"Words matter. Who gets to speak matters."
Teri McDowell Ott reflects on Shirley C. Guthrie’s quote, “There is no place – not even hell itself – where God is not present and at work with loving justice and just love.”
A few years ago, an independent, evangelical church slowly began taking over my small Illinois town. Led by a new charismatic male..
During my time in college chaplaincy, I served on Monmouth College’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Team. To equip ourselves for our..
This past October, my husband and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary with a quick two-night trip to Chicago. The trip was..
On behalf of the Outlook editorial team, Teri McDowell Ott explains a recent style change.
During my first few months as the editor of the Presbyterian Outlook, I was often asked questions that I had no idea..
My local library continues to serve me well. A few weeks ago, perusing the endcaps, I came upon Suzanne Nossel’s new book..
Ministry takes a variety of forms. Some are called to be pastors of churches, others, chaplains of colleges, hospitals, prisons or retirement..
“May God bless us with the courage to face these darker truths, so we can work side by side with our veterans to heal the wounds war leaves, striving for a world that embraces the path of peace.”
New seminary graduates serving their first calls often exclaim, “Seminary didn’t prepare me for this!” When I first entered ministry, my things-I-wasn’t-prepared-for..
This was what I was trained for in seminary and clinical pastoral education, but I was young and inexperienced and my life..
Maddie loves the water. My family met Maddie, a husky mix, on a recent camping trip to Northern Wisconsin. We were swimming..
“Do not pick up hitchhikers.” For six years I read this highway sign as I drove by the barbed-wire-topped fencing, the sniper..
Visiting my local library, I found an endcap displaying Robert Putnam’s new book, “The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago..
A few years ago, when I found myself creatively stuck, my writing coach encouraged me to visit the art gallery on the..
I couldn’t have been more excited to wake up at 3:30 a.m. to catch a 6 a.m. flight that would land me,..
I’ve been taking classical guitar lessons for a number of years, so I wasn’t surprised when my teacher recently asked me to..
A trio of fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5 – patience, kindness and goodness – are the foci of this issue,..
What will life and ministry look like in the post-pandemic church? Understandably, our conversations about this matter are often framed in terms..
After nearly a year of COVID-19 – of stay-at-home orders, quarantines, physical distancing and sheltering in place – I keep returning to..
For all of us, and perhaps especially for families with children, the past months of pandemic and political challenges have been difficult...
Spiritual direction saved my ministry! In the early 1990s, I “hit the wall” and entered a program in spiritual direction through Oasis..
The Presbyterian Outlook welcomes Jay Blossom into the role interim publisher/editor! Jay lives in Philadelphia and comes to the Outlook from the..
New Year’s resolutions come and go, but for Christians – especially Reformed Christians – the notion of covenant is our most enduring..
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