Mark DeVries and Trey Wince encourage a generational approach to innovation.
The folks who are finding ways to do church differently — and in ways that might have a faithful impact.
Art, says Juli Kalbaugh, can help us see how our lives are more than just the sum of our parts.
In the Pacific Northwest, Dustin Benac writes, is an American Christianity that’s decoupled from Christendom.
"I belonged to her. She belonged to me. Over the years, she belonged to others: students, her poetry pals, our family. But we remained a constellation of two stars."
A poem by Kathryn Lester-Bacon.
Grief has a way of pushing everyone away, writes Angela Williams Gorrell. But it’s when you are grieving that you need belonging the most.
In the Korean Presbyterian church of her childhood, Mihee Kim-Kort learned the necessity of belonging.
Dustin Benac explores Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s question that haunts us all: where do I belong?
To be welcomed, says Mieke Vandersall, is not the same as to experience belonging.
Patrick B. Reyes’ grandmother bound the sands of his broken soul into a stained-glass windowpane of the future.
How do we move toward one another, asks Erin Weber-Johnson, after times of isolation and fear?
Christianity has too often been a death-denying religion. Christian theology moves quickly beyond death to a life after (or an afterlife). The funeral service is titled “Witness to the Resurrection,” avoiding even the word “death.”
“Your courageous planning and preparation are gifts,” writes Vern Farnum, “to those who will grieve your departure from this realm.”
Outlook editor Teri Ott explores burials that are kinder to the environment: No vault, no embalming, but sometimes, there are ducks.
Dana Moulds taps into her deep intuition to find her calling as a death doula.
A poem by Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
There’s no ‘right’ way, but there is a faithful way, writes Andy Gans.
Two Presbyterian pastors answer Godʼs call from the U.S. to South Korea — with many stops in between.
A poem by Dartinia Hull.
Joe Clifford discovers the real pilgrimage begins when the walking ends.
Amantha L. Barbee discovers that the step outside oneself is often where God is revealed.
Kathy Bradley’s experience with navigating the complexities of long-term care and the founding of Our Mother’s Voice.
Missy Buchanan offers advice for those caring for aging parents, noting it isn’t a reversal of roles, rather, an evolution of a relationship.
Leslie Scanlon profiles the noted Presbyterian pastor and theologian whose livelong work was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s concept of the beloved community.
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