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Looking for Mister Rogers

Posted on January 15, 2020January 22, 2021 by ptsblog
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When I moved to Pittsburgh in the summer of 2017 for a new job, I made a list of places to explore to get to know my new city. Near the top of the list was a visit to the statue of Fred Rogers in a park near the confluence of the city’s three rivers….

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Sharing a Birthday with Jesus

Posted on December 20, 2019January 25, 2021 by ptsblog
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A campus landmark at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is known as the “free table.” Here, one can explore an ever-changing collection of  items searching for a new home – a package of unused file folders, a rice cooker that didn’t quite make the move with a recent graduate, and, most commonly, a stack of books. As…

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The “Gospel” is Bigger than What Billy Graham Bellowed

Posted on October 3, 2019January 25, 2021 by ptsblog
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  Recent Seminary graduate Brandon Shaw muses about how the Gospel story is one of social justice and evangelism.  Let’s call him “Tommy.” Tommy and I sat in proximity to each other in Dr. Dan Treier’s undergraduate, systematic theology course at Wheaton College (Ill.) during the fall of 2006. Tommy was arguably the course’s most…

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