Member Church News: Presidential Inauguration and more

Emily Brewer, a blogger for the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, posted, “So instead of trying to prove all the ways that Trump is not true to Presbyterian values, let’s commit to live our Presbyterian values so boldly and so publicly that he won’t be able to claim Presbyterianism without changing himself or being disbelieved.”

In a commentary on the upcoming inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. President and the rise of politics of fear, United Church of Canada Moderator Jordan Cantwell writes that choosing to love even those whose words and actions are filled with hate and division does not mean accepting their behaviour or tolerating injustice.

Presbyterian groups will join thousands of people in Washington, DC, for national Women’s March while the United Church of Christ will offer “radical hospitality” at the march.

As the year marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation begins, the Very Rev Dr Ian Bradley, Principal of St Mary’s College, St Andrews, reflects on its impact in Scotland.

A Christian Reformed Church congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, takes journey with ex-prisoners.

Uniting Churches in Australia President Stuart McMillan reflects on their passionate community of Christ.

“Trading Places,” a new video from the United Church of Christ, shines a light on religious bigotry in a unique way—by depicting religious leaders of different faiths experiencing the power of walking in one another’s shoes–and into one another’s houses of worship.