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Why students at a Kentucky Christian school are praying and singing round the clock
Students have packed the chapel and overflow spaces at Asbury University for nearly a week, holding round-the-clock prayer and worship.
The ‘real’ St. Valentine was no patron of love
Valentine’s Day originated as a liturgical feast to celebrate the decapitation of a third-century Christian martyr, or perhaps two. So, how did we get from beheading to betrothing on Valentine’s Day?
Tyre Nichols died by a system that protects me and my White life
Editor Teri McDowell Ott reckons with the role White women have played in America’s violent, racist history. She invites Outlook readers, specifically White readers, to own their fear, face hard truths and act in solidarity for the liberation of all God's people.
Traveling grace
Karie Charlton offers some advice for those planning a pilgrimage, including words of wisdom from her uncle, a Jesuit brother.
A pilgrimage prayer: Before setting out
Heather Prince Doss, a Presbyterian pastor who also leads pilgrimages, offers a prayer to use before beginning your intentional trip — whether it is to your mailbox or around the world.
Forgiveness Sunday — Weekly Christian ed lesson
In this lesson for the first Sunday in Lent, children will explore Jesus’ call to forgive one another as God forgives us, considering how they might practice forgiveness and reconciliation in their lives.
Order of worship — February 26, 2023
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
First Sunday of Lent — February 26, 2023
Can we find freedom this Lent?
Poll: A third of Americans are Christian nationalists and most are white evangelicals
A new PRRI survey finds that 10% of Americans are avowed Christian nationalists and an additional 19% are sympathetic to its ideals. Among white evangelicals, nearly two-thirds are Christian nationalists or sympathizers.
The Life We’re Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World
Human beings' desire for recognition goes deep and technology can get in the way.
Longing for the homeland
Can the church live into its call to be a family?
A prayer responding to the Turkey-Syria earthquake
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Democrats pass resolution condemning ‘white religious nationalism’
‘Theocracy is incompatible with democracy and religious freedom in a pluralistic society,’ the resolution read in part.
Writing as a spiritual pilgrimage
We are programmed to look for the big moments, the big trips, the holy places, but God can meet us anywhere if we slow down and pay attention.
Do away with blind readers for PC(USA) ordination exams
Looking at the Book of Order, Paul Hooker argues that the PC(USA) over-emphasizes written ordination exams. His solution? Localize and personalize the grading.
“Earth, do not cover my blood” — Finding a way to Ukraine
Reporter Gregg Brekke journeys to Ukraine via Poland, visits with a Ukrainian refugee and walks the grounds of a former Nazi extermination camp.
Why the ‘He Gets Us’ Super Bowl ads make Jews nervous
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman offers his opinion. Whatever happened to #Pluralism, he asks?
New Tim Keller Center for Apologetics hopes to help churches reach a changing country
Named for the popular author and retired pastor, the new center hopes to help churches deal with a ‘post-Christendom’ America.
Forgiveness: An Alternative Account
"In Forgiveness, Episcopal priest and Harvard Divinity School professor Matthew Potts shows that a theology of demanding forgiveness (and even reconciliation) with wrongdoers can spiritually harm those who’ve been wronged."
Podcast review: “TheoTech”
"The TheoTech podcast offers a glimpse of what a Pentecost-inspired church can look like, and how technology is helping to make that happen."
Super Bowl quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes both playing for Christ
This year’s Super Bowl matchup promises to be one for the ages. It not only features two of the league’s best quarterbacks but also two men not shy about their faith and what they see as essential to succeed in the NFL.
Church of England submits blessings for same-sex couples to fierce debate in Synod
The bishops have displeased both conservatives and progressives in the church with a proposal to bless civil unions between same-sex partners.
Breaking down the binary between belief and action
To what extent are our ethics, our life in the public square and our personal lives shaped by our theological convictions? Chris Currie, Erin Kesterson Bowers and David Fergusson discuss.
Aging
A poem by J. Barrie Shepherd.
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