About six months ago, the income and wealth gap in this country exploded into national consciousness. Until then, it had been discussed mostly in scholarly journals and conferences. PCG had for a long time been urging attention to these disparities given their threat to the common good. We have already developed an educational curriculum dealing with this very topic and are bringing it to your churches. more

It took a wild and crazy guy—someone out of his mind—to recognize who Jesus was.

It happened early in the ministry of Jesus at a synagogue in Capernaum where he was teaching with great effectiveness. That is, the folks gathered there on the Sabbath were impressed by how different this young rabbi was from the scribes who were their normal fare. Evidently it wasn’t just what he was teaching but also the authority with which he taught.

Those were people in their right minds: tame and typical. more

If you’ve seen the documentary “Gasland”, or read articles about the mining of sandstone next to Illinois’ Starved Rock State Park, or heard about the potential cause of the Youngstown, OH earthquakes, then you’ve probably come across the word “fracking” a fair bit these past few months. more