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Planting a Church is Whole Body Work

Posted on November 30, 2018January 25, 2021 by ptsblog

The world seems to be increasingly comfortable with most of our embodied lives being reduced to the digital, and for some things that is perhaps neutral—but life together is something that is hard to do outside one’s body. When I lived in Philadelphia, there was a neighborhood bar where I would somewhat regularly get dinner,…

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Inside the PTS Curriculum: Genesis Through Esther

Posted on November 14, 2018January 28, 2021 by ptsblog

The “Inside the PTS Curriculum” series gives you an inside look at what students are learning in their courses at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Each article focuses on one class, its subject matter, what students can expect to learn, the required texts, and the kinds of assignments students can expect. We’ll let you know whether the…

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Eugene Peterson: A Pastor to Pastors

Posted on October 26, 2018January 28, 2021 by ptsblog

  Today I feel like I lost a friend and mentor that I have never met. Author and pastor Eugene Peterson died earlier this week at the age of 85. According to reports, Peterson was put in hospice last week with dementia and congestive heart failure. Some of his last words as he looked up…

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