Whether it's in the magazine, on the website or in our monthly book newsletter, Book Review Editor Amy Pagliarella always has a reading recommendation. These are the top 10 books our readers decided to purchase in 2023.
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Presbyterian Outlook welcomes Jesy Littlejohn to our staff.
When reading Galatians, it can be easy to conceptualize the law as an evil disciplinarian. Rose Schrott Taylor argues that this isn't what Paul is saying.
In his new book of essays, New York Times best-selling author Ross Gay shows how delight and critical rage can coexist — and we are made better by attempting to hold both.
Rose Schrott Taylor tours the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, the day she learns about the death of Tyre Nichols. As a result, she reflects on the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, the stories we tell ourselves, and repeating patterns.
In Romans 14, Paul writes about how we're going to encounter other Christians who think differently than us on issues we consider important. His response? Welcome them and put up with them.
How do we know we're doing good? Rose Schrott Taylor looks at Galatians 5:13-26.
The Outlook received eight awards, including honors for their editorial staff, website and news coverage.
“This was not an easy decision, but I feel it is the right one to make for my family and the church in this time of change.”
A lesson for April 30, 2023, about Acts 1 and waiting.
Meet our 2023 summer interns: Jo Wiersema, Colin Farmer and Dana Moulds.
Oaklands Presbyterian Church helps to organize and celebrate the city of Laurel's first-ever Pride Day Celebration.
"[W]hat if joy is not only entangled with pain, or suffering, or sorrow, but is also what emerges from how we care for each other through those things?"
As salt of the world, Christians are called to bring out the God-given goodness that already exists around us. But we can't forget that Jesus' command in Matthew 5:13 is plural: we can only be salt of the world when we act alongside our Christian siblings.
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Hybrid workshops, Spanish interpretation, pilgrimages and more. Here’s what you need to know.
“God has been weaving the thread.”
Rose Schrott Taylor wonders if the servant in Isaiah 42 is a prophecy for us as well as Christ.
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Here is a tool to invite the holy into the day.
"Hope is a reality that we build our faith on. And hope is incredibly impractical. Both things can be true. God gives us some examples in Scriptures ... that help us hold space for that nuance and choose hope nonetheless."
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The woman in the bed was pale. Not just her ashen skin but her presence, her being, seemed translucent. As we approached the bed, her eyes opened to reveal the child she had been once, expectant but uncomprehending.
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