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God Invites Me In: A Lay Leader’s Call Story

Posted on August 25, 2025 by ptsblog
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If you’re reading this, it’s because God has an incredible sense of humor. When I was five years old, I began playing the piano in the living room of my family’s house. Ten years later, when questioned by my piano teacher about my lack of commitment to practicing, I told him that soccer practice was…

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Finding Ground – A Journey of Vocational Recovery at PTS

Posted on August 11, 2025 by ptsblog
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Michelle Snyder ’09 is a church consultant and a national leader in suicide prevention training for faith communities. In this post, she shares about her journey from “ministering” to the point of self-neglect to finding theological grounding and healing that enabled her to serve others with energy, joy, and unimaginable impact in faith communities around…

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Christian Mission: Past Treasures, Future Hopes

Posted on August 1, 2025August 1, 2025 by ptsblog
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Why would the work of Dr. Kenneth Bailey ’55, who died nearly 10 years ago and retired 20 years earlier, matter today? The title of this year’s W. Don McClure Lecture, “The Life and Thought of Presbyterian Missionary and New Testament Scholar Kenneth E. Bailey,” points to two answers. As a scholar, Bailey produced a…

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