Friends, Ever since the founding of #GivingTuesday in 2012, nonprofits, small businesses, schools and faith-based organizations all over the world have mobilized..
Dear Outlook reader, To introduce myself: In June of 2019, I retired from 17 years of service as the senior pastor of..
What is your relationship to social media? What about the congregation’s use of social media? I confess to having a love/hate relationship..
Dear Presbyterian Outlook reader, On behalf of the Presbyterian Outlook Foundation Board of Directors I am pleased to share the news that..
All Saints’ Day feels especially important this year. Perhaps the loss of so many lives to the coronavirus makes remembering those who..
Christ gave us the ministry of reconciliation. The Bible tells us so. The word “reconciliation” is found only four times in the..
Friends, On Sunday evening, October 4, the congregation of First Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, called me to be their next..
We are one body, so the Bible says. “If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice..
Lately, when weather allows, I venture out on prayer walks — some contemplative and free-form, others guided by Bible verses with instructions...
The Special Commission on Racism, Truth & Reconciliation was birthed at the 222nd General Assembly in Portland, Oregon, in 2016. It was..
I, along with members of our board and staff, participated in Eddie Moore’s “21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge.” Every day for..
We give thanks for the life and witness of Marj Carpenter. For many years Marj contributed “Presbyterians In Action” and “In This..
Zoom does not lie. Zoom is humbling. I am Zoomed out. Zoom fatigue. I have the Zoomies. These are a few phrases..
In a conversation I recently had with colleagues, we discussed how we might share more of our rich Reformed theology in our..
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est. Wherever love is true, God is there. Wherever Christian love, charity, service is true, God..
George Floyd is my brother. Like you, like me, George Floyd was created in God’s image and declared good. We are members..
Drew Faust in the epilogue of her book, “This Republic of Suffering: Death and The American Civil War,” wrote: “Individuals found themselves..
Our life together is not about bigger and more, it is about smaller and less. That’s not a message that will get..
The prophet Isaiah assures the bereft of Zion that God will not – indeed, cannot – forget them. “Can a woman forget..
As a kid, I liked glitter. A lot. I still find myself drawn to anything that sparkles. My mother called me a..
On Wednesday, March 11, I changed the text and went off script, having decided the lectionary was not the way to go..
David, the shepherd accustomed to protecting the sheep from wild animals, jettisoned Saul’s ill-fitting armor and instead went to the creek to..
Who is God, really? And how do we know who God really is? I drive frequently on highways dotted with billboards that..
The Holy did not speak to me through a burning bush. Nor did I hear a booming voice from heaven or a..
I once heard that pastors preach themselves into belief. I don’t know if this is true, but I can attest to the..
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