Writing for the Ear, Preaching from the Heart

Donna Giver-Johnston Fortress Press, 136 pages Published: August 10, 2021 In a small town in South Georgia, the pastor told his Sunday..

Religion News Service

Opinion: Is a Great Resignation brewing for pastors?

(RNS) — Are nearly 40% of clergy really about to leave the ministry? It’s a question that has come up regularly in..

Religion News Service

How Putin’s invasion became a holy war for Russia

(RNS) — Two days before he launched a bloody invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin sat alone in front of a..

Religion News Service

Revolution with ease: Six books by Black women on justice

(RNS) — Black women have always been in the vanguard of the struggle for Black freedom. Yet on the topic of racial..

Presbyterian News Service

Nineteen worshiping communities receive Mission Program Grants

(PNS) — In its first grant cycle of 2022, on behalf of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, the Mission Development Resources Committee awarded..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance’s Rev. Edwin González-Castillo speaks of the spike of refugees in Latin America

(PNS) — While the misery and devastation millions of Ukrainians are facing currently dominate the headlines, broadcasts and many podcasts, the Rev...

Book Reviews

Flashes of Grace

Patrick Henry William B. Eerdmans, 318 pages Patrick Henry’s Flashes of Grace: 33 Encounters with God is something between a memoir and..

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..

Insights columns

Retelling stories

I read voraciously when I visited the Alamo a few months ago. History has never been my interest, despite marrying a historian...

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) climate justice webinar to feature women leaders

(PNS) — Women with a heart for protecting the environment will be featured in a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) webinar that takes place..

Presbyterian News Service

While supporting Ukraine, don’t forget other conflicts

(PNS) — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW) says the United States and its allies are right in their..

Family Faith Formation

4th Sunday of Lent — Family faith formation for March 27, 2022

NOTE: During the season of Lent you may want to have the following items available for your gathering space: a candle and..

Weekly Liturgy

Order of worship — March 27, 2022

You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation. It is free for..

Looking into the lectionary

4th Sunday of Lent — March 27, 2022

Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Lent 4C Do you know where the “far country” is? I serve a city church. Almost every morning, I..

Christian Ed for Children

Love without judgment — Weekly Christian ed lesson

The fourth question of Belonging to God: A First Catechism Children’s Version reads, “Don’t you have to be good for God to..

Outlook Reporting

Presbyterian College president surprises high school senior with a full-tuition scholarship

Sarah Grace Stanley didn’t know why Matt vandenBerg, president of Presbyterian College (PC) in Clinton, South Carolina, was joining worship at her..

Presbyterian News Service

Frontera de Cristo remembers migrant shot and killed by border agent

(PNS) — On Feb. 19 in a remote, mountainous area of the desert 30 miles northeast of Douglas, Arizona, 31-year-old Carmelo Cruz..

Presbyterian News Service

New Disability Inclusion Toolkit helps churches to welcome

(PNS) — A new Disability Inclusion Toolkit from the Office of Christian Formation will help Presbyterians continue along the path of congregational inclusivity...

Insights columns

Global and local mission in the PC(USA)

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This Martin Luther King Jr. quote reminds us that the church must match their..

Tech Watch

Tech watch: Canva

The gift of good design is that you don’t have to think about it — you see a graphic and you understand..

Voices

Where have all the sunflowers gone?

There were to be weddings. There were to be bouquets of dazzling sunflowers. More golden flowers were to be woven into the..

Outlook Reporting

Presbyterians discuss aftershocks to Stated Clerk’s Israel comments, possibilities for 2024 General Assembly

The aftershocks continue from a controversial statement that J. Herbert Nelson, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), made earlier this year..