Atlas of the Heart

Brené Brown Random House, 336 page Published November 30, 2021 Brené Brown, the researcher whose writings on shame and vulnerability have made..

Voices

Living as people prepared to die: Maundy Thursday as a love feast

Holy Week is going to look much different this year. In many ways, it will be a more joyful celebration. My congregation..

Podcast Review

Podcast review: “The Autism Pastor”

Lamar Hardwick was 36 years old when he was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

Outlook Reporting

Setting a vision, shouting “Amen!”

Now that much of the business slated for the 2022 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been submitted, this is..

Religion News Service

For Russian priest protesting Ukraine invasion, a mixture of defiance and concern

(RNS) — The Rev. Ioann Burdin, rector of Resurrection of Christ Orthodox Church in the Russian village of Nikolskoye, offered a simple..

Religion News Service

Can a public high school coach pray publicly on the job?

(RNS) — In a couple of weeks the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of a Washington state high..

Presbyterian News Service

How your One Great Hour of Sharing gifts are used

(PNS) — As the One Great Hour of Sharing campaign for 2022 enters its home stretch, the ministries supported by this offering presented..

Editorials

Finding hope in hell

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.”

Book Reviews

After Whiteness: An Education of Belonging

Willie James Jennings Eerdmans, 175 pages Willie James Jennings offers a rigorous scholarly look at the plague of racial hegemony in theological..

Voices

More than peace: How I’m learning to pray for Ukraine

As I confessed to my congregation a few weeks ago, I have been engrossed by news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine...

Presbyterian News Service

REAC sends a ‘loving and justice-centered response’ following the Stated Clerk’s MLK Day remarks

(PNS) — The Racial Equity Advocacy Committee submits this letter as a loving and justice-oriented response to our colleagues in ministry who call..

Presbyterian News Service

Poor People’s Campaign report maps the intersections of poverty, race and COVID-19

(PNS) — The Poor People’s Campaign, co-chaired by Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor and theologian the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, took to the National..

Outlook Features

Inside, Outside, Upside Down: A hospital chaplain reflects on two years of COVID

Inside, Outside, Upside Down is the title of a children’s book written by Stan and Jan Berenstein to teach young children about..

Outlook Features

The power of talking about power: Why power and love are not exclusive

During the first few weeks of middle school, I learned to brace for a punch in the arm every morning. “Being bullied”..

Book Reviews

No Longer Strangers: Transforming Evangelism with Immigrant Communities

Edited by Eugene Cho and Samira Izadi Page Wm. B. Eerdmans, 207 pages The collaborators of No Longer Strangers proclaim a transformed..

Presbyterian News Service

The Rev. Mienda Uriarte named as World Mission’s acting director

(PNS) — The Rev. Mienda Uriarte has been named as World Mission’s acting director. She succeeds Sara Lisherness, who has served as..

Outlook Features

Community organizing as community investment

One of my spiritual practices is community organizing. I never imagined I would find God in organizing work, or that I would..

Book Reviews

God Will Be All in All: Theology Through the Lens of Incarnation

Anna Case-Winters Westminster John-Knox Press, 230 pages Anna Case-Winters offers a renewed perspective on the incarnation in her latest book, God Will..

Voices

Still, we blossom — A poem

I snapped a photo of this tree Dividing my front yard from my neighbors That day was a winter in spring’s clothing..

Insights columns

Palm Sunday as a call to non-violence

I believe the lesson of Palm Sunday is about our tendency to confuse God’s call for humility with a call to grasp for power, writes Aaron Neff.

Presbyterian News Service

A new worshiping community for people who have been hurt by the church

(PNS) — Emerge, a new worshiping community in Port Richey, Florida, officially began right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020. Co-leaders Jeremy and..