This edition of the Outlook is the final ‘regular’ issue to be published prior to the season of issues that prepare the..
Based on what I am seeing, the issue for churches going forward will be who not what. At a recent retreat, for..
Because the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. denomination is unfortunately losing member churches to other denominations, let us consider why denominations are established in..
The idea that the Son had to die so the Father would be able to forgive us has never made much sense..
MINNEAPOLIS –Imagination and hope. For the roughly 400 people who attended the NEXT Church national gathering in Minneapolis, that’s likely what they..
These weeks between the ashes and the lilies demand hardly any getting used to. The lurking guilt has ever been there, tight..
Gracious God, as we prepare to go out from this place: Help us to remember. That is our prayer as our attention..
Katallagete! Be reconciled! Grace then gratitude… reconciliation then justice “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and..
Lent is an odd time of rapid growth. It’s like the strident, awkward middle school years of the soul, except that it..
Thank God for Holy Week. To hear the common rhetoric of apostasy accusers, Jesus’ life is as endangered in today’s Presbyterian Church..
The congregation I serve is currently restructuring its session committees. After several years of a wide number of groups, faithful and focused..
My congregation affords me two weeks of paid study leave (i.e., continuing education). I decided to use a portion of this year’s..
By Julie Maclemore Wells For many years Presbyterians in the United States have been concerned about the struggles that often define life..
Yesterday I went on a pastoral visit to two of my longest tenured church members, a couple who joined the church in..
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES OF ART is a bronze sculpture in my office — the gift of a well-known sculptor in..
People of faith often use metaphors related to eyesight. We’ve seen the light. We get the gift of new eyes. We see..
After two rejections, presbytery looked inward — and found a candidate who sensed God’s call. When Ruth Santana-Grace looked across the room..
by Rocky Supinger A colloquium is a buttoned-up thing. Professors in blazers present scholarly papers to a small audience that takes hand-written..
Over 600 Christians of more than 20 nationalities traveled to the West Bank city of Bethlehem last week to participate in the..
Those five words, expressed on April 14, 1970, by moon-circling astronauts, mobilized the folks back home at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Due..
Stuck in the pages of my Bible — next to the flyleaf, crumpled amongst the Psalms, slipped in between maps of Paul’s..
Carol Howard Merritt wrote a beautiful piece a few weeks ago about the great things about being a pastor. It got me..
That neighborhood church you visited that just had too many people your grandparents’ age—I know they were overly eager to meet you...
Since many churches are constantly searching for ways to attract new members and an increasing number of Americans are claiming to be..
I got a whole new look at my neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan the other day. It was around 4 p.m...
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