Adoption is the act of taking a child born to another woman and claiming that child as family. It is an act,..
Guest Outpost blog by Jordan B. Davis My mom was a director of Christian education for 15 years, covering the duration of..
This year, Ash Wednesday was spent in the hospital talking with doctors and undergoing tests. Neither my wife nor I were ill..
Guest commentary by Lynne Clements Sleepless nights, temper tantrums, meal-time struggles, day care crises, bathroom messes, doctor’s appointments and loads of laundry...
Before my daughter arrived at toddler-hood, I read a lot about healthy toddler interactions. I read how to talk about sharing. (One..
There is good news to report! The majority of ministers ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in the last decade were in..
As I’ve grown into adulthood, I’ve continued to carry my love of games from my earliest childhood. There’s something about play that..
Generations disagree about almost everything — from music to hair to food to the ideal places to live. I wonder if any..
Repeatedly, in a multitude of settings, I hear complaints about people in leadership positions: the executive director, the principal, the president, the..
While there is an emerging spirit of collaboration on the need for an urgent response to climate change, Presbyterians still disagree on..
Guest commentary by Kathy Dale McNair Good mental health is important. But what does faith have to do with it? A lot...
In a previous Outlook article, I noted several key points about Murray Bowen’s family systems theory: It’s based on cellular biology, not..
Guest Outpost blog by Jordan B. Davis I remember it so clearly: standing at the table I once slept under during a..
The only big theme in this year’s constitutional overtures appears to be the broad spread of topics and proposed remedies. In the..
Predestination is a widely misunderstood term tossed around and utilized in odd ways today. So I thought I might offer to you some..
The church speaks in tongues. I know you immediately think of what’s known as glossolalia, the strange utterance of an unknown language..
“Do you know Jesus’ real name?” This was the first question my fellow traveler from Dallas to Columbus asked me on our..
Every committee has at least one of them. We know who they are. They say “no” to everything. They are the..
Blood runs in the streets. Where shall we place the blame when blood is blood, and death is death? We descend into..
Several months after my congregation, Second Church of Kansas City, Missouri, called Paul Rock as pastor/head of staff in 2010, he asked..
Of the several factors that go into church program planning, four need to be abandoned right away. We’ve always done this. We..
TWO YEARS AGO, I had the privilege to serve as a commissioner for the 222nd General Assembly. Though feeling inadequate to make..
Jesus tells his followers that, contrary to what they have heard in the past, they are to love their enemies and even..
Can Jesus teleport? A child asked this at the last church I served. And the response from a nearby pastor was: “Yes. ..
"Mothers, I think, are very much like the Christian image for God," writes Sam Codington.
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