For well over a year, the Synod of the Southwest (with presbyteries in Arizona and New Mexico) has been seeking ways..
When I ask myself, “Where has God been at work in my life,” I tend to think about individual experiences..
by Fernando Rodríguez I was the youngest of four in my house and am at least 10 years younger than all three..
Guest commentary by Shawn Hyska “If you can see yourself doing something else and being happy at it, you should not enter..
“Maria” and “Ernesto,” along with their two children, migrated to the United States from Mexico in the early 2000s. They made..
Amidst all that surrounds New Year’s resolutions – hope, turning over a new leaf and unbridled optimism – there is a lot..
Let’s start with fact that ignorance is unavoidable. Like sin, we can never escape the reality of our finitude. There will always..
Several of my colleagues attended a conference where the overarching theme was something like, “Make Sunday Matter on Monday.” The claim was..
As I write these words on the second Sunday of Advent, 2016 (that annus horribilis) is winding down, and I’m thinking about..
Sunday morning is a non-starter for most young singles and young families. So how about Wednesday evening? I asked my 36-year-old..
Guest commentary by Michael Parker As our 45th president is about to be inaugurated, following the most contentious and ill-mannered presidential election..
Guest Outpost blog by Andrew Davis I once thought that spiritual practices were supposed to be either word based or “embodied,” but somehow..
One of my most memorable stewardship ministry meetings came about because of what was said at the beginning of the meeting. For..
The church’s growing interest in a return to spiritual practices is a revitalization of the inward, focused disciplines that provide preparation and..
by Rocky Supinger It has been almost 40 years since the Quaker author Richard Foster published “Celebration of Discipline,” the much-heralded manual..
by Julie Coffman Hester It’s Saturday at the church, the day before our annual Advent workshop for families. I make copies of..
My 1-year old daughter is finally starting to enjoy it when we read a story together. Or maybe it’s actually me..
With a new year comes new commitments – or at least the hope of a fresh start. For some, that means a..
Guest commentary by Proctor Chambless Having served in small churches and on Committees on Ministry in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for a..
We are always searching for answers about the meaning and purpose of our lives, and we seek to express those answers in..
This fall I took a 2-week trip to Lebanon and Syria. One fact I learned on that trip is that a congregation..
Forget New Year’s resolutions, how about a commitment to renewed spiritual practices? Or, dare I say, disciplines? I know, I know… the..
Editor’s note: Three articles represent three perspectives on communities working together in the city of Baltimore. Those involved come from a wide variety..
Editor’s note: This year, the Presbyterian Outlook partnered with the Presbyterian Writers Guild in a short story contest called, “An experiment with..
Volunteers are hard at work carefully cutting out this year’s Epiphany stars, to be given out at our Epiphany worship service. Now..
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