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Lori McCracken | May/June 2019 Issue
I’m not known for decisiveness, hence my moniker (aptly and lovingly assigned): Our Lady of the Options. Upon receiving a request for a written ...
Kit Swartz | May/June 2019 Issue
The joyful privilege of the teaching ministry in Oswego, N.Y., RPC has been mine since Dec. 2, 1980, and is scheduled to conclude on Dec. 31, 2020. I ...
Technologies like the smartphone have utterly changed daily life over the past two decades. How can we develop wisdom and courage when life changes so ...
John M. Mitchell | May/June 2019 Issue
The work of deacons is spiritual service as well as administrative. According to the RPCNA Constitution, the first duty of deacons is “to maintain ...
Tabatha Stivason | May/June 2019 Issue
I have always loved crafts. So when my family initially arrived in Gibsonia, Pa., I organized an informal night where people could come and share a ...
In 1986, Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC) was planted in Olathe, Kan., as a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America. Soon it moved to South ...
Preparation began in September for a surprise celebration for Pastor David Coon. November marked the 40th year that he has been shepherding his flock ...
Lorrie Meneely | May/June 2019 Issue
Frank and Olive Walker became very special friends of the residents at the Reformed Presbyterian Home. Even though they lived across the country from ...
Kit Swartz | May/June 2019 Issue
Each of the five books of the Psalter closes with a doxology in pure praise to God (41:13; 72:18–19; 89:52; 106:48; 150:1–6). Psalm 147 is the ...
Drew Gordon | May/June 2019 Issue
Routine. That’s what it was. Neither drudgery nor joy; this was part of my work and I was following through. That was the spirit in which I drove to ...
Warren Peel | May/June 2019 Issue
Our 15-year-old daughter, Rebekah, is preparing for a hiking expedition in a few weeks as she works toward a particular award. She and her team will ...
Mark England | March/April 2019 Issue
The history of the human race is a history of movement. God told Adam and Eve to be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth (Gen. 1:28). Sometimes ...
Sharon McKissick | March/April 2019 Issue
The house has been vacuumed and dusted. Lovely china, folded cloth napkins, and a centerpiece of fresh flowers adorn the table. The kitchen overflows ...
Second Reformed Presbyterian Church (2RP) in Indianapolis was named “Second” at its inception to pay homage to the first RPCNA congregation in ...
Adam Kuehner with Craig Scott | March/April 2019 Issue
The world is in a state of crisis. Politically, economically, morally, and spiritually, there can be no doubt that man’s best efforts to create a ...
Russ Pulliam | March/April 2019 Issue
Reformed Presbyterians are not in the habit of having revivals. They lean toward reformation as opposed to the emotional excitement associated with ...
Paul Burgess | March/April 2019 Issue
My wife, Liza, and I and our two young daughters moved to Cyprus in 1990 to join a small group of like-minded Christians that would become Trinity ...
Marge and Clair Miller were the recipients of a gift from Mark and Julie Maurer and their four children who took them to see a Pittsburgh Pirates ...
Kit Swartz | March/April 2019 Issue
Each of the five books of the Psalter closes with a doxology in pure praise to God (41:13; 72:18–19; 89:52; 106:48; 150:1–6). Psalm 146 begins a ...
Linda Au Parker | March/April 2019 Issue
It came as a shock to the system—being raised in an unchurched family with only vague memories of a few vacation Bible school classes, then finding ...
Location: Colorado Springs, Colo. Presbytery: Midwest Organization: 1981 Membership: 101 communicant; 56 baptized Pastor: Ed Blackwood Website: ...
This article is an excerpt from chapter 5 of God Breathed: Connecting through Scripture to God, Others, the Natural World, and Yourself. I will never ...
In the early years of the Witness, it was published weekly, and correspondents reported many small events in their congregations. Here are some news ...
Empowered Witness: Politics, Culture, and the Spiritual Mission of the Church Dr. Alan D. Strange | Crossway, 2024, 149 pages, $17.99 | Reviewed by ...