Order of worship — December 4, 2022
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Second Sunday of Advent — December 4, 2022
In this lectionary reflection, Teri McDowell Ott explores the spiritual opportunity John the Baptist presents on this second Sunday of Advent.
Order of worship — November 20, 2022
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Reign of Christ — November 20, 2022
In this week’s lectionary reflection, Teri McDowell Ott highlights a theology of trauma that emerges from Luke’s crucifixion scene and why exposing this trauma is the beginning of hope.
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Advent as a Borderland
"This issue of the Outlook centers Latinx voices to help us attend to alternative perspectives in this borderland season of our liturgical year. ... Who are we in this in-between space? What role does our faith play here?"
One Parish One Prisoner ministry connects churches with incarcerated friends in Washington state
Teri McDowell Ott interviews church members about their experience of faithful connections with incarcerated persons.
Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost — November 6, 2022
We can all relate to Job's frustration in Job 19:23-27a, writes Teri McDowell Ott. Perhaps we can learn something from his hope.
Order of worship — November 6, 2022
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost — October 23, 2022
"This Sunday we, like the Pharisee and the tax collector, will come to the Temple full of needs. … Our Scripture lesson today reminds us that we cannot fulfill these needs on our own. But the good news is that we don’t have to."
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.