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Jesus, Patches, and Timely Choices

Posted on July 30, 2024July 25, 2024 by ptsblog
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“No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made. Similarly, no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost, and so are the…

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God Broke My Box – A Recent Graduate’s Seminary Experience

Posted on July 16, 2024July 12, 2024 by ptsblog
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  Ray Pelling graduated from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s master of divinity degree program in 2023. Seminary pushed Ray to reexamine his ideas about God, himself, his community, and the relationships between these groups. The journey was challenging, but richly rewarding. For example, Ray left seminary with new eyes to see the beauty—and invitations—of Scripture. As…

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Resisting the Myth of Self-Sufficiency

Posted on May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 by ptsblog
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This week, PTS will celebrate its 228th Commencement (congratulations to the graduates!). Each year, the students of the chapel team, led by the Rev. Kendra Buckwalter Smith ’12/’13, director of the Seminary’s Worship Program, design a final chapel service before saying goodbye to PTS—the “Service of Thanksgiving”—to mark the transition out of seminary and to…

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