Editor’s note: This year, the Presbyterian Outlook partnered with the Presbyterian Writers Guild in a short story contest called, “An experiment with..
Editor’s note: Three articles represent three perspectives on communities working together in the city of Baltimore. Those involved come from a wide variety..
Editor’s note: Three articles represent three perspectives on communities working together in the city of Baltimore. Those involved come from a wide variety..
We try to drive the dark away this shining season, string twining cords around our shrubs and trees, doors, windows, porches too,..
by Kris Berggren (Photos by Maria Forsythe) In the affluent enclaves of Scott and Carver counties in suburban Minneapolis, it’s really..
This is not luxury housing: just studio apartments, each with a bathroom and enough space to sleep and cook. For the..
Story and photos by Beth Farias You can learn a lot about a person in just three to five minutes. Our words,..
By Wilson Davis The North Carolina Presbyterian Pilgrimage (NCPP) is known for its grace-filled, spiritual renewal weekends. It dates from 1990, and..
by Brandon Frick A while back, I was teaching a course on the Theological Declaration of Barmen. What began as an initially..
Several years ago, half quixotically and half courageously, I temporarily left full-time ministry to pursue a Ph.D. in systematic theology. Like many..
by Bill dePrater One morning my wife and I received a phone call from Katherine, our youngest daughter. “Dad, I am..
By Nina Simone With fall in full swing, Advent will soon be upon us. Busy as December is, Advent invites people into..
by Chris Keating As a resident assistant at Missouri State University, Jay Collier knows his job includes unlocking doors, calming nerves..
by Tracy Howe Wispelwey In 2012 I took a pilgrimage to Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of protests over the shooting death..
by Gini Norris-Lane On a Monday night in November 2015, dancers were swirling around the area outside the main Schreiner University student..
Editor’s note: This year, the Presbyterian Outlook partnered with the Presbyterian Writers Guild in a short story contest called, “An experiment..
My memory is not what it used to be. I try not to panic about all the memorable moments that apparently weren’t..
Outlook associate editor Jana Blazek wrote this blog post this week on the second day of a three-day new pastors retreat convened by the..
by Greg Stovell Throughout the years, my favorite and most honest prayer has been: Are you kidding me? I grew up..
Hunter Farrell, who has served as director of World Mission for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since 2007, has announced that he is..
by Lori Archer Raible and George C. Anderson As a newly ordained minister, Lori Archer Raible participated in the Trent Symposium,..
Dear first-year seminarian, By now you have unpacked the boxes in your campus apartment, logged your first hundred commuter miles or perused..
As I began to put together this issue of the Outlook dedicated to the relationship between faith and public service, I asked..
In the midst of a rancorous election season, public service as a calling of faith sounds like a contradiction of terms..
by James K.A. Smith Let’s be honest: This is a difficult year to talk about faith and politics. The fragmentation of our..
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