“A Church without a bishop in a Land without a king”
This motto was part of the Methodist PROTESTANT Church’s seminary, in Westminster, MD, until it merged with the Methodist Episcopal Church and moved to DC, where it capitulated on both counts. The motto is a clever inversion of King James VI of England (a Scot!) who proclaimed, “No Bishop, no King” as a warning that…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: 2025 Convocation to Feature Keynote on a Timely Subject: ‘Trauma, Grace, and Redemption’
Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, a leading theologian and educator, to speak January 25 at National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.
Read MorePastoral Reflections on the Day after Elections
In the wake of the recent U.S. elections, those in ministry in the Church are often seeking a pastoral response. Among them is Rev. Dr. John Lee, a member of our Board of Directors.
Read MoreHelene Assaults Montreat and Black Mountain, NC
Please consider coming to the aid of Helene Assaults Montreat and Black Mountain, NC, for feeding, housing, and in time helping rebuild.
Read MoreWATCH RECORDING: Discerning Welcome – A Reformed Faith Approach to Refugees
In this program held September 24, 2022, Dr. Ellen Clark Clémot talks about her book, “Discerning Welcome – a Reformed Faith Approach to Refugees.”
Read MoreWATCH RECORDINGS: Short Course on Reformed Thought and the Crisis of Democracy (Virtual)
This Spring 2022 course examined the relevance of certain key ideas in the Reformed Protestant political tradition to the current crisis of democratic politics.
Read MoreA Prayer for Ukraine–please use in worship or devotion
Here is a litany recently shared at the Hermon Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Md. It is adapted from a 9th century monastic prayer to the Virgin Mary–protectress of Kiev. But sense many Protestants are not used to such prayers, it has been adapted for use more broadly in Reformed and other Protestant churches. And yes,…
Read MoreWATCH RECORDING: 2022 Convocation – ‘The Liberation Trajectory in the Reformed Tradition’
In this program held in Washington, D.C. (and virtually) on January 22, 2022, Dr. Brian Blount digs deeply into the Reformed Tradition to find elements of justice and liberation.
Read MoreWATCH RECORDING: ‘Just Creation: Shalom for Our Common Home’
Ecologist, professor, and author Dr. Bill Brown explores how Scripture and the Reformed faith call us into new ways of living with and for the Earth.
Read MorePresbyterians and the Piedra Lumbre of New Mexico
Thanks to the wealthy publisher and naturalist, Arthur Pack, the most stunning portion of the old Spanish land grant, Piedra Lumbre (or Shining Stones), was sold to the northern Presbyterian Church in 1955. After the YMCA, Boy Scouts, and Catholic Church showed no interest in the property, Pack heard from a pastor and friend in…
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