Tag: Fourth Presbyterian Church

• We are all “Cracked Pots”

  Rev. Shannon Johnson Kershner was Monmouth College’s 2018 Baccalaureate Preacher.  Shannon was called to be the pastor of Chicago’s iconic Fourth Presbyterian Church in March of 2014.  Ever since hearing this news, I have been cheering for Shannon and celebrating her success.  Very few women serve as senior pastors of churches over 5,000 members.  With…

  Teri

  May 19, 2018

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  breaking the glass ceiling, female clergy, Fourth Presbyterian Church, glass ceiling, Monmouth College, Proud Fighting Scots Radio, Shannon Kershner, WPFS

• A Room of Ten: Interfaith Immersion

  I’m going to do something weird,” Malak whispered to Katie, her bunkmate for our six-day interfaith immersion trip to Chicago. Malak slips into her cotton prayer robe, its royal blue flower print covers her head, her arms to her wrists, and hangs to her feet. She begins her prayers, facing Mecca, alternating positions of standing…

  Teri

  March 25, 2015

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  American Islamic College, community, Eboo Patel, Father Pfleger, Fourth Presbyterian Church, IFYC, Interfaith, Interfaith Youth Core, meditation, Presbyterian Outlook, St. Sabina Church