The follow is a list of 22 eponymous laws, principles, theories, effects – succinct social observations. “Eponymous” simply means that it was..
What exactly do pastors do all day? It’s a question I’m sure you’ve wondered about, as you slaved away at your workplace..
My confirmation class mentor was the first person to teach me the notion that Christians are called to be in the..
Guest commentary by Samuel Son For five Sundays, the new worshipping community that I serve (New Life Triangle) did a series..
The Monday before last as I was driving home from one of my church’s Bible studies, I heard a comedienne interviewed on..
Guest commentary by Sung Yeon Choimorrow This is not a piece about Standing Rock and the water protectors. This is a reflection..
I wear a charm bracelet that was given to me during a period of significant illness. Each charm reminds me of a..
Philip Wingeier-Rayo shared this with the Austin Seminary community on Election Day this week. The Outlook offers it as our Friday commentary this..
Guest commentary by Susan Phillips We give you thanks, Eternal G-d, for you nourish and sustain all living things by the gift..
Church attendance in the United States is down. The mainline church seems to have lost its significance in American culture. The Presbyterian..
Guest commentary by Robert L. Montgomery About 50 years ago I began an exploration trip into the social sciences in order to..
The church could learn a lot from Adele, and not just how to write hauntingly passionate songs. Adele was recently asked to..
Guest commentary At a General Assembly luncheon in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2006, the then executive presbyter of Shenango Presbytery, David Dawson, introduced..
Brown paper banners hung around the cavernous, stone auditorium. Names inscribed in black paint decorated the banners from ceiling to floor. Most..
There is a space between one word and another, a gap that yawns between truth and truth, between hands reached out to..
Guest commentary by Michael Isaacs In his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance tells an intertwined story of his life, the Eastern Kentucky-infused..
By Diane Knauf “Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” --Dietrich Bonhoeffer Bonhoeffer makes it clear that..
Guest Outpost blog by Samuel Son This week we asked our bloggers to share three things they would have liked to tell..
Guest Outpost blog by Christopher De La Cruz This week we asked our bloggers to share three things they would have liked..
Guest Outpost blog by Julie Raffety This week we asked our bloggers to share three things they would have liked to tell..
This week we asked our bloggers to share three things they would have liked to tell themselves before starting seminary. Here are..
This week we asked our bloggers to share three things they would have liked to tell themselves before starting seminary. Here are..
Guest commentary by Andrew Whaley “They didn’t teach us that in seminary!” How many times have pastors shared this phrase when relating..
Guest Outpost blog by Caroline Barnett The summer is over – and I’ve spent more of it driving than I care..
Guest commentary by John M. Cleghorn “My feets is tired, but my soul is rested.” Those words from Mother Pollard, who participated..
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