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Making History Today: Austin College
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary The focus of this column on the story of Austin...


Jan 234 min read
Making History Today: Granville Sydnor
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In 1961 Dr. Ernest Trice Thompson, a native of...


Jan 69 min read
Making History Today: The Long Reach of Austin Seminary
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary “Now you are the body of Christ and individually...

Dec 19, 20244 min read
Making History Today: Behind the Scenes
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In 1949, under the leadership of Dr. Matthew Lynn...


Dec 5, 20245 min read
Making History Today: PCHAS
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary Presbyterians in the Southwest have had a...


Oct 23, 20244 min read
Making History Today: Presbyterian Colleges - Trinity University
Tehuacana, Waxahachie, San Antonio, James Laurie, John Silber, Jack Stotts, Paul Baker, Chuck McKinley, Raymond Judd, Donna Stockton,...


Oct 3, 20243 min read
Making History Today: Prayers for Montreat
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary We have all been riveted by the news regarding the...


Sep 19, 20243 min read
Making History Today: Honoring the Ministry of Presbyterian Hispanics
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month...


Sep 4, 20244 min read
Making History Today: Casting A Long Shadow
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary He turned 81 years old this year and he still...


Aug 26, 20243 min read
Making History Today: Presbyterian Colleges - University of the Ozarks
In 2013 the annual meeting of the PHSSW was held on the lovely campus of the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas. One of...


Aug 5, 20244 min read
Making History Today: Dayton, TN, Little Rock, AR, Texas, and Beyond
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In a recent New Yorker review of Brenda Wineapple’s...


Jul 12, 20243 min read
Making History Today: Presbyterian Colleges - Schreiner University
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In his lovely book Enter With Hope: Schreiner at...


Jun 14, 20243 min read
Making History Today: "...and a time to laugh"
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary From 1959-1968 the late Jerry Tompkins served as...


Jun 5, 20243 min read
Making History Today: Deeply Rooted
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In “Thoughts on the Day of the Baptism of Dietrich...


May 20, 20245 min read
Making History Today - The Joy of History: One Thing Leads to Another
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary One of the delightful aspects to being part of this...


May 13, 20244 min read
Making History Today: The University of Tulsa - Its Roots
The convergence of the Arkansas, Grand, and Verdigris Rivers in east central Oklahoma was known in the early 19th century as Three...


Apr 25, 20244 min read
Making History Today: San Felipe
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary When those who are familiar with Texas history hear...


Mar 28, 20244 min read
Making History Today: Presbyterian Colleges - Lyon College
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary In the book The Liberating Arts: Why We Need...


Mar 20, 20244 min read
Making History Today: Joyful Music Leads Us Sunward
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary “Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to...


Mar 6, 20244 min read
Making History Today: "I Was In Prison and You Visited Me"
Presbyterian Historical Society of the Southwest James S. Currie, Executive Secretary On Wednesday, February 28 Ivan Cantu was executed...
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