Above: The Rev. Ralph Lowe ’21, associate minister for congregational support and justice ministries of the Pittsburgh Presbytery, preaches during a chapel service at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary The Rev. Mark Blank ’17 pastors Second Congregational Church (Bennington, Vt.)—a rural church in an aging, former mill town, whose congregation he describes as “committed to extravagant welcome.”…
Presbyterian Partnerships: Learning from Christians in the Czech Republic
Above: participants in the 2023 joint conference of the ECCB and PC(USA) in Prague, Czech Republic If you’ve never been outside the United States, you may think of our way of life as “normal” and available to all people. We, as Christians, are often guilty of this type of thinking. We assume that all people…
The Evidence of Faith—Shaping a More Liberated Future
Above: Demonstrators marching in the street holding signs during the March on Washington, 1963. Photograph by Marion S. Trikosko, Aug. 28, 1963. Library of Congress Control Number 2013647400. The evidence of faith has always been made known, even when we didn’t recognize it. For generations, we’ve been singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” a song…


