Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Grounded in Faith, Formed in Community
In class one of my professors, Dr. Tuell, shared with us a few of his favorite Martin Luther King Jr. quotes, and it got me thinking which one would I consider my favorite. Though admittedly the reservoir of King’s speeches in my brain is fairly limited, the portion I am going to share is…
Advent lectionary on the PCUSA website has Isaiah 11: 1-9 listed multiple times. The narrative is titled “The Peaceful Kingdom” in my NRSV Bible. The narrative offers an image of peace: wolf and lamb, leopard and kid, calf and lion, cow and bear. The powerful shall be led by a little child. A child can play alongside…
I handed in my church history test, convinced I had failed. Not in the overly dramatic sense of not getting a perfect but a serious acknowledgement at my impending very, very bad grade. I was angry at myself, for all the time I had invested studying with the output being sub par, worried that my grade…