Decolonizing worship

Decolonizing worship means recovering practices and traditions of the Black church that have been “changed, altered, sometimes thrown away” for hundreds of..

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) Transgender Day of Remembrance service urges connection

(PNS) — Twice during Wednesday morning’s virtual Transgender Day of Remembrance service offered by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a list of more..

Presbyterian News Service

COP26 outcomes draw mixed reactions

(PNS)— Some Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) partners who traveled to the United Nations Climate Change Conference are reacting to an agreement reached by..

Voices

Alice falling, joyful giving

The best way to explain it is to do it. — Dodo in "Alice in Wonderland" When Alice dropped down the rabbit..

Benedictory

Navigating change

Young people navigate change as part of their daily life. Relationships come and go quickly with new classes, new teams and jobs...

From the Archives

Henry Sloane Coffin (80 years ago)

80 years ago — October 29, 1941 Presbyterian minister, Henry Sloane Coffin, president of Union Theological Seminary in New York from 1926..

Outlook Offers & Happenings Home Page

Photography as a spiritual practice

Photography as a spiritual practice 60-minute webinar with Jonathan C. Watson including a presentation and a Q&A The Westminster Confession of Faith..

Book Reviews

Race in America: Christians Respond to the Crisis

David Maxwell and Laura M. Cheifetz, editors WJK Press, 172 pages At a flashpoint in the United States, during the great uprising..

Religion News Service

For Christian birdwatchers, aka ‘ornitheoligists,’ religion takes flight

(RNS) — It is early morning in the Great Smoky Mountains. Kevin Burrell is half asleep and wrapped tightly in his sleeping..

Presbyterian News Service

Office of the General Assembly provides overview of GA225 at Moderators’ Conference

(PNS) — Current and future moderators across the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) got an overview of what to expect when the denomination’s first..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) offers its first Transgender Day of Remembrance service

(PNS) — The morning of Nov. 17, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will offer its first-ever denominational worship service commemorating the Transgender Day..

Christian Ed for Children

Leading like Jesus — Weekly Christian ed lesson

The concepts of kings and queens are somewhat foreign to us. While our children have models of royalty in books and movies..

Looking into the lectionary

26th Sunday after Pentecost — Nov. 21, 2021

John 18:33-37 Ordinary 25B; Proper 28 Thanks to this week’s guest writer! John Wurster is pastor at St. Philip Presbyterian Church in..

Family Faith Formation

Christ the King — Family faith formation for November 21, 2021

Welcome Invite various persons to bring a designated item and use this liturgy as a way to begin your time of learning..

Weekly Liturgy

Order of worship — November 21, 2021

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

Voices

The article I wish I could write about climate change

For once, I would love to write an article on climate change with only good news. My article would say that all..

Presbyterian News Service

The Rev. Dr. Irvin Moxley is dead at age 87

(PNS) — The Rev. Dr. Irvin (Irv) Moxley, the second African American student to graduate from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, died on..

Outlook Reporting

Presbyterian leaders discuss alternate uses for restricted funds

A work group studying the use of restricted funds in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has determined that the definition of what is..

Presbyterian News Service

Stated Clerk issues Call to Prayer for the people of Ethiopia

Dear Friends in Christ, I urge you to join me in prayer for our siblings in Ethiopia as they face a deepening..

Presbyterian News Service

Pioneering transgender minister lets her light shine

LEXINGTON, Kentucky — The Rev. Dr. Erin Swenson finally met someone who shared her experience of being a transgender woman in the Presbyterian Church..

Book Reviews

Brave Church: Tackling Tough Topics Together

Elizabeth Hagan Upper Room Books, 144 pages Pandemic life has accelerated many conversations — we have tackled medical decisions, politics, racism, sexism..

Editorials

In honor of Veterans Day: Telling too much

“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.”