20s & 30s

Burning Questions

Janie Stuart interviews a university student to get a window into the “young minds” of today.

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Simply Sharing Hope

“I never had a negative reaction from telling someone that I would pray for them. In fact, the only reactions I ever got were ones of graciousness and thanks.”

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Praying Aloud, All Together

“The church in Korea is so committed to Christian practices. I mean, I like church—I am a seminary student—but when is brunch and football?”

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Riding in Cars With Friends

Is intergenerational friendship possible?

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Mark Schuldt: Peru Prayer Partnership – Part 1

Twice now in the last two years, a group from UPC has gone to a community near Lima, Peru, called Catorce de Febrero. In this community, they have been a part of the ministry of Food for the Hungry, which is doing work in the area of leadership development, of helping people work with questions [...]

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Meet UPC’s Rock Stars-in-Residence

The Hills Beyond (formerly known as “the Convergence band”) has put out an album, creatively titled The Hills Beyond, with all original music recorded in UPC’s sanctuary.

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Real Faith

There came a day when I realized I had not made any room in my life for faith to actually matter. I didn’t need to depend on anyone but myself, and I was bored.

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Thoughts from the Cemetery

Seminary’s been known to kill even the strongest faith, but after a year at Seattle Pacific Seminary, Erin says he feels more alive than ever. How does he do it?

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Success Doesn’t Necessarily Require Progress

By Mark Schuldt Originally posted on Psalms in Purgatory, August 1, 2011. I’m a doer, progress-oriented, and my freakish productivity level is only matched in its magnitude by my self-criticism. I’ve been told this is the “mad genius” flip side to bi-polar disorder. With depression comes a sedentary inability to self-motivate, but with mania comes [...]

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What Does It Mean to Love My Neighbor?

“My fellow Americans, I have one word for you: hospitality.”

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