Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Preparing for Ministry in the Way of Jesus
When I moved to Pittsburgh in the summer of 2017 for a new job, I made a list of places to explore to get to know my new city. Near the top of the list was a visit to the statue of Fred Rogers in a park near the confluence of the city’s three rivers….
“Won’t you be my neighbor?” For multiple generations of Americans these words instantly call to mind a familiar melody and images of a warm smile, cardigans, blue shoes, and trolleys. I’m no different, by the time I went to kindergarten in the fall of 1989 I’m sure I had heard Mister Rogers’ (at 1962 alumnus…
Call it what you will, but sometimes in life the stars just align and the smallest of moments change our lives forever. Flashback to my senior year in high school a zillion years ago. I was actively involved in a local telethon to raise money for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh… a great tradition among local…