For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a mom. Then, I learned I had a hormone condition that..
Editor's note: The Outlook received word that Rev. Abel McIver “Mac” Hart, 93, of Black Mountain, North Carolina, passed away on Wednesday,..
Lauren Winner, author and Duke Divinity professor, told participants in a writing workshop to rework our sermons as sonnets as part of..
One of my first funerals, in my first pastorate, Was for a young man barely out of high school; One blistering July..
Ever since I was little, I had an idea of who a pastor was supposed to be. I had a few examples..
Have you diluted MLK's message to be palatable? Have I? — Robert P. Jones
Bruce Gillette argues that the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVue) mistranslates John 2:13-22.
There's a group of young evangelicals leaving behind their tradition. Can progressive mainline denominations welcome them? Jon Mathieu reflects.
Now that we have been given fresh smelling empty time, and hearts broken open, weary of the battering too egregious to voice..
Upon one of the Sunday School walls, there hung a painting of John baptizing Jesus, but the River Jordan looked more like..
Ever since its inception, Reformed Protestantism – the movement that gave birth to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) – has paid attention to..
this shining moment in the now — David Budbill We call the year “new” but the ancient sun pulls the earth along..
Smiling wide, my 2-year-old son handed me his latest artwork. Swirly-twirly lines covered every inch of the paper.
I absolutely loathe when I mess up. I get in my own head and can be brutal with myself about how I..
One whiff of anise seed transports me back to childhood Christmases in a little Iowa farmhouse… Every Christmas, my late grandmother made..
Full body search, and scan unlock intimidating gates toward the so-called Welcome Center of the Federal Maximum Security Facility, in a late..
Our congregation has gotten in the habit of lighting the Advent wreath at the beginning of worship each Sunday in Advent. It’s..
Advent is the period when Christians prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The first person to do Advent preparation was Mary..
In C.S. Lewis's “The Magician’s Nephew,” Uncle Andrew is a wild-eyed bachelor with a shock of tousled grey hair who conducts experiments..
Amid sheepish shepherds, embarrassed kings, awkward angels with their bent-coat-hanger wings – my most unforgettable character is the tender-hearted lad assigned to..
Several years ago, my wife and I took a tour of Iceland. We stayed for several nights at Stykkishólmur, a seacoast..
At my first church as a pastor, the session organized an effort to reach out to inactive members of the church. Each..
An invitation to go deeper, to penetrate the hard-worn surface of our habitual this-and-that, permit entry to images, suggestions, even fears that..
What does it mean for the church to be vital? Brian Christopher Coulter thinks about this question while overviewing the PC(USA)'s “7 Marks of Vital Congregations” list.
Black Friday opened up before Halloween this year, and the customary counselors are predicting drastic shortages, delays and empty shelves. The supply..
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