Preparing for Ministry in the Way of Jesus
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…
We asked our faculty members to share some of the books they’ve been loving lately. So if you’re still looking for a last-minute gift idea, or you want to enrich yourself in the new year, here are some of their top recommendations—including some of their own recent work! John Burgess James Henry Snowden Professor of…
When I was working in Philadelphia—first at Broad Street Ministry and then at Beacon, we as pastoral leaders and staff were often interacting with folks who were vulnerable in some way. I remember the BSM director of social service describing certain vulnerability as someone “experiencing reality differently than I am.” At BSM there was a…