Guest commentary by Donald McCall It happened on a Sunday Morning. I was sitting in our usual pew in church next to..
Guest commentary by Clay Allard When I was growing up in Washington, D.C., in the early 1970s, I watched my father..
Guest Outpost blog by Alex Becker I used to be a runner. Back in elementary school, my parents thought it would be..
Guest commentary by Wayne Sankarlal Much of the work that I do relates to small- and medium-sized churches. You know, the ones..
I was riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a very rutted, dusty dirt road between Anse a Galets, a..
Her name was Grace. She was homebound when I started at my church. Actually she hadn’t been out of her house..
My husband and I are currently participating in Dave Ramsey’s curriculum, “Financial Peace University.” Ramsey urges participants to carry cash for regular purchases..
Guest commentary by Edward Bowen I may not support the same presidential candidate as you do, but please don’t hate me. Perhaps..
At the 2014 General Assembly, the question of whether the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) should allow its ministers to perform same-sex marriages was..
This week we asked our bloggers to reflect on criticism they have received. Occasionally, someone leaving the church wants to let the..
This week we asked our bloggers to reflect on criticism they have received. I’ll admit that I have a love for personality..
Guest commentary by Sherard Edington My cousin Matthew no longer goes to church. This is surprising given that by every measure Matthew..
I am a person who cringes at the “E-word,” but not for the reasons you might think. I cringe when I hear..
Guest commentary by Kristin Willett The manual to life, a guidebook, a moral compass, a set of rules, our faith history... the..
I drive by church signs all the time touting “All Are Welcome Here” and “God Loves Us All,” and I love..
Guest commentary by Beth Brown (Click here to read a different perspective on this overture.) When I first heard about and..
As the associate pastor of spiritual formation in the congregation I serve, I consistently encourage congregants to practice rhythms (e.g. spiritual practices)..
Guest commentary by Barbara Wheeler. (Click here to read a different perspective on this overture.) In 2011, a majority of presbyteries voted..
Last month I went with a delegation from my presbytery to Lebanon, at the invitation of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria..
Guest commentary by Matthew Skolnik In my living room sat a young Israeli man and his soon-to-be wife. Shay sat on a..
Guest commentary by Noha Khoury We must know who we are before we can know where we want to go as a..
At the end of February, I attended the Kenya Mission Network meeting, a gathering of U.S. Presbyterians representing churches and presbyteries that..
“He steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem” They went up to Zion in joy with an ancient song on their..
Guest commentary by David Evans Last year during Lent, the pastors at University Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, preached on the lectionary psalms..
Guest Outpost blog by Andy Kort I work at a church that likes to plan way ahead. I know this is not..
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