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..
In this season of gratitude and anxious waiting, I will be giving thanks for the gift of doubt. After all, it’s what..
I am tired of waiting for Jesus. The wrangling of a national election that had the tenor of a raunchy reality show,..
My confirmation class mentor was the first person to teach me the notion that Christians are called to be in the..
SHE DOES NOT SEEM to have stepped out of her place. “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left..
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..
by Brandon Frick A while back, I was teaching a course on the Theological Declaration of Barmen. What began as an initially..
Several years ago, half quixotically and half courageously, I temporarily left full-time ministry to pursue a Ph.D. in systematic theology. Like many..
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..
In the wake of the election, a Scripture passage has been coming to my consciousness over and over. It is from the..
by Bill dePrater One morning my wife and I received a phone call from Katherine, our youngest daughter. “Dad, I am..
By Nina Simone With fall in full swing, Advent will soon be upon us. Busy as December is, Advent invites people into..
Guest commentary by Susan Phillips We give you thanks, Eternal G-d, for you nourish and sustain all living things by the gift..
Professor Amy Pauw, from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, wrote a piece recently on Ephesians 2:11-22 in which she made this observation: “An..
Church attendance in the United States is down. The mainline church seems to have lost its significance in American culture. The Presbyterian..
The only way I ever walked into a hospital room to visit the sick, or a home to meet with a bereaved..
Presbyterians, as Reformed Christians, are always on the lookout for resources that enlarge our knowledge of Christianity. Our learnings strengthen our..
Guest commentary by Robert L. Montgomery About 50 years ago I began an exploration trip into the social sciences in order to..
by Chris Keating As a resident assistant at Missouri State University, Jay Collier knows his job includes unlocking doors, calming nerves..
The church could learn a lot from Adele, and not just how to write hauntingly passionate songs. Adele was recently asked to..
by Tracy Howe Wispelwey In 2012 I took a pilgrimage to Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of protests over the shooting death..
by Gini Norris-Lane On a Monday night in November 2015, dancers were swirling around the area outside the main Schreiner University student..
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