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Tabernacle of Life

Posted on March 23, 2026 by ptsblog

Above: interior of Second Presbyterian Church (Chicago, Ill.) A few weeks ago, during a children’s message, I asked the kids to look around the room and find the plants. They turned in circles, spying carved motifs and the saturated colors of glass. After a moment, I pointed up. “Look up over my head,” I said,…

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With All Your Heart, Soul, and Strength—Jo Ann Griffith’s Legacy

Posted on March 17, 2026March 17, 2026 by ptsblog

Above: Bethel Evangelical Secondary School, a school in Dembidolo, Ethiopia operated by the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and supported in part by the PC(USA). “Then children were being brought to [Jesus] in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples spoke sternly to those who brought them, but Jesus…

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Telling Stories to Reach a Post-Christian Society

Posted on February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 by ptsblog

Above: The Rev. Ralph Lowe ’21, associate minister for congregational support and justice ministries of the Pittsburgh Presbytery, preaches during a chapel service at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary The Rev. Mark Blank ’17 pastors Second Congregational Church  (Bennington, Vt.)—a rural church in an aging, former mill town, whose congregation he describes as “committed to extravagant welcome.”…

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