In the latest edition of “Everyday God-Talk,” So Jung Kim, associate for theology in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Office of Theology & Worship, speaks with theologian Amos Yong about his most recent book regarding the work of the Holy Spirit.
In its ongoing efforts to reach new and ever broader audiences through social media, the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s office of Theology and Worship will host its fifth Twitter chat on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT.
Are Presbyterians “just so stuck on our government that we can’t get focused on Christ’s call to the church”? With just such provocative contentions, the Rev. Dr. Charles Wiley III opens the paper he wrote for the Theological Conversations series.
The Magnificat has always been one of my favorite passages in the Bible. However, this past Advent season, when I was preparing to preach on the Magnificat, I found myself kind of dreading it. I had felt increasingly weighed down by the events happening in our country. On November 22, 2014, Tamir Rice was shot and killed by a police officer in Cleveland. Tamir was 12 years old, the same age as my adopted African American twin sons. Two days later, a grand jury decided not to indict the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Michael Brown was 18 years old, a year older than my adopted biracial son. A week later, a Staten Island grand jury refused to indict the police officer who choked Eric Garner, causing his death. I kept thinking, “How can I preach on Mary’s song of joy about God bringing justice to the world when I’m feeling so depressed about injustice in our country?”
When the Rev. Barry Ensign-George, associate for Theology in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) office of Theology and Worship, first heard about Periscope, the live streaming video mobile app bought by Twitter in February 2015, a light bulb went off in his head. Or maybe it was on his iPhone.
Historically, Presbyterians and those who stand in the Reformed tradition were bound together primarily by a shared theology and a common theological vocabulary, observes Gary Neal Hansen, associate professor of church history at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary.