Prayer for Advent: What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for, Alpha and Omega? Are you waiting for us to recognize our need for you? We are desperate..
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Prayer for Advent: As the days grow shorter
Ever living, always acting God, as the days grow shorter and the darkness deepens, we bow before you uncertain how to prepare..
Pastoral prayer for the anniversary of 9/11
You have permission to use this prayer in worship as written or adapted for your context. Please credit Jill Duffield and Presbyterian Outlook.
Winter books
Right now, I am packing lots and lots of books as I prepare to move to North Carolina. The process should..
With thanksgiving
As I write my last editorial, I feel overwhelmed with gratitude. What a privilege, honor and joy it has been to occupy..
Christ the King Sunday — November 22, 2020
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46 Reign of Christ, Year A The intimacy of these texts stands out to me. God..
Getting social for the sake of the gospel
What is your relationship to social media? What about the congregation’s use of social media? I confess to having a love/hate relationship..
Order of worship — November 22, 2020 (Christ the King Sunday)
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Goodbye, thank you, and a prayer
Friends, On my last day as editor of the Presbyterian Outlook, I want to say one final time: Thank you! I will..
24th week after Pentecost — November 15, 2020
Judges 4:1-7; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30 Ordinary 33A; Proper 28 Use it or lose it. Is that the message of the..
Prayer for Veterans Day after an election
A prayer for Veterans Day after election day.
Order of worship — November 15, 2020
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23rd Sunday After Pentecost — November 8, 2020
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13 Pentecost 23A; Proper 27 The theme of time runs through this week’s readings. In..
Order of worship — November 8, 2020
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All Saints’ Day — November 1, 2020
Revelation 7:9-17; 1 John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12 Pentecost 22A; Proper 26 All tribes, every nation, together in worship. How lovely. God has..
Election season prayer
"As we vote and wait, pray and work, may we follow Jesus Christ so closely that we cannot help but see him everywhere and in all people."
Order of worship — November 1, 2020
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For all the saints
All Saints’ Day feels especially important this year. Perhaps the loss of so many lives to the coronavirus makes remembering those who..
21st Sunday After Pentecost — October 25, 2020
Deuteronomy 34:1-12; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-18; Matthew 22:34-46 Ordinary 30A; Proper 25 I used to feel sad for Moses when I read this..
Order of worship — October 25, 2020
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20th Sunday after Pentecost — October 18, 2020
Exodus 33:12-23; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Matthew 22:15-22 Ordinary 29A; Proper 24 Multiple kinds of testing take place in this week’s readings. Moses..
Prayer for Christian formation
Lord, we trust your Spirit to work through and within us. We believe the promise that the Spirit gives us the..
Order of worship — October 18
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19th Sunday after Pentecost — October 11, 2020
Exodus 32:1-14; Philippians 4:1-9; Matthew 22:1-14 Ordinary 28A; Proper 23 This week several phrases stood out from each of the lectionary passages...
Repair first
Christ gave us the ministry of reconciliation. The Bible tells us so. The word “reconciliation” is found only four times in the..