For two thousand years, the church has done a relatively good job of comforting bereaved people. Through ritual leadership, pastoral care, laments..
A few years ago, in the midst of the war in Syria, some 50 pastors from across the Middle East made their..
This issue is the fourth in a series of four exploring basic theological questions in ways designed to engender further discussion in..
What do we have to do with each other? This question may not be as simple as it seems. What do..
Never read the comments There is an adage in the social media lexicon: Never read the comments. Media outlets frequently curate their..
This issue is the third in a series of four exploring basic theological questions in ways designed to engender further discussion in..
While I was leading a church-sponsored trip, the father of a parishioner told me a family story. His two daughters had left..
Once upon a time, a professor of theology heeded the lasting wisdom of H. Richard Niebuhr. “Today,” he observed way back..
Who is God, really? Who are we, honestly? And what does God have to do with us? I realize our attention should..
Emmanuel The best way to determine what God has to do with us is to listen to God’s own testimony in Scripture...
This issue is the second in a series of four exploring basic theological questions in ways designed to engender further discussion in..
I recently conducted an informal Facebook poll asking who in the Bible really seemed to “fit the part” of a messenger of..
In 2015, Brock Turner was convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault. Two international students from Sweden caught him in the..
Usher sang “Amazing Grace” at the emotional Los Angeles Lakers game on January 31, 2020 — the first game following Kobe Bryant’s..
A basic theological question is this: Who is God, really? This issue of the Outlook is devoted to answering this very question...
Singing of where and who God is, Rabindranath Tagore, a Hindu philosopher and a Nobel laureate for literature, passionately insisted, “God..
What God looks like In his TED Talk, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” Sir Ken Robinson tells the story of a little girl..
A wondrous mystery One of my favorite theological quotes comes from Saint Augustine who insists that “if we have understood, what we..
As a young organist myself, I feel the responsibility of connecting younger generations to this awe-inspiring instrument. My professor at Mississippi College,..
Much of my earliest faith formation came from singing in children’s choirs. Before learning the words and music of our anthems, we..
First things first: You can sing. You are sound. You are song. You are meant to sing with others. Others are hungry..
In preparing for Advent, a colleague shared a quote from theologian Thomas Merton that was included in a collection of devotionals, “A..
David Lee Jones offers family systems theory for church leaders.
Ken Green read the room of the pastor and congregational leaders gathered before him, and noted the elder sitting off to..
When Beth Undercuffler’s phone rang on a wintry morning in 2018, she knew the call likely had to do with the blizzard..
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