Grounded in Faith, Formed in Community
One of the most commonly asked questions on the campus of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is What denomination are you? Though the most common response is Presbyterian, it is equally as common to receive answers such as Baptist, Episcopal, Catholic, Methodist or any of the other one on the spectrum that make up the student…
There are all kinds of things that happen in church that seminary does not prepare you for. There was a Sunday where I got a bloody nose about 2/3 of the way through the sermon. I called it Bloody Sunday. This was never a scenario covered in preaching class. I just finished quickly with…
In 1996, preparing for the long-term future as the new pastor of a declining church, I searched for information to help me reach the older generations that were committed to religion, and the younger ones walking away from it. I was looking for secular, generational information to give me insight into the present and potential…