Late last year, as I was finishing the manuscript for my new book, “Woodstock: A Story of Middle Americans,” which is rooted..
I recently attended an outstanding panel discussion with noted biblical scholars, N. T. Wright and Lewis Donelson at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary...
On the evening of Saturday, June 14, candidates for moderator of the 221st General Assembly in Detroit will be placed in nomination,..
The theology he articulated for his Roman church later formed the basis of our Genevan church. But it was his writing about..
I’m not a surfer. I know almost nothing about surfing. But I happened to be on the Pacific Coast for a holiday..
But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God..
To correspond with our Spring Books issue, we asked our bloggers to share books that have influenced their ministry. The first time..
I've been thinking a lot about Christian Education and Christian Educators recently. I'm retired, but I haven't retired my mind and several..
To correspond with our Spring Books issue, we asked our bloggers to share books that have influenced their ministry. Sometimes I find..
It might have been one of the shortest assignments in the history of the Presbyterian Church. On April 1, the Office of..
While I most certainly believe that the church should think about how to fulfill the Church's mission in Cuba, I'm not sure..
Who are the 'them' that Jesus is forgiving? In a moment of intense humanity, he appeals to God for those at his..
Holy Week approaches, a week I love for the story it tells and how it enacts the story – with bread and..
Janet DeVries presented this essay on April 4, 2014, as keynote for Syria-Lebanon Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). I..
Recently there has been quite a bit of discussion about the incident in the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Middlesboro, Kentucky, where a..
Lent this year did not follow my very well thought-out, spiritually enlightened plans. That’s not a new phenomenon – I am notoriously..
NO MATTER HOW MANY Presbyterian Holy Week worship services my husband dutifully attends, it isn’t Holy Week for him if he doesn’t..
This edition of the Outlook is the final ‘regular’ issue to be published prior to the season of issues that prepare the..
Based on what I am seeing, the issue for churches going forward will be who not what. At a recent retreat, for..
Because the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. denomination is unfortunately losing member churches to other denominations, let us consider why denominations are established in..
The idea that the Son had to die so the Father would be able to forgive us has never made much sense..
MINNEAPOLIS –Imagination and hope. For the roughly 400 people who attended the NEXT Church national gathering in Minneapolis, that’s likely what they..
These weeks between the ashes and the lilies demand hardly any getting used to. The lurking guilt has ever been there, tight..
Gracious God, as we prepare to go out from this place: Help us to remember. That is our prayer as our attention..
Katallagete! Be reconciled! Grace then gratitude… reconciliation then justice “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and..
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