Deconstructing Lent: a Sermon by Bernard Schlager
Bernie Schlager, PSR faculty and the executive director of CLGS, shares a sermon on deconstructing Lent: More than being called to undertake penance, self-denial, fasting, and face our temptations in life, our spiritual traditions call upon us to do the work of justice- making.
Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 7, Episode 1: Faith, Trust, and Meaning Making in Community
In this season’s premiere, host Mo King sits down with spiritual leaders Rev. Adriene Thorne (MDiv ’08) PSR alumnx, and Senior Minister of the historic Riverside Church in NYC, and PSR’s President Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy.
Watch MDiv Student LeJon Payne Preach at Stanford University’s Black Church: University Praise & Worship
Watch current PSR MDiv student Rev. Dr. LeJon Payne preached at Stanford University’s Black Church: University Praise & Worship.
PSR and CLGS Applaud Papal Approval of Blessings for Same-Sex Couples
We hope this historic and significant step toward the celebration of committed relationships between same-sex couples is the first of many from the Vatican in the movement towards full acceptance and inclusion of our LGBTQ+ Catholic family.
PSR Congratulates Professor Rosado Roman on Completion of her Ph.D.
Dr. Alexandra Rosado Roman successfully defended her dissertation, “Decolonial Betrayals: Afro-Caribbean Decolonial Activisms in Puerto Rico”
Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 6, Episode 10: Learning New Ways of Advocacy
In this episode, Mo sits down with Lydia Matioli, Program & Partnerships Director of Freely in Hope in Kenya and Zambia, to talk about her own story and how this shift in mindset is helping her be more expansive in her vision in terms of advocacy.
PSR Receives $1.25M Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to Meet Congregations’ Needs for a Changing Church
PSR will use the funds to develop an education and community-building program designed to help congregations adapt to changing social and cultural contexts and to reimagine the church in ways that deepen faith and transform community.
Advent: A Season of Learning to Wait: A Reflection by PSR Dean Dr. Susan Abraham
Dean Susan Abraham shares how the season of Advent can teach us to step into ways of unknowing that are critical for our spiritual lives.
Practical Advice for Religious Leaders Planning Transgender Day of Remembrance Events by Jakob Hero-Shaw
Advice for faith leaders from Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw, the Coordinator of the CLGS Transgender Roundtable and Senior Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Tampa.
Why Christians Must Speak Out Against Christian Nationalism — an Op-Ed by PSR President Dr. David Vásquez-Levy
Christian nationalism, and the ideologies that have fueled it from the very founding of our nation, have left a centuries-long trail of devastation that continues to this day.