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..
by David B. Cozad With competing claims heating up in the presidential election, it’s time to steel ourselves not just for conflict..
by Sallie Watson Almost 200 years ago, a trail was charted between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Independence, Missouri, that would..
by Ken Evers-Hood It started with four quarters. Every Friday night when I was a boy growing up in the 80s, I would..
by Dan Hotchkiss A famous sign on Harry Truman’s desk declared: The buck stops here. “The president — whoever he is,” Truman explained,..
by Laura Jervis, Dave Mammen and Nancy Muirhead An estimated 5 million Syrians have fled their country since civil war erupted over..
by Laurie Kraus (with Susan Krehbiel and Teresa Waggener) The world is the midst of the greatest refugee crisis since World War..
Story and photos by Derek Macleod None is too many “None is too many.” That was the chilling (though, in the 1930s,..
Recognizing that some people of faith want to learn more about racism, white privilege and systemic injustice, some Presbyterians and others..
by John Reiter “I thought refried beans only came from a can,” the volunteer chuckled, while scribbling down the recipe for homemade..
by Rebecca Kirkpatrick When I began serving my first congregation almost 15 years ago, its adult education programming on Sunday morning looked..
by Holly Inglis Change – it’s part of everyday life in the 21st century (and actually has been for some time). But..
by Israel Galindo A problem in perpetuity: Churches appreciate the importance and value of Christian education for the spiritual growth of their..
by Whitney Wilkinson To say my ministry at my wee kirk in the North Carolina Sandhills began in a Mason jar is..
by Wayne Sankarlal What do I mean by a “small/rural church”? To take a page from Jeff Foxworthy, if your church has less..
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