Presbyterian Mission Responsibility Through Investment

08/06/2026

We are so grateful to Pan for talking about how the worlds of science and faith are not as separated as we might think! Check it out!

A New Episode of A Matter of Faith is out now! Astrobiologist, former NASA scientist, & Episcopal priest Pamela (Pan) Gales Conrad joins the podcast this week to talk about how the worlds of science and faith are not separate but create a feedback loop into one another, influencing and blurring the lines between two things that systems try to compartmentalize. Pan is the author of a new book called A Believer's Journey Through the Stars: Spiritual Reflections on the Wonders of the Universe.

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07/30/2026

We are so grateful to Rachel for this conversation about how we can learn about God, justice, and spirtuality through the intersection of faith and pop culture. Check it out!

A New Episode of A Matter of Faith is out now! Episcopal priest and chaplain, Rachel Kessler joins the podcast to talk about her new book Nerd Faith: 60 Seconds of Spiritual Guidance for the Occasionally Uncool. Rachel urges us to blur the lines between pop culture and the sacred, and opens us up to new and exciting (maybe uncool) ways to discover the divine in movies, music, and the "nerdy".

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07/23/2026

Weare so grateful to Natalia for this conversation on embracing and being open to new understandings of what faith, God, and church community looks like. Check it out!

A New Episode of A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast is out now! ELCA pastor and author of It All Counts: Finding God Everywhere They Told You Not to Look, Natalia Terfa joins the podcast this week! Natalia urges us to break free from the ways in which institutions can define our faith and our ideas of God, and calls us into new and exciting ways to experience the divine. Natalia is also co-host of The Cafeteria Christian podcast.

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07/16/2026

We are so grateful to Marty for this conversation on how the ancient prayers of the Psalms are still relevant for our world today. Check it out!

A New Episode of A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast is out now! Marty Folsom, Author of The Psalms: A Sanctuary for the Soul, Book 1: 1–30, joins the podcast this week to talk about how the Psalms invite us into creative contemplation.

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07/15/2026

An excellent summary of MRTI-related items that passed at General Assembly including actions on climate justice and human rights.

LOUISVILLE — Commissioners to the 227th General Assembly used the consent agenda to approve every item of business related to Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI). In addition, all of MRTI’s recommendations passed without amendment last month in either the Financial Stewardship and W...

07/09/2026

We are so grateful to Ben for this conversation on faith, pacifism, and the role that the military industrial complex plays in our society. Check it out!

A New Episode of A Matter of Faith is out now! Rev. Ben Daniel, author of the new book Grace over Guns, joins the podcast to talk about the ever growing need for faith spaces to talk about war and the military industrial complex. What are your thoughts about pacifism and in what ways should the church be addressing war?

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07/02/2026

We are so grateful to Richard for this conversation about how the Psalms are a reflection of human experience in challenging and uplifting times. Check it out!

A New Episode of A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast is out now! Richard Bruxvoort Colligan, author of Dangerous Songs: The Psalms and a Gloriously Disrupted Life & Director of Spiritual Formation at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minnesota, joins the podcast. Richard discusses how the Psalms invite us into the nuances of human emotion and experience, and the ways in which this liberates us from simplistic and fragile faith.

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06/28/2026

Joint Statement from Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment, Presbyterians for Earth Care, Creation Action Network of Presbyterian Young Adults, and Presbyterian Peace Fellowship:

The Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment, Presbyterians for Earth Care, Creation Action Network of Presbyterian Young Adults, and Presbyterian Peace Fellowship give thanks for the faithful discernment of the Climate and Environmental Justice Committee. We are pleased to support its recommendations on all five climate and environmental justice overtures, which together reflect the church’s deep commitment to caring for God’s creation, pursuing justice, and responding faithfully to the challenges of our time.

We commend the committee for its thoughtful deliberation and look forward to the General Assembly’s prayerful consideration of these recommendations. Together, we remain committed to equipping the church to bear faithful witness through the ministry of creation care.

06/24/2026

We are so grateful to Richard for this conversation on better ways to read the Bible and focus on the theme of love and inclusion found in scripture. Check it out!

A New Episode of A Matter of Faith is out now! Richard Beck, author of The Book of Love: A Better Way to Read the Bible & Professor of Psychology at Abilene Christian University, talks with us about how the nuances of love create a better framework for reading the bible...no matter the ideological spectrum.

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06/19/2026

An excellent video outlining MRTI's shareholder advocacy efforts on behalf of a community in Detroit fighting for Marathon Petroleum to purchase their homes