The Outlook staff shares the books we’re giving for Christmas
Here are some of our favorite books that we read in 2022.
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Podcast review: “The Rest is History”
"[Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland] cover history as two excited historians eager to welcome others into a particular historical time or event to better understand the people, places and ideas affected — alongside what was destroyed or created."
Celebrating 150 years of Uniform Lessons
Tammy Wiens recounts the history and importance of the diversely ecumenical Uniform Lesson Series.
Just in time for Advent: Presbyterian pastor and hymn writer publishes ‘God’s World is Changing: New Hymns for Advent and Christmas’
The latest collection from the Rev. Carolyn Winfrey Gillette offers up new lyrics for Advent and Christmas hymns, exploring issues including racism, immigration and poverty.
Live in the power of the Holy Spirit and be mindful of the blessings
J. Herbert Nelson offers words of thanksgiving.
The PC(USA)’s Office of Theology and Worship launches Gospel of Matthew resources ahead of the new liturgical year
The good news according to Matthew’s gospel comes through podcast, webinars, Facebook posts and print resources.
Dr. Delores S. Williams is remembered and reimagined
Friends and colleagues mourn the loss and contemplate the legacy of the womanist scholar, who died Thursday at age 88.
Language is a bridge, not a barrier
For Kathryn Ophardt, learning the nuances of Spanish opened her to an exploration of self, God and her relationships with those around her.
Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration
Amy Pagliarella reviews the latest book by Karen González.
A once-dying church hopes to reinvent itself with coffee and kindness
Embrace Church had two years left to live. Rather than wait for the end, the church sold its building, reinvented itself and invested in a local coffee house.
Planting seeds
As the church he pastors approaches its bicentennial, Felipe N. Martínez thinks about ways to remember the past while focusing on the future.
Ten liberation theologians you should know: Women doing theology in Abya Yala
Yenny Delgado provides context for further exploration of ten Indigenous and Native female theologians in Abya Yala – the lands of the Western Hemisphere.
Reading the Bible as a translated text
How does our understanding of the Bible change when we view it as a product of translation?
Appointments made to Commission to Unify Office of the General Assembly and Presbyterian Mission Agency
Co-Moderators of the 225th General Assembly also name Funding Model Development Team.
Stated Clerk speaks out on weekend shooting at LGBTQ nightclub
J. Herbert Nelson reiterates call for regulated gun industry.
PC(USA) leaders continue their work dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery
‘Everyday God-talk’ episodes on the repudiated doctrine will continue into 2023.
Presbyterian Hunger Program webinar offers advice on grassroots organizing
‘People power’ can create positive change in communities.
Order of worship — November 27, 2022
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
First Sunday of Advent — November 27, 2022
Barbara A. Chaapel examines this week's apocalyptic Gospel text, exploring how the call to watch and wait is related to the call to act.
The first Sunday in Advent — Weekly Christian ed lesson
In this lesson, children will refocus their Christmas excitement on the hope contained within the promise of Jesus’ arrival. They’ll explore God’s message of hope for the future in Isaiah 2 and will consider what hope looks like in today’s world.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and others mourn sudden loss of colleague
Regional Project Manager Sheku Sillah ‘cared about people.’
Massive transition and transformative work lie ahead for the church
The Stated Clerk delivers a sermon on the need for change.
A Thanksgiving meal prayer — Remembering our history, praying for peace
Hunter Steinitz offers a prayer for the Thanksgiving table that remembers our history as Americans and calls on God as the giver of life, justice and peace.
Discerning Welcome: A Reformed Faith Approach to Refugees
"At a time of almost unprecedented of people – from Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Syria to name only the most recent cases – Ellen Clark Clemot's book will be an increasingly valuable resources to educate all Christians in how to practice a loving ethic of witness and welcome."
Song of ascent
Andrew Taylor-Troutman remembers a friend who passed away, who taught him the connection between a song of ascent and Psalm 23.
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