Outlook Reporting The ongoing fight for freedom: General Assembly touches on Juneteenth and cash bail
Outlook Features Theology, democracy and community organizing In 1972, I was 12 years old on a bus headed to Wooddale Junior High School in Memphis, Tennessee. The year before,..
Outlook Features A prayerful pause: when community organizing is frustrating The screams of hate against refugees, undocumented peoples, and children fuel a fire within me, I embrace the fire and release the..
Outlook Features The Spirit at work Several years ago, at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, I attended a Styberg Library lecture by Stephen Ray Jr. that..
Outlook Features 40 community organizing actions you can practice during Lent Pray for the community each day. Identify community leaders with power and influence. Have a relational meeting with at least three..
Outlook Features Making mission matter: Four steps to strengthen your mission committee Years ago, I visited a church whose pastor proudly explained that their congregation was involved in 17 mission activities and programs. There..
Outlook Features The antidote to shame and pride when participating in God’s mission My six-year-old daughter just spent an hour explaining, in painful detail, the plot and characters of the animated show “Avatar,” originally on..
Outlook Features The four “R’s” of partnership: What we can learn from our community partners “We are only a healthy community if we’re taking care of everybody.” — Edgar Villanueva, Decolonizing Wealth As the coordinator of the..
Outlook Features Five hidden superpowers of congregational mission leaders The two-fold crisis we face U.S. Christians have a worldwide reputation for generosity when compared with other groups in this country and..
Outlook Features Holy Communion in a time of COVID-19: How PC(USA) elders are being trained to serve increasingly small, virtual congregations One of the lessons the COVID-19 pandemic has taught churches is this: For many Presbyterians, receiving communion is a powerful, precious part..
Outlook Features Seeking shelter As I seek shelter from the storm and run from the meadow of familiarity to the dark forest of confusion, where shall..