It has been quite some time since the Cumberland Presbyterian Rate adjustment. We are committed to keeping our print subscriptions as low as possible and for as long as possible. ...
From the early-1960s through the early-1980s, the Office of the General Assembly collected biographical data from clergy and other persons active in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church on a denominational level. ...
The Reverend James John Pinnell, 63, (West Tennessee Presbytery), pastor of the Gleason Cumberland Presbyterian Church, died on May 25, 2020, after a battle with cancer. He was born January ...
“Where ya headed, cowboy?” “Nowhere special.” “Nowhere special. I always wanted to go there.” —Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles) Almost nine years ago, not long after I’d retired from a ...
Moving. It’s a chore many of us have had to do at least once or twice in our lives, and I imagine that most ministers have practiced the ritual even ...
There’s battle lines being drawn. Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong. –Stephen Stills While it wasn’t originally intended as such, the Buffalo Springfield track, “For What It’s Worth”, became an iconic ...
As we were preparing the October issue of The Cumberland Presbyterian for delivery to the printer, Hurricane Irma had just fled the state of Florida, leaving it to survivors and ...
Like many of us, I suspect, there comes a time in the 24-hour news cycle following a tragic event—particularly an event that speaks of little but the human capacity for ...
There was a moment during the Friday morning business meeting at General Assembly recently when an all-too-familiar wave of something akin to nausea swept over me. Perhaps you’re familiar with ...
The collard greens were done almost to perfection on that crisp October afternoon. Tender, scented with a bit of side meat, and slightly bitter—just the way I like them. The ...