As I write this on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, the results of Super Tuesday are in the books. Trump won – maybe..
I just finished a wonderful few days with colleagues and fellow Presbyterians at the Next Church Conference in Atlanta. The theme of..
Presbyterians love Lent. I have the data to prove it. With thousands of visitors each year, the webpages for the season..
I just reread Frederick Buechner's novella, “The Christmas Tide,” a story inspired by the suicide of his father when Buechner was 10..
Who cares, really, about Holy Week? Not many of my kids’ friends. Most of my children’s closest friends have no faith affiliation..
by Paul Roberts As I write this, the annual birthday commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. is just around the corner. In..
“After Jesus had said this; he departed and hid from them.” John 12:36b
Guest commentary by Baron Mullis Where will the church be in 10 years? I’ve never been good at prognostication, but I do..
by Patricia K. Tull According to Exodus, God freed the Israelites from Egypt, a land where they had been forced to build..
Guest commentary by Chip Hardwick and Gerard Beenen Why negotiation? Picture this: You’re chairing a pastoral search and aren’t sure how to..
Guest commentary by Beth Brown For as long as I can remember, I have been afraid of the night. When my spiritual..
Lent has just begun, but I’m already looking ahead to Holy Week. I like to plan things well in advance. While re-reading..
by Jodi Craiglow It’s that time of year again. It seems like we just put away the purple vestments — and now..
Guest commentary by Don Meeks Editor’s note: This piece is written in response to a recent guest commentary column by Steve Wilkins...
IT WAS CLEAR TO ME FROM DAY ONE in the little Pentecostal church of my youth that pride goeth before a..
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — Buckminster..
A few years back a friend announced, “For Lent this year, I’m giving up.” I waited for him to finish the sentence,..
Should we include the treasurer’s report in the e-letter?” a church secretary asked me. We were working on a switch from..
Guest commentary by Michael Parker I flew in to Casablanca, Morocco, and then took a two-and-a-half-hour trip in a minivan to the..
Tony De La Rosa started work as the interim executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency in December 2015. Outlook reporter Leslie..
by Scott Parker Hadara means “good culture;” it refers to something that’s a positive influence on the community. Education, for example, is..
The Christian presence in the Middle East is both historic and declining. Here are some insights into what’s happening from researchers at..
Guest commentary by Philip Wingeier-Rayo I would like to congratulate the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos for making it to the..
RECENTLY, IN THE CHURCH I ATTEND here in Austin — on, ironically, the feast day of Christ the King — there was..
The 20th century was called “The Christian Century” fueled by the optimism, hopes and global vision of the 19th century ecumenical and..
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