Right now, many of us are carrying the heavy weight of silence. There are daughters who haven't spoken to their mothers over a period of time because of a fight over political party lines. There are fathers and sons who can no longer sit at the same table because their views on immigration or LGBTQ people feel like an immovable wall. We see siblings divided by how they understand race, diversity, or even the way they practice their faith.

Helplessness is a learned behavior. There is a profound difference between being in a difficult situation and being a helpless person.

Lady Gaga is set to debut a reimagined version of the iconic theme song "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?" for a new Rocket campaign.

This view is a major misunderstanding of who Fred Rogers was and what he stood for. He was not apolitical. He was a man whose work was a quiet but powerful act of protest, rooted in his life as an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Today, we are thinking of Minneapolis, of Renee Good, and now Alex Pretti, whose lives are lost to the violence of the state.

The role of the bystander has become a modern form of bearing witness. When individuals like Pretti use their voices and their cameras to advocate against unfair treatment, they are engaging in a deeply moral act.

If the Session wanted, worship on Sundays could be an hour of total silence like Quakers, or an hour of just a sermon and nothing else. A king of England was beheaded partly for trying to force a common order of worship on Presbyterians.

And it shall come to pass, that as the heavens declare the glory of the Creator, so shall our fellowship declare a holy dwelling; for I have said unto thee, thou art my people, and I shall be thy people.