Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Grounded in Faith, Formed in Community
At Pittsburgh Seminary, we seek to participate in God’s ongoing mission in the world by seeing and getting to know people as our neighbors. Challenged by Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan and inspired by Mr. Fred Rogers ’62, who sang, “I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you!”, I am writing…
Michelle Snyder ’09 is a church consultant and a national leader in suicide prevention training for faith communities. In this post, she shares about her journey from “ministering” to the point of self-neglect to finding theological grounding and healing that enabled her to serve others with energy, joy, and unimaginable impact in faith communities around…
The great Welsh preacher, Christmas Evans (named “Christmas” because he was born on Christmas Day, 1766), was famous for saying: “I’d rather burn out than rust out in the service of the Lord.” The sentiment is clear: keep doing anything so you do not become stagnant and rust; it is perfectly ok to do too…