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Cello and Children

Elise Feagley | July/August 2024 Issue

RP Living 

My life is full of play. I work as a professional cellist in Pittsburgh, Pa., and my job is to play all day. But the day quickly shifts from playing ...


San Diego RPC

Eduardo Fricovsky | July/August 2024 Issue

Congregation of the Month 

Location: San Diego, Calif. Presbytery: Pacific Coast Organization: Mar. 30, 1954 Membership: 37 communicant; 18 baptized Pastor: Vacant Website: ...



Honor Means More Than Obedience

Noah Bailey and Pete Smith | May/June 2024 Issue

Asked & Answered 

If you grew up in a Christian home, you likely memorized Ephesians 6:1, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” The Apostle ...


Parish Promises

Nathaniel Pockras | May/June 2024 Issue

RP History 

“It is perfectly true.—Colonel Brandon has given the living of Delaford to Edward.” “Edward is only to hold the living till the person to ...


Zephaniah

Stephen Steele | May/June 2024 Issue

Gentle Reformation 

Have you ever had a day circled on your calendar? One you’ve been counting down the days to in great anticipation? For the Israelites in ...


The People God Gives Us

Abigail A. Flinner | May/June 2024 Issue

Youth Witness 

I’ve heard my pastor say that we have spheres of dominion in our lives. That is, we have God-given relationships to which we have specific ...


Church, the Linchpin of Life

Krista Kelbe | May/June 2024 Issue

Oaks of Righteousness 

On Oct. 19, 1929, a little girl was born in Washington, Iowa. Her parents named her Ruth. Almost 95 years later, I sat down to talk with Ruth about ...



A New York State of Mind

Drew Gordon | May/June 2024 Issue

Viewpoint 

The Amtrak train from Pittsburgh ends in the middle of Manhattan (the one in New York). Then you rise one level from your train into the center of a ...


Counting It All Joy

Anna Watson | March/April 2024 Issue

Youth Witness 

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness” (Jas. ...


Eternity in the Heart

Evelyn Kruis | March/April 2024 Issue

Oaks of Righteousness 

“You need to come right away; something is wrong with Nancy,” a young Ed Blackwood heard over the phone, less than a month before his wedding ...





Help for My Prayer Life

Noah Bailey and Pete Smith | March/April 2024 Issue

Asked & Answered 

This is a great question, and I can relate. As a little boy, I enjoyed prayer times in worship. Everyone went quiet and still. I would close my eyes ...


Betrayal in Eden

Shawn Anderson | March/April 2024 Issue

Jerusalem Chamber 

In the annals of human history, two events exhibit the lowest point for humanity: the atrocities of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the fall of ...