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Books for Pastors: Social Ethics

Posted on June 3, 2024November 6, 2023 by ptsblog

“What are some books that every pastor should read?” PTS faculty were asked this question in spring 2023. Consider these 15 recommendations for ethics: Reinhold Niebuhr, Moral Man and Immoral Society Ellen Ott Marshall, Introduction to Christian Ethics: Conflict, Faith, and Human Life Traci West, Disruptive Christian Ethics: When Racism and Women’s Lives Matter Emilie…

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Resisting the Myth of Self-Sufficiency

Posted on May 28, 2024May 28, 2024 by ptsblog

This week, PTS will celebrate its 228th Commencement (congratulations to the graduates!). Each year, the students of the chapel team, led by the Rev. Kendra Buckwalter Smith ’12/’13, director of the Seminary’s Worship Program, design a final chapel service before saying goodbye to PTS—the “Service of Thanksgiving”—to mark the transition out of seminary and to…

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Who Is My Neighbor? Fr. Michael Sorial on Parish Fellowship as Christ’s Healing Ointment

Posted on May 22, 2024December 13, 2024 by ptsblog

At Pittsburgh Seminary, we seek to participate in God’s ongoing mission in the world by seeing and getting to know people as our neighbors. Challenged by Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan and inspired by (Mister) Fred Rogers ’62, who sang, “I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you!”, I am writing…

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