by Brandon Frick A while back, I was teaching a course on the Theological Declaration of Barmen. What began as an initially..
Several years ago, half quixotically and half courageously, I temporarily left full-time ministry to pursue a Ph.D. in systematic theology. Like many..
by Bill dePrater One morning my wife and I received a phone call from Katherine, our youngest daughter. “Dad, I am..
By Nina Simone With fall in full swing, Advent will soon be upon us. Busy as December is, Advent invites people into..
by Chris Keating As a resident assistant at Missouri State University, Jay Collier knows his job includes unlocking doors, calming nerves..
by Tracy Howe Wispelwey In 2012 I took a pilgrimage to Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of protests over the shooting death..
by Gini Norris-Lane On a Monday night in November 2015, dancers were swirling around the area outside the main Schreiner University student..
Editor’s note: This year, the Presbyterian Outlook partnered with the Presbyterian Writers Guild in a short story contest called, “An experiment..
My memory is not what it used to be. I try not to panic about all the memorable moments that apparently weren’t..
Outlook associate editor Jana Blazek wrote this blog post this week on the second day of a three-day new pastors retreat convened by the..
by Greg Stovell Throughout the years, my favorite and most honest prayer has been: Are you kidding me? I grew up..
Hunter Farrell, who has served as director of World Mission for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) since 2007, has announced that he is..
by Lori Archer Raible and George C. Anderson As a newly ordained minister, Lori Archer Raible participated in the Trent Symposium,..
Dear first-year seminarian, By now you have unpacked the boxes in your campus apartment, logged your first hundred commuter miles or perused..
As I began to put together this issue of the Outlook dedicated to the relationship between faith and public service, I asked..
In the midst of a rancorous election season, public service as a calling of faith sounds like a contradiction of terms..
by James K.A. Smith Let’s be honest: This is a difficult year to talk about faith and politics. The fragmentation of our..
by David B. Cozad With competing claims heating up in the presidential election, it’s time to steel ourselves not just for conflict..
by Sallie Watson Almost 200 years ago, a trail was charted between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Independence, Missouri, that would..
by Ken Evers-Hood It started with four quarters. Every Friday night when I was a boy growing up in the 80s, I would..
by Dan Hotchkiss A famous sign on Harry Truman’s desk declared: The buck stops here. “The president — whoever he is,” Truman explained,..
by Laura Jervis, Dave Mammen and Nancy Muirhead An estimated 5 million Syrians have fled their country since civil war erupted over..
by Laurie Kraus (with Susan Krehbiel and Teresa Waggener) The world is the midst of the greatest refugee crisis since World War..
Story and photos by Derek Macleod None is too many “None is too many.” That was the chilling (though, in the 1930s,..
Recognizing that some people of faith want to learn more about racism, white privilege and systemic injustice, some Presbyterians and others..
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