In life, God gives us meaning and purpose. This continues, even in death, writes Aaron Neff.
Julie Raffety grew up without celebrating Ash Wednesday but now finds the hands-on, participatory nature of the ritual to be grounding.
“He departed from him until an opportune time.” What a strange line. We assume Luke meant the Garden of Gethsemane; But we..
Like many others, my church pivoted to virtual-only worship and programming for much of January. It was a difficult decision, but one..
Life right now is strange. We continue to work, live, and operate as the pandemic changes daily. We have tension and stressors..
Which path – giving up or taking up – will help you foster a contemplative Lent this year, asks L. Roger Owens?
Editors' note: Please see below for the Spanish language version of this article. Many thanks to Aida Haddad and Alejandra Spir Haddad..
The prompt for this month’s blog on Outlook is about gratitude, inviting us to: “Make a list of 10 things that brought..
I have been voting in every presidential and state election since I was 18. But 2020 was the year God taught me..
“What are you most grateful for today?” I ask each member of my family every night.
The pandemic gods thought they had won by thinking they could say that touching and hugging were all bad so they took..
I’ve always thought these should’ve been answered for me Until I confessed I hadn’t said anything And then left the sanctuary To..
It was my second year of seminary when I had the distinct honor of taking New Testament 1 with Frances Taylor Gench...
Congregations love to be together, as implied by the term.
I’m not sitting in my green La-Z-Boy, the chair I used to sit in to pray and write. It’s in the basement..
Gratitude is the way to go. Not only with the daily stuff – that too, of course – but at the end,..
I sometimes use a practice called the wheel of awareness, which I learned from reading Daniel J. Siegel, a clinical professor of..
I was disappointed to read Tish Harrison Warren’s New York Times editorial calling for a blanket ban upon online worship (“Why Churches..
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.
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