This month we asked our bloggers about how they view the role of pastor, how they understand their pastoral identity, or to..
Church musicians have been supplementing their income with other jobs for many years. I observed my musical mentors and those observations shaped..
Every single morning my first thought is: Does my head hurt? That is, if I haven’t already been awakened at 4 a.m...
It all started with a sign. One year after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, The Episcopal Church of..
This month we asked our bloggers about how they view the role of pastor, how they understand their pastoral identity, or to..
"And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations." (Revelation 22:2) “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation..
Guest commentary by Linda Kurtz I’m sure I don’t have all the right words to pay tribute to the life of..
Guest commentary by Edward J. Thompson A good few yesterdays ago I grew up amidst fathomless harbors and fantastic castles. Today I..
Robert Hedges, a Presbyterian minister who leads the Resurrection Power recovery ministry in Washington, Pennsylvania, describes the work he does as “the..
Have you ever asked Google to reveal the statistics on your community? Thinking of the upcoming census in 2020 got me curious..
Guest commentary by Merwyn S. Johnson I seek to navigate through the rocky shoals of being Presbyterian and Christian today. By all..
Our house has a resident theologian with dirty hands. Her age hasn’t even reached the double digits yet, but she attended seminary..
Unlike that brashness of the snowcapped peaks out West, the Blue Ridge Mountains are elder statemen, gently sloped and quietly easing across..
Do you remember the proverbial “pastor’s wife”? My mother and grandmother, like countless women through the years, studied alongside their husbands at..
Some time ago I read an interview with George Miller, co-writer and director of 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road.” It’s a phenomenal..
I love peanuts. I love peanut butter, chocolate-peanut-butter ice cream, peanut puffs and peanut butter cookies. My kid gets peanut butter in..
The Presbyterian Outlook covered much ground this year. We prepared advance stories on issues coming to the 223rd General Assembly, covered..
Guest commentary and photos by Sharon Kutz-Mellem Zero tolerance. Human beings seeking asylum from dangerous situations in their own countries, yet denied..
In preparation for a women’s retreat, I am reading Brother Lawrence’s “The Practice of the Presence of God.” Brother Lawrence was a..
“There is something ludicrous about a callow young fool like myself standing up to preach a sermon to these good folks.” Thus..
Shortly after graduating seminary in California, I thought perhaps I would slide into a full-time associate pastor position at a church. I..
In my first call, I was often accused of being a controversial preacher. Mind you, I never thought that about myself and..
Eastminster Presbytery’s interim general presbyter, Nancy Kahaian, had just started her service with the presbytery and was meeting with each pastor individually. ..
I was baptized as infant in a white clapboard church in the rural Canadian Rocky Mountains. The week before I received the..
Guest commentary by David Garth On July 8 this summer we drove into the heart of Dixie: south from Charlottesville, Virginia,..
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