“Where have all the leaders gone?” This is the title of a chapter in Leah Gunning Francis’ book, “Ferguson & Faith.” Francis..
This issue was supposed to be our annual stewardship issue, the 32 or so pages devoted to the nuts and bolts of..
Still on Eastern time, I awoke in Portland, Oregon, hours before most of the city’s inhabitants. I took advantage of a few..
My neighbor, the one who loves nature and Golden retrievers, says he is going to write a book and title it, “We..
We are a denomination of small churches, many of which are located in rural areas. There are statistics upon statistics that document..
I feel like a small child, cowering and afraid in my room because my parents are fighting. I no longer believe their..
Unicorns were the topic on the radio talk show. “Unicorns” being startup tech companies worth a billion dollars before they even..
In ever-rarer moments, the cameras turn in our direction and the world gets a glimpse of us. The pope, being the pope,..
Child of the covenant, you have been sealed by the Holy Spirit in baptism and marked as Christ’s own forever.” These words..
The Defense Department maintains the numbers of those killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and in Enduring Freedom and in New Dawn and..
She talked about it in code. She would say things like, “You know, that time I spent at Camp Minnehaha.” Few knew..
It is a good practice to read widely and not always in genres with which one naturally resonates. That is why I pick..
Turn on the lights, I can’t hear you.” My little brother used to remind my mother of this on early winter mornings..
Capital “T” truth is out of fashion these days. I have been reading lately about the “new culture of learning” that details..
All hands on deck, all available personnel to the front, code blue or alert level red. In other words: Stop what you..
I am not a gardener, far from it. I do not have the patience nor the knowledge to make things grow. I..
As I write this on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, the results of Super Tuesday are in the books. Trump won – maybe..
Who cares, really, about Holy Week? Not many of my kids’ friends. Most of my children’s closest friends have no faith affiliation..
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — Buckminster..
A few months ago you might remember reading an article written by long-time Outlook friend and writer, Earl Johnson, titled, “What’s right..
A little Catholic schooling goes a long way, particularly when the time spent there was during early, formative years. I spent first..
There are days I fantasize about it. Other days I dread the thought of it. Retirement. When deadlines loom and work stress..
I wanted my name in the book. I wanted his children to know that South Carolinians cared enough to come and pay..
The Presbyterian Church is in the news. Not due to a close, controversial vote, not due to issues of marriage or divestment..
Those who want to espouse security can go right ahead, but they can’t say that goal is a biblical one. Remember all..
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