When I was a kid, reading was my hobby. Other kids played soccer or did gymnastics or participated in Scouts. While I..
As a father of a 4-year-old son and a pastor of a church, I have a particular concern and care for the..
Guest commentary by Heidi Shott The deep, enduring friendship between the people of Grace Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Virginia, and St. Philip’s..
My spouse owns a T-shirt that sparks jealousy. Procured from the New York Public Library, it asks in bold, block letters: “What..
Any experienced wedding-goer knows what to expect. After the preliminaries are over, it’s time for the preacher to inch forward. Time to..
“Pastoral carers open up space to allow people to consider the overlap between their everyday life and what they believe and experience about..
Nothing happens in this room. That is why we come. Pews have ceased to creak beneath their burden. Elders summing up..
In May of this year Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University, published “An Antiracist..
Pastor, writer, coach and Presbyterian Outlook book editor since 2009, Roy Howard possesses many gifts and shares them generously with the world. ..
I have six suggestions for summer reading. First, it should include what The New York Times calls “beach reading.” That is, in..
What does it look like when more than 1,000 Presbyterians come to a city for the biannual General Assembly? How can they..
Guest commentary by Raymond Anderson In mid-June (June 15-19, 2019) church leaders and scholars from several countries met at Princeton Theological Seminary..
I vividly recall the excitement I felt when first applying to ministry positions upon graduating from seminary. I decided that (besides Wyoming)..
Sometimes, the day-to-day complexities of working in mission around the world can be all-consuming: there’s always a crisis, pain or joy, places..
Earlier this year, my pastor, Paul Rock, preached a sermon in a series about racism called “America’s original sin.” Soon after that,..
In response to the divisiveness surrounding the 2016 elections, poet and author David Whyte posted on his blog that it was time..
SEATTLE – What does it mean to be church? For some, it’s gathering in pews in a sanctified space on Sunday mornings...
Sitting beside my daughter, a senior in high school, in a darkened theatre in Charleston, South Carolina, I heard the author of..
On a recent silent retreat at a Sisters of Charity convent, I walked the beautiful labyrinth etched on the lawn. I appreciate..
Two ice cream trucks came to our community when I was a child. The first sold Eskimo Pies, Bomb Pops and Orange..
Guest commentary by Laura Viau “So… how many churches have you served?” I can understand why I get this question. If I’d..
The following is an oral history of a successful pastoral transition at Hampton Presbyterian Church in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. You’ll hear from a..
I have found myself complaining far too often lately, so I am pausing to notice the bright spots in ministry. It is..
Guest commentary by Nicole Farley In 2017 the Presbytery of Milwaukee received a grant, which made possible new ways of attending to..
Guest commentary by Jihyun Oh Transitional ministry can happen at any time. It can happen in a 10-year pastoral call when key..
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