Outlook Features Reclaiming the Gospel for the NEXT leaders (An article based on a speech delivered at the second NEXT Conference, held Feb. 26 at First Presbyterian Church in Dallas.) There..
Outlook Features The teenage brain: implications for parents and caregivers Parents, ministers and other caregivers who love teenagers can sometimes wonder if Johnny or Janie have a brain in their heads. Reasonable..
Outlook Features Author says theology should play a deeper role in youth ministry What role does theology play in youth ministry? What kinds of theological and existential questions do teenagers want to explore? And how..
Outlook Features Can I Post That on Facebook? Blessings of Confirmation with a New Generation The Gospel of Mark begins … Jesus announces … … about this good news? The eleven members of First Presbyterian Church’s confirmation..
Outlook Features Those other matters coming before the GA Some Presbyterians pay no attention at all to General Assembly — “What’s that,” they ask — while others drill all the way..
Outlook Features In a world of hurt: Justice issues coming to GA While the “big news” at this year’s General Assembly is likely to concern marriage issues, the ongoing struggle in the Middle East..
Outlook Features Outlook forum on special offerings: A bold goal: $20 million by 2020 { OUTLOOK FORUM } We have a problem. Special Offerings giving is down. In 11 years, giving has slumped 25 percent. In..
Outlook Features Long-simmering divestment issue may come to a boil at 220th GA Among mainline churches, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has led the way in considering divestment as a means of defusing hostility and violence..
Outlook Features Report charts a course for the church through challenges of the 21st century The Special Committee on the Nature of the Church in the 21st Century got clobbered by reality. As its report states: »..