At age 59, Martha Hansen went under the knife. After successful heart bypass surgery, the doctors informed her that she was looking..
So it’s time to retire and you’re now looking to make good use of the nest egg you’ve built up over the..
I would like to publicly apologize. I know it is not very fashionable but I must do it. After all, wisdom sometimes..
Mark Twain commented that “You never see Presbyterians ranting, shouting and tearing up the ground. You never heard of a Presbyterian going..
"Where in the Bible does it say we’re supposed to organize new churches according to the franchise model?” The question, uttered in a presbytery meeting nearly 30 years ago, stung like a bee — as intended.
Listen in on Presbyterian conversations, and there’s a thread running through many of them having to do with something new. New worshipping..
What’s the biggest mistake someone can make when publicly reading Scripture? Mispronouncing names? No. Even seminary-trained preachers trip over those Hebrew genealogies..
There are a small handful of outstanding Christian leaders I have come to know in recent years. One of them is Dale..
When stresses weigh us down, one of the best paths of escape is to curl up with a book. If this spring book issue of the Outlook prompts you to take such a plunge, it will have accomplished a good end. If it draws you to the “Glory to God” hymnal website to read and hum through the “compact theology” contained there (see p. 11), it may even lift the weight making your shoulders droop.
Well, we’ve done it. A congregational task force I chaired for seven months has unleashed a 51-page report full of 150 or..
Late adopters are gradually shifting from calling their preachers “Minister of Word and Sacrament” to “Teaching Elder,” as guided by that shift in language in the recently revised Book of Order section of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s constitution. But before the ink dries, we really ought to reclaim another label: pastor.
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