(By Holly Lott, The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA). The last few years have witnessed the tragic redefining of a once great institution. The Presbyterian Church of the USA, which exists to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to all of his children, has been fundamentally corrupted in its visions and aims. Shoved in the…
By Gail West U.S. Presbyterians and interfaith partners will pore over more than 800-pages of a legislative proposal for U.S. immigration reform released Tuesday. These include a pathway to citizenship for 11 million people working in the country illegally. The Rev. Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Wednesday congratulated senate lawmakers…
Review written by Brantly Millegan There is a great reform afoot in the Catholic Church! Or so says George Weigel, a prolific Catholic scholar and commentator. In Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church (Basic Books), Weigel argues the Catholic Church, since the 19th century, has been reorienting herself ever so slowly from “Counter-Reformation…