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Learning at the US/Mexico Border

Posted on February 24, 2022 by ptsblog
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In Spring 2022, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary students traveled to the Arizona/Sonora, Mexico, border as part of the Seminary’s master of divinity degree required intercultural learning experience. They listened to churches, migrants, a Border Patrol agent, and Mexican and U.S. pastors, who shared what it meant to their community to care for the widows, orphans, and…

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Clergy Self-care During a Pandemic

Posted on April 2, 2020January 22, 2021 by ptsblog
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A couple of weeks ago, I e-mailed my pastor to ask how he was doing. He wrote back, “I’m good – just trying to figure out the most effective way to ‘be church’ in the midst of this time.” My pastor’s words capture well what I’ve heard from so many clergy colleagues over the last…

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The Power of Empty Hands

Posted on April 30, 2019January 25, 2021 by ptsblog
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The temptation is strong and will grow as your mission trip departure date approaches. The mere thought of traveling to and working in Third World communities is enough to get our anxiety working overtime: Will I be safe? Can I drink the water? Will I be able to handle the poverty? What will it be…

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