There Is No Place Like Home
A Letter to Pittsburgh Presbytery from Rev. Brian R. Wallace Associate Minister July 23, 2020 There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home, there’s no place like home. These iconic words from Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz …
COVID-19 Resources
With the landscape of COVID-19 changing quickly it is recommended that the switch to in person gatherings be postponed, so many churches are continuing to offer virtual worship options. As a reminder, we have resources to assist in the creation …
PNews – 07/16/2020
News from Pittsburgh Presbytery Has God Forsaken Us? “How could a good, all-powerful God let bad things happen to good people?” This ancient question, which philosophers call “the problem of evil,” gets asked anew wherever trauma occurs. It presses hard …
Where is God in This Picture?
A Letter to Pittsburgh Presbytery from Rev. Dr. Sheldon W. Sorge General Minister Thursday, July 16, 2020 “How could a good, all-powerful God let bad things happen to good people?” This ancient question, which philosophers call “the problem of …
Awareness and Transformation: Defining racist and racism
Episode 2: Defining Racist and Racism (June 2020) In this episode, Ralph and Brian dive deep into definitions. Notably, how do we define two words: Racist and Racism. They end up talking about “racist” as an identity”, “racism” like it’s …
PNews – 07/09/2020
Are We Compassion Fatigued? It is oh, so easy to succumb to weariness when doing the right thing – especially when it’s something we’d rather not be doing or might be uncomfortable for us. Like wearing masks or in our quest …
In Praise of Persistence
A Letter to Pittsburgh Presbytery from Rev. Dr. Sheldon W. Sorge General Minister Thursday, July 2, 2020 “So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give …
COVID – 19 Updates
The Pittsburgh Presbytery office is continuing to work through a phased re-opening. During the first phase the staff will be in the office on Tuesdays and will continue working remotely the remainder of the week. Although the staff will be …
Legality, Polity, and COVID-19
The presbytery staff have been answering many questions from ministers and clerks of session about how to adapt to being church during the stay at home order necessitated by the Covid-19 crisis. Each situation is different, and the presbytery staff …
Liberty and Justice for All
A Letter to Pittsburgh Presbytery from Rev. Dr. Sheldon W. Sorge General Minister Thursday, July 2, 2020 I became a U.S. citizen in 1995, twenty years after getting my “Green Card” that allowed me, a Canadian, to live and work …