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God Invites Me In: A Lay Leader’s Call Story

Posted on August 25, 2025 by ptsblog

If you’re reading this, it’s because God has an incredible sense of humor. When I was five years old, I began playing the piano in the living room of my family’s house. Ten years later, when questioned by my piano teacher about my lack of commitment to practicing, I told him that soccer practice was…

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Finding Ground – A Journey of Vocational Recovery at PTS

Posted on August 11, 2025 by ptsblog

Michelle Snyder ’09 is a church consultant and a national leader in suicide prevention training for faith communities. In this post, she shares about her journey from “ministering” to the point of self-neglect to finding theological grounding and healing that enabled her to serve others with energy, joy, and unimaginable impact in faith communities around…

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Who Is My Neighbor? The Rev. Kathryn Lester-Bacon on Neighbor, Change, and Mutual Responsibility

Posted on March 10, 2025March 6, 2025 by ptsblog

Above: V prays with a finger labyrinth in a “Praying with Your Senses” group. At Pittsburgh Seminary, we seek to participate in God’s ongoing mission in the world by seeing and getting to know people as our neighbors. Challenged by Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan and inspired by Mr. Fred Rogers ’62, who sang,…

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