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Music in Many Houses of the Lord

Posted on July 17, 2023June 26, 2023 by ptsblog
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M.Div. Student Mitchell Stecker seeks harmony and understanding with his background in music and his experience in many Christian traditions. Who’s that guy playing the organ and piano all the time in Hicks Chapel for PTS worship? You might know that it’s Mitchell Stecker, an M.Div. student at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary about to enter his…

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Suicide and Pastoral Care

Posted on May 18, 2023May 19, 2023 by ptsblog
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I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help, like those forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand. (Psalm 88:4–5) These poignant verses express some…

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Praying with Someone Experiencing Anxiety

Posted on May 9, 2023May 4, 2023 by ptsblog
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Recently I have been struck with the response people give me when I ask them, “What gift or blessing do you deeply desire God to give you?” Invariably, many of them respond with yearning for a kind of faith or trust in God that gives them some deep inner peace which is also manifested outwardly…

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