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Telling Stories to Reach a Post-Christian Society

Posted on February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 by ptsblog
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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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Lessons I Learned as a Clergywoman and a Daughter

Posted on January 20, 2026January 20, 2026 by ptsblog
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Above: Emma Kate Lander ’25 and Stephanie Backus ’24 help to lead a service at Hicks Memorial Chapel (PTS campus). My experience as a clergywoman has always been related to my experience as a woman. I remember one of the first times I articulated a desire to be a pastor. I was in first grade,…

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Faith With Integrity—Knitting Values and Actions Together

Posted on December 1, 2025December 4, 2025 by ptsblog
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Even before the Rev. Ebony Grisom ‘25 joined Georgetown University as its director for Protestant life, there had been ongoing conversation there about how the University ought to reckon with its history as a Christian institution which owes its survival to practices of enslavement. In 1838, the Jesuit order charged with the University’s oversight sold…

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