Author Archives: Jenny
PNews 6/17/21
Sufficient As we face the unknown territory that lies ahead post-pandemic, we may well wonder whether we have what it takes to survive. Wherever we find ourselves – resource-rich or resource-poor, expanding or diminishing capacities – we have all we …
A New Emergence
A Letter to Pittsburgh Presbytery from Rev. Dr. Sheldon W. Sorge General Minister Thursday, June 10, 2021 A New Emergence I grow petunias. Or I should better say, God grows petunias in my flowerpots. For years I transplanted seedlings I …
PNews 6/10/21
A New Emergence We are in a season of a new emergence for the church following our pandemic shutdown. We don’t know what the new crop will look like or even when its shoots will fully emerge, but we can …
PNews 6/3/2021
Ordinary Times? Our liturgical calendar says we are beginning “Ordinary Time,” but how can anyone consider this upcoming season “ordinary” in 2021? Yet perhaps the best way for us forward at this time is to focus on the ordinary. Especially …
Ordinary Times?
A Letter to Pittsburgh Presbytery from Rev. Dr. Sheldon W. Sorge General Minister Thursday, June 3, 2021 Ordinary Times? This week the liturgical calendar begins marking “Ordinary Time” following Eastertide and the Festivals of Ascension, Pentecost, and Trinity. The season …