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A Ministry of Connection: Discovering Vocation at Pittsburgh Seminary

Posted on January 5, 2026 by ptsblog
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“As soon as I set foot on campus, I knew: ‘This is where I’m supposed to be.’ I fell in love with PTS, and I’ve invested in the work here ever since.” – The Rev. Dr. Carolyn Cranston ’99/’25 An Unexpected Opportunity Carolyn Cranston has served as the Seminary’s director of alumnae/i and church relations…

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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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Theological Imagination, a Poet in Exile, and Calvin as Interpreter of the Psalms

Posted on October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 by ptsblog
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On Oct. 2, 2025, the Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. Woo was installed into the P. C. Rossin Chair of Church History and Historical Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Below are excerpts of his inaugural lecture, “Theological Imagination, a Poet in Exile, and Calvin as Interpreter of the Psalms.” These lecture points are more fully fleshed…

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