Church nerds go to worship when on vacation. I could try to spin this as dedicated piety, but it is more ecclesiastical..
Have you ever asked Google to reveal the statistics on your community? Thinking of the upcoming census in 2020 got me curious..
The Presbyterian Outlook covered much ground this year. We prepared advance stories on issues coming to the 223rd General Assembly, covered..
The lone person without a nametag in the crowded elevator looked around and asked with exasperation, “What are you doing here?” He..
Scheduled to give a lecture at the 2018 Festival of Homiletics, I arrived at the designated venue well before my slotted time...
If a vote takes place in a convention center and no one notices, was a vote cast? Several times in recent months..
Repeatedly, in a multitude of settings, I hear complaints about people in leadership positions: the executive director, the principal, the president, the..
As I have traveled to churches, presbyteries and conferences since the last General Assembly, I have shared news of the denomination, telling..
The first time I put on a clerical robe I felt as if I was wearing a costume. It was a classic..
According to Masha Gessen, a Russian-American journalist and staff writer for the New Yorker, “We’ve lost the ability to have political conversations.”..
Lately my prayer has been to be useful: Make me useful, God. Where this plea originates during days overflowing with unending tasks..
I attended Catholic school for the first three years of elementary school. I appreciated Mass, even though the wafer and the cup..
Every church, every neighborhood, every committee, every organization of which I have ever participated has had unheralded, unofficial leaders. I can picture..
Andrew Jackson, whose presidency is marked by the Indian Removal Act, was a Presbyterian. He was also a slaveholder. One might, of..
I remember my first fervent, desperate, I-will-do-anything-if-you-answer-this-prayer-God prayer. When I was 8 years old, my little brother’s life seemed to hang in..
We are in the home stretch of 2017 and we at the Presbyterian Outlook are looking with excitement toward 2018. Plans are..
Sappy sentiments about “home” pervade this season no less than cheesy Christmas music and relentless advertisements telling us to buy things. The..
I love the used book sales that local libraries hold in basements and back rooms. The smell of musty pages, the multicolored..
I’m listening to the silence. The rest of the country seems to be on fire with revelations involving sexual misconduct, violence and..
The Bible surprises sometimes. Even passages read and re-read reveal connections unwanted and unsought. While digging around in the second chapter of..
How can people of faith respond to the to the national #MeToo and #ChurchToo conversations? Here’s a sampling of ideas, opinion pieces,..
This is the day that the Lord has made! We will rejoice and be glad in it. This is also the day..
“People connect around a cause and they get tired. We need community while we work on cause.” That’s what my friend, Kermit..
For years Frederick Buechner’s quote about vocation both haunted and inspired me. You likely have heard it: “The place God calls you..
Wear your vestments. Clergy will sit together at the front. Faith leaders are needed in the park. We want the clergy to..
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