Outlook Features Reclaiming the Gospel for the NEXT leaders (An article based on a speech delivered at the second NEXT Conference, held Feb. 26 at First Presbyterian Church in Dallas.) There..
Outlook Features The teenage brain: implications for parents and caregivers Parents, ministers and other caregivers who love teenagers can sometimes wonder if Johnny or Janie have a brain in their heads. Reasonable..
Outlook Features Author says theology should play a deeper role in youth ministry What role does theology play in youth ministry? What kinds of theological and existential questions do teenagers want to explore? And how..
Outlook Features Can I Post That on Facebook? Blessings of Confirmation with a New Generation The Gospel of Mark begins … Jesus announces … … about this good news? The eleven members of First Presbyterian Church’s confirmation..
Voices An experimental forest teaches the church On New Year’s Eve, I went hiking with a good friend of mine at the Bent Creek Experimental Forest near Asheville, NC...
Voices Special offerings Little has appeared in the Outlook to date about the recommendations of the Special Offerings Advisory Task Force which were approved by..
Editorials Tipping point The commissioners and delegates need our prayers. They are feeling the weight of a load we are asking them to shoulder during..
Outlook Features Those other matters coming before the GA Some Presbyterians pay no attention at all to General Assembly — “What’s that,” they ask — while others drill all the way..
Outlook Features In a world of hurt: Justice issues coming to GA While the “big news” at this year’s General Assembly is likely to concern marriage issues, the ongoing struggle in the Middle East..
Outlook Features Outlook forum on special offerings: A bold goal: $20 million by 2020 { OUTLOOK FORUM } We have a problem. Special Offerings giving is down. In 11 years, giving has slumped 25 percent. In..
Voices Not Rotary club! It’s a cliche we’ve all read dozens of times, and maybe uttered with indignation — “The church is not a Rotary club!”..