INDIGENOUS Peoples’ Day will be commemorated on October 14. Not many Americans are aware that this day has been celebrated for 31 years in honor of the original People of the Americas. The celebration takes place on the same day as Columbus Day. Both are United States Federal Holidays. Columbus Day was designated a Federal Holiday in 1937 while Indigenous…
40 And once more he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they did not know what to say to him. 41 He came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Enough! The hour has come; the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.” – Mark…
Blog Post by Dr. John Hughes, Ruling Elder Dean of Commissioned Pastor Education Member of Webster Groves Presbyterian Church Just what is a commissioned pastor anyway? So it often goes when we in the church hear about this important office. Commissioned pastors are not the equivalent of ordained clergy. Their training is quite different and their calls to serve are…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Alan Meyers Honorably Retired Look in your church library and see if you can find a book called The Bible Speaks to You, by Robert McAfee Brown. It was part of our denomination’s Christian education materials when I was in my first year of high school. (Yes, I am an old dude. I’m talking about…
Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Aline Russel Member of Public Witness Team There is something very compelling about the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II when he speaks. I first became aware of him when the news reported the “Moral Mondays” he was leading in North Carolina, and then I heard him live at Ecumenical Advocacy Days in D.C. He…