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Who Is My Neighbor? The Rev. Kathryn Lester-Bacon on Neighbor, Change, and Mutual Responsibility

Posted on March 10, 2025March 6, 2025 by ptsblog
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Above: V prays with a finger labyrinth in a “Praying with Your Senses” group. 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 Mr. Fred Rogers ’62, who sang,…

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What Is the Church’s Future? Finding Hope Together, Rebuilding After Storms

Posted on January 21, 2025January 17, 2025 by ptsblog
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Storms have ravaged us these last number of years. A pandemic, extreme weather, and political and denominational turmoil only begin to name the trials we have faced. In the midst of it all, most of us were confronted with our own personal storms, although they are less often named. The classic United Methodist hymn puts…

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Who Is My Neighbor? The Rev. Gad Mpoyo on Neighbor, “Other,” and Interconnectedness

Posted on March 19, 2024December 13, 2024 by ptsblog
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Here 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 Fred Rogers, who sang, “I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you,” I am writing to…

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