Shortly after the last presidential election in 2012, I asked some friends if they could remember the campaign slogans for the two..
In early February, twelve young Presbyterian pastors from all over the nation gathered around a table to discuss the future of the..
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – In an era of rapid change in the ways and means of making disciples, one thing has remained constant:..
I recently read an article about pioneers and settlers in a church setting. There are those who come looking for a good,..
Lent is a season in which some Christian traditions (including many of my Presbyterian brothers and sisters) practice fasting. We "give up"..
BLOOMINGTON, IND. – On Fat Tuesday, folks from the House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver go to the bars to..
TO BE HONEST, SOMETIMES WHEN I hear the word “sin” I flinch. You’d think I’d get used to it after nearly 45..
My memories of the first time I taught a weeklong seminar at Ghost Ranch about getting from pain to hope through writing..
Ordinary Time bursts with learnings for those paying attention. When the church calendar turns from Advent/Epiphany and Lent/Easter to “Ordinary Time,” congregational..
During the coming year many congregations should be asking an important question as they engage in long term planning, “How can we..
Ever had a leader blow up at you? Ever been the one doing the blow-up? Apparently, it’s far more common than..
Whatever your church situation, you will find a vacation Bible school curriculum that will fit your need. Below are some of the..
Montreat, N.C. – Knox. Knox. Who’s there? Tutor, priest, bodyguard, rebel, Protestant minister, galley slave, exile, a leader of the Protestant..
The suggested prompt for the blog this month was, “5 Things I wished I’d learned in seminary.” One way to explore this..
Hurricanes. Typhoons. Droughts. Temperature darting up and down. Concerned about the impact of climate change, Presbyterians are asking the 2014 General..
I DON’T WATCH ANY TELEVISION series on a regular basis, but if I’m home and otherwise unengaged on a night when Tom..
Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: “He is..
I loved my seminary experience. My wife and I both studied at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena at the same time (she..
Hundreds of churches offer short term youth mission trips as a way to express one of the essentials of our faith: reaching..
Mission goes to camp. Camp goes to mission. Each statement sounds neither compelling nor poetic. But over the past 20 years, both..
I knew something fascinating was coming when my friend and co-author, Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn, sent me an e-mail saying, “Gentiles do not..
The short, saucy version is this: on November 20, 2012, an 81-year-old widow named Bette Wilson died in Birmingham, Ala. She had..
This month, we asked our bloggers to name a few things that they wish they had learned in seminary. Visit the Outlook Outpost..
When it comes to Christian camping, Presbyterian style, there’s bad news, there’s good news and there’s really good news. First, the..
When over 180,000 homes were flooded in New Orleans in 2005, open-hearted volunteers came by the tens of thousands. Among the first..
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