Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Grounded in Faith, Formed in Community
Last week, a site called eBible Fellowship declared that May 21, 2015, had been Judgment Day, and anticipated that the world would end on Oct. 7, 2015. Just last month, due in part to the tetrad of lunar eclipses this year, many folks predicted (building on the writings of John Hagee and Jonathan Cahn) that…
Ministry lessons from… Jurassic World? It’s time for some hard truth. Ready for it? On opening weekend, Jurassic World made more than $208 million. The going rate for pulpit supply, without mileage, is between $100 and $200 a week, depending on judicatory and congregation. This means that we paid one million times more cash to see computer…
When I heard the news that Phyllis Tickle passed away Sept. 22, 2015, I wondered what office of prayer she had just completed. I imagine that a woman who led so many into deeper practices of prayer would surely pass into the fullness of the Kingdom by way of prayer. In her own prayer-book, the…