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Creating and curating trustworthy resources for the church, the Presbyterian Outlook connects disciples of Jesus Christ through compelling and committed conversation for the proclamation of the Gospel.

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Tending to Eden: Environmental Stewardship for God’s People

by Scott C. Sabin, edited by Kathy Ide
Judson Press ISBN 13: 978-8170-1572-5 $18.00

reviewed by Alison Bennett

Tending to Eden is a personal memoir and witness to Scott Sabin’s experiences in different countries and the lessons he has learned as he comes to understand the theological foundations for environmental health and ecological stewardship.

PC(USA) asks court to dismiss alleged abuse lawsuit

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is asking a Kentucky court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a man who alleges that he was a teenage victim of sexual abuse at a Presbyterian-run hostel in Africa in 1988, contending that the man did not file the lawsuit before the statute of limitations expired.

Arlo Duba Interview

The More Light Presbyterians (MLP) recently placed an ad in The Presbyterian Outlook summarizing the change of mind experienced by Arlo Duba regarding ordination standards. Duba, Professor of Worship Emeritus, retired Dean of the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, and PC(USA) Minister of Word and Sacrament, used to oppose the ordination of LGBT person, but now supports it.

Film in review: “No Strings Attached”

The classic romantic comedy is now working backwards. Instead of friendship leading to personal attraction leading to romance leading to physical intimacy, this one does the reverse. And the weird part is that it feels almost normal.

Film in review: “The Company Men”

The Company Men” is so real it hurts. Ben Affleck plays Bobby Walker, a coat-and-tie, up-and-coming junior executive, who swaggers late into the staff meeting bragging that he just shot an 84 on the club course. Everybody sits in stunned silence.

Hymns for time of tragedy

Presbyterian pastor and hymn writer, Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, has released two hymn texts for congregations wanting to sing an appropriate hymn in worship services following the tragedy in Tucson last weekend (see story in news section of this Web site or by clicking here).

Decade of disclosure

If the 1970s were the “Me Generation“ years and the 80s called “The Decade of Greed,” and the 90s the “Decade of dot.coms,” what about the 00s – what BBC dubbed the “noughties”? What lies ahead for people of faith as they do mission in the ensuing twenty-teens?

Clergy’s professional reputation in the middle

(RNS) — Slightly more than half of Americans (53 percent) rate the moral values of priests, ministers, and other clerics as “very high” or “high.” That percentage is a slight bump from 2009, when only 50 percent of Americans said men and women of the cloth are ethical paragons, the lowest number in Gallup’s 32 years of measuring professional reputations.

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