Current Issue

Pentecost 2026

Mary and Jesus ©Laura James, 1991 Used with Permission

Publisher’s Foreword

Mark Ramsey, The Ministry Collaborative (Charlotte, VA)

Editor's Foreword

Ryan Bonfiglio, Candler School of Theology (Atlanta, GA)

Articles

Advent: Here Comes the Judge

Rev. Dr. Will Willimon, Duke Divinity School (Durham, NC)

None of the Candles Go Out: Advent Hope in a Nation’s Anniversary Year

Rev. Carla Jones Brown, Oxford Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, PA)

The Story Today Tells—Making Peace with the “Messy Middle”

Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Arnold, Candler School of Theology (Atlanta, GA)

A Righteous Reversal: Foretelling and Foretaste

Rev. Dr. Joe Scrivner, Bedford Presbyterian Church (New York)

Sermons

Every Other Year (Mark 1:1-8)

Rev. Kristy Farber, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church (WA)

We are Better Together

Rev. Dr. Reginald Blount, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (Evanston, IL)

On the Way to Bethlehem: Rome as a Place of Longing

Rev. Dr. Mary Spradlin, Horizon Texas Conference of the UMC

The Way of Peace

Rev. Dr. Lahronda Welch Little, Marietta First UMC (GA)

Where Do You Stand?

Rev. Joseph J. Clifford, Myers Park Presbyterian Church (Charlotte, NC)

Mary and Jesus ©Laura James, 1991 Used with Permission