This first week of advent we turn toward hope. In the midst of a world that appeared to be falling apart, Jeremiah brings a declaration of comfort and hope. We can see differently. What is coming is of God. God brings new things to life. In advent we...

This Sunday we welcome back Rev. Chuck DeGroat as we continue with the story of the prodigal son from Luke 15. We are invited to remember that "God Is Always Home" and to consider our own being home in ourselves and with God. We never have...

Dr. Chuck DeGroat is a professor of pastoral care and counseling at Western Theological Seminary, and he is “committed to spiritual and emotional formation for the sake of mission.” He has spent the last 20 years in seminary training and pastoral...

This is our Stewardship Dedication Sunday and the Rev. John Buchanan will conclude our stewardship series "A Matter of Value." Based on Mark 8.27-37, this week's sermon will be "The Value of Your Soul.” Rev. Dr. John...

This is the second of the three weeks that the Rev. John Buchanan will be preaching our stewardship series "A Matter of Value." Based on Mark 7.1-8, this week's sermon will be "The Value of Your Church.” At our 11:00a...

Rev. Dr. John Buchanan served as pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago for 26 years. He has held various leadership positions in the PC(USA) and was editor/publisher of The Christian Century magazine for 15 years. He served as moderator of...

As we ready ourselves to gather around the table for World Communion Sunday, we’ll wrestle with Jesus' hard and perplexing words in Mark 10:2-16 about divorce, marriage, power, and what it takes for someone to receive the Kingdom of God....

Do all dogs go to heaven? What about dinosaurs and dragonflies? Is all life resurrection eligible?

And why are we compelled to ask these sorts of questions in the first place?

Jeremiah — distinguished among Israel’s prophets by his ability to...

“Has God ever been mad at anyone?” The reading from Amos 7 begins with a plumb line (a standard or expectation) and ends with a call to be a prophet — and in between God certainly seems mad at the people. We ask, "What else is there to...

The pressures on human beings, whether they are four- or fourteen- or forty-year-olds, can be enormous. The way we wait for children to come forward on Sunday for the blessings is an attempt on our part to remember to honor children...