[ezcol_1half] A Sermon Podcast Preached Sunday, August 4, 2013 at Hot Metal Bridge Faith Community in Pittsburgh, PA Texts: Philippians 2:5-11 I Corinthians 9:19-23 In this sermon podcast, Jeff Brown, a Sociology major at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI, reflects on a trip he took with the Hot Metal
More
More than five years ago, I helped conduct an exercise with a large, diverse group of public transportation drivers. Each participant was given the same set of cards with one word typed clearly on each. They read: Asian, Middle Eastern, African-American, Hispanic, – etc. The group was instructed to listen to a
More
In 2010, the Reformed Church in America General Synod adopted the Belhar Confession as one of its doctrinal standards. This was a monumental decision for the denomination, as the most recent standard before Belhar was adopted hundreds of years ago. The adoption of the Belhar Confession was one of the deciding
More
“But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”– Amos 5:24 The true test of Christian faith is how it is lived out in the context of social realities. Each weekend, millions of believers gather in places of worship throughout North America for inspiration, fellowship and
More
I am a Mid-Westerner at heart, but I have lived in New York for the past 3-1/2 years. In my first few weeks in New York, I remember trying to navigate this urban jungle and its mass transit system. Every time I would meet a friend for lunch or dinner
More
Louis Knowles is Interim Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, a multi-cultural congregation in Elmhurst, NY. He has worked on hunger issues, investment in cooperatives in developing nations, and medical care in India, all through ecumenical Christian organizations. Here in New York City, several hundred young Black and Latino
More
Larissa Kwong Abazia serves as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Forest Hills, NY, a multicultural, multiethnic congregation representing 25 countries. She has written a chapter in the forthcoming book, Streams Run Uphill: The Pastoral Identity and Ministry of the Other Clergywomen I am a product of the
More
Claudio Carvalhaes, theologian, liturgist, performer, writer and activist, teaches at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. I believe that this is one of the most important racial events that happened in this country recently, and that we must deal with it. This excerpt from a sermon I preached at Big
More
Jerrod B. Lowry is a proud graduate of Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary of The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA. After graduating he served as a tent maker; pastor at St. Paul PC (USA) in Louisburg, NC and Associate for Specialized Ministries for the Presbytery of New Hope. Jerrod
More
The Reverend Nancy J. Benson-Nicol is the Associate for Gender and Racial Justice in Office of Gender and Racial Justice. Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they
More
Unbound Social