Order of worship — October 23, 2022
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Melting hearts
"Meeting the incarcerated men, sharing conversation and learning with them was a transformative and liberating experience for me. ... Mass incarceration became more than an issue I studied, and criminal justice reform more than a need for which I advocated."
Listening and learning
"As the articles in this issue reflect, our LGBTQIA+ siblings are not so 'other.' They are our family members, church members, co-workers and friends who are loved by the God who created them."
Order of worship — September 18, 2022
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Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost — September 18, 2022
In this week’s lectionary reflection, Teri McDowell Ott writes about debt forgiveness in light of Luke’s parable of the dishonest manager.
Order of worship — September 11, 2022
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost — September 11, 2022
Teri McDowell Ott reflects on the challenge and gift of being lost, and how we can live with the certainty that will be found by our God who seeks.
Called to imagine
"Rather than deny our own capacity to help, let us explore the resources we have and imagine new ways we might meet the needs before us."
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost — September 4, 2022
Reflecting on the life of Presbyterian writer and theologian Frederick Buechner as well as Moses' last words to Israel, Teri McDowell Ott urges readers to "choose life."
Order of worship — September 4, 2022
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Order of worship — August 28, 2022
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost — August 28, 2022
This week, Teri McDowell Ott writes about Luke 14:1,7-14 and the rise of Christian nationalism.
A hybrid GA in review
Teri McDowell Ott reflects on the three-week hybrid General Assembly model and some of the highlights from the assembly.
Order of worship — August 21, 2022
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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost — August 21, 2022
A Looking into the Lectionary reflection from Rev. Teri McDowell Ott.
Back-to-school blessing
A prayer by Teri McDowell Ott.
Who don’t I know?
Teri McDowell Ott's editorial for Outlook's "Wrapping up a historic, hybrid General Assembly" issue.
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost — August 14, 2022
A Looking into the Lectionary reflection from Rev. Teri McDowell Ott.
Order of worship — August 14, 2022
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Order of worship — August 7, 2022
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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost — August 7, 2022
A Looking into the Lectionary reflection from Rev. Teri McDowell Ott.
Women in clerical collars
Teri McDowell Ott's editorial for Outlook's "Stained glass ceilings: Gender discrimination in the church" issue.
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost — July 17, 2022
A Looking into the Lectionary reflection from Rev. Teri McDowell Ott.
Order of worship — July 17, 2022
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The 225th General Assembly’s “Hands and Feet” program continues to address the injustice of cash bail
Even from a recording studio, the “Hands and Feet” program encouraged the 225th General Assembly to act on behalf of the poor and those targeted by unjust systems.