Cynthia Rigby, Author at The Presbyterian Outlook

Cynthia Rigby

Cynthia L. Rigby is the W. C. Brown Professor of Theology at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), she serves on the board of the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation and was an author of the Sarasota Statement for Next Church (2017).

More Stories from this Author

Living theology

The scandalous Word of God

If a Bible is read in the forest and no one is there to hear it, is it still God’s Word?

Living theology

Joining the dance

Cynthia Rigby writes about perichoresis or "mutual indwelling." This term is usually used in theological circles to reference the relationship of the Trinity, but can it also reference how we belong to one another?

Living theology

Re-enchanting doctrine: Listening to God’s Word

Can doctrine be redeemed from the label of boring? Austin Seminary professor Cynthia Rigby thinks so.

Insights columns

Weeping with those who weep

I remember being shocked by the fact that Mrs. B., my third grade teacher, was crying. It must have been April 30,..

On cookies and kindness

I really enjoy watching the “The Great British Baking Show,” but at first I couldn’t quite say why. I could only testify..

Enough

My brother Scott is an expert in motivational theory. A behavioral scientist and psychologist, he consults with companies that are realizing there..

Why ask why?

Somewhere along the line, we learned to stop asking questions we couldn’t answer. For example, when’s the last time you asked: Where..

Outlook Features

Who is God, really? God is a (somewhat) knowable mystery

A wondrous mystery One of my favorite theological quotes comes from Saint Augustine who insists that “if we have understood, what we..

All that God has

When I was a kid and asked my dad for money, he would reach into his pocket before I could even finish..

Making change

A few months ago I flew to Oklahoma City to keynote at a conference about 90 miles outside of the city. I..