced that the only real failure the church is experiencing today is a failure to dream. Have we become so

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“We Can Go Back Home for the First Time!”

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Climate Change in Scripture & WALL-E Looking for reasons that Christians should be concerned about climate change? Just open your Bible to where it all begins. The two creation stories that start the book of Genesis are different narratives, but both describe a Creator who crafts the world in a

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Emily Morgan

Dream, PC(USA)!

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What is your dream for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Church Universal? By Emily Hope Morgan   I am convinced that the only real failure the church is experiencing today is a failure to dream. Have we become so enthralled with nostalgic ideals of what the church “used to

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Numbering My Worries

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Princeton Theological Seminary One Seminarian’s Concerns for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) By Emily Morgan   View and print as PDF.   A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in an unusual event. Five or six church confirmation groups were brought together, mixed up, and split up again

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Litany for Earth Day

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Sunday, April 22, is Earth Day! Below are worship resources from Unbound‘s organizer, Emily Morgan, followed by links to earth care resources offered by our partners. By Emily Hope Morgan   CALL TO WORSHIP (Based on Psalm 1:1-3) One: Truly blessed persons don’t take advice from the foolish or from

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Can a Church Budget Also Be Faithful?

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Learning from the Faithful Budget Campaign By Emily Hope Morgan   The recent Faithful Budget Campaign is causing a stir in the political and spiritual world. It calls upon Congress to formulate a federal budget that serves the common interests of all Americans, while guaranteeing particular protections for the most

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A Prayer for Unbound

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By Emily Morgan Recently I have been named as one of the first local organizers for Unbound. I believe strongly in Unbound’s mission that “examines, expresses, and provokes social justice as inspired by the prophetic gospel of Jesus Christ,” and I have been honored to be published in the journal. Unbound

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The Spirituality of the Church

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By Emily Morgan   In the following article, Emily Morgan, a young seminary student, reflects on the true spirituality of the church and how, when distorted, the rhetoric of the church’s spirituality can be co-opted to prevent intervention in the world and to preserve status quo power.    I was

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Loans for Life

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  August 17, 2011 by Emily Morgan, 24-year-old seminarian   [wpcol_1half id=”” class=”” style=””] Economic crises have had a strange effect on the Millennial generation. Many jobs now require a college degree, but we cannot afford college. My parents were able to go to college and to work full-time simultaneously,

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