The idea for the new podcast “Forging Faith” being offered by First Presbyterian Church of Royal Oak, Michigan, was hatched two years ago when a church member told his pastor, the Rev. Emma Nickel, that the church should try it.
The Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana, a writer, pastor, conference leader, and highly sought-after speaker, has been named the recipient of the 2016 David Steele Distinguished Writer Award by the Presbyterian Writers Guild.
The Rev. John Wilkinson, nominee for moderator of the 221st General Assembly (2014) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has invited the Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana, pastor of Idylwood Presbyterian Church in Falls Church, Va., to stand with him as a candidate for General Assembly vice-moderator.