Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. How often have you wondered, where are the young adults in the PC(USA)? Wonder no longer. The 2014 Presbyterian Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is devoted to the theme of young adults in the church. Its stories, many told by young adults, lift up how Presbyterians of all ages are engaging and joining with Presbyterian young adults in reforming the church for Christ’s mission.

Today in the Mission Yearbook: January 25, 2015

MINUTE FOR MISSION: CRIMINAL JUSTICE - The doors inside the jail never close gently. Every time I walk through them, the heavy double set of steel doors leading to the housing unit slam shut. It’s disturbing. Maybe it’s supposed to be.

The psalmist cries: “For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken” (Ps. 62:5–6). That overwhelming sense of waiting in silence is one of the most common things that I hear from people in jail. It’s hard not to be shaken when your waiting is measured by the slamming of steel doors. But the hope we find in Christ can change everything ...

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