After tending to her sick mother, New Testament scholar Kathleen Gallagher Elkins finds that Job’s friends are more relatable than they once seemed.
In each issue of the Outlook, we include a discussion guide to further reflect on the issue. We recommend using this guide in your Bible study, small group or book club. It's our invitation into a faithful conversation.
During an interfaith gathering, Ashley Brown was introduced to sabbath in a new way.
"Other traditions can reteach Christians what we have forgotten," writes John Thatamanil.
Nature melts away our differences, writes Aaron Neff. We are all in need of this type of healing.
In a world with seemingly unlimited books on church decline and innovation, what are pastors to do?
"O Lord, if you were to head upstairs, beware the Lego landmines on the carpet ... "
"As rural people and leaders, we have both an opportunity and an obligation to both witness and testify to Jesus’ inclusive ministry," writes Phillip Blackburn.
When wonder awakens, so does a connection to the most intimate ways in which we identify ourselves, our relationship to one another and with the Divine.
Rose Schrott Taylor tours the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, the day she learns about the death of Tyre Nichols. As a result, she reflects on the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, the stories we tell ourselves, and repeating patterns.
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