To be welcomed, says Mieke Vandersall, is not the same as to experience belonging.
Patrick B. Reyes’ grandmother bound the sands of his broken soul into a stained-glass windowpane of the future.
With the recent release of ChatGPT, anyone can use artificial intelligence to produce papers or sermons. What does this mean for the art of sermon writing and for the work of pastors, wonders RJ Kang?
Gwendolyn Brooks writes, “We are each other’s harvest.” To be each other’s harvest requires us to also help each other in the planting, the cultivating, the weeding and the nurturing, adds Marcella Auld Glass.
In the face of death, chaplaincy intern Ashley Brown learns the gift of bearing witness.
We invite you to prayerfully reflect on the incarnation with a piece of original artwork by Sarah Scoggin.
How do we move toward one another, asks Erin Weber-Johnson, after times of isolation and fear?
A child in cowgirl boots heralds the coming of Easter for Andrew Taylor-Troutman.
Before we hear the stories of all “they” did to Jesus, we might stop and look at ourselves this Holy Week. That is what Lent calls for, isn’t it? — John Cleghorn
When we embrace visibility and vulnerability, we can find a God-given sense of belonging in the make-up aisle, at a civil protest, and – if we allow it – in the church, writes trans woman and pastor Lucinda Isaacs.
Barbara Wood Gray on opening the gate of the heart.
Eric Barreto interviews Willie James Jennings on what it means to belong.
When Phillip Blackburn began as the director of the University of the Ozarks’ Thriving in Rural Ministry Program, he expected to serve small, dying churches. Instead, he has found livelihood and wisdom.
What does belonging feel like? Teri McDowell Ott ponders this as she introduces the April issue of Presbyterian Outlook.
Karie Charlton writes about grief, dementia. and love.
Julie Raffety confesses her appreciation for "Dateline" and what it teaches her about how to comfort those who mourn.
During his days interning as a hospital chaplain, Eric Nolin found a new understanding of life in Christ, even though it felt like death to get there.
"Everyone else was grieving, but I was busy."
“Sadness can feel sky high. Yet, the Holy One, who stretched the heavens, walks with us.”
In each issue of the Outlook, we include a discussion guide to further reflect on the issue. We recommend using this guide in your Bible study, small group or book club. It's our invitation into a faithful conversation.
Walter Canter shares two poems and a micro essay on grief and the struggle of sorting out personal pain as a pastor.
After grieving the deaths of several students, college chaplain Maggie Alsup finds that Ash Wednesday offers a release for students.
Christianity has too often been a death-denying religion. Christian theology moves quickly beyond death to a life after (or an afterlife). The funeral service is titled “Witness to the Resurrection,” avoiding even the word “death.”
Meet our 2023 summer interns: Jo Wiersema, Colin Farmer and Dana Moulds.
"We have to pay attention to get to the new life that comes after a death, but it takes work and intention to get there."
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