12th Sunday after Pentecost — August 15, 2021
A Looking into the Lectionary reflection by Whitney Wilkinson Arreche.
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Communion — Family faith formation @ home: August 15, 2021
Welcome Invite various persons to bring a designated item and use this liturgy to begin your time of learning together. One:..
Means of Grace: A Year of Weekly Devotions
Fleming Rutledge, edited by Laura Bardolph Hubers Eerdmans, 279 pages Reviewed by Emily Berman D’Andrea As a pastor, I am always looking..
Poetry and the spiritual life
“Language is a living thing, and when it dies, it leaves bones.” Maria Dahvana Headley writes this line in the introduction to..
On the toilet at 4 a.m.
I nurse my newborn son and run the shower. His breath knocks against the night air, nose clogged by a cold. I..
Infrastructure bill includes energy efficiency grants for houses of worship
(RNS) — Buried on Page 1,729 of the trillion-dollar infrastructure bill approved by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday (Aug. 10) in a..
The bread and the cup — Christian ed at home
In this lesson, your children will reflect on the Lord’s Supper through Jesus’ words in John 6. Begin the time with..
Board of Pensions supports leadership for future of the church
The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has enabled over 100 new calls in three years. It has done so..
Chaplain provides friendly face, spiritual and mental support to Olympians amid unusual Games
(RNS) — The Tokyo Olympics are Stuart Weir’s fourth Games. No, he’s not running any races or seeking to earn more medals..
A prayer for the start of the school year
Merciful God, We are grateful for the resilience, innovation and determination our students, teachers, school staff, parents and administrators demonstrated and developed..
The delta variant and planning for what’s next
I think it was about this time last year that I confessed here on the Presbyterian Outlook blog that I didn’t have..
The Rev. Dr. Donald W. Shriver Jr., president emeritus of Union Theological Seminary, dies at 93
(PNS) The Rev. Dr. Donald W. Shriver Jr., acclaimed ethicist and president emeritus of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New..
Order of worship — August 15, 2021
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation. It is free for..
We carry ourselves wherever we go: Post-quarantine wisdom from the Desert Mothers
Quarantine is a period of social isolation to help arrest the spread of disease. Turns out, it is also apparently the time..
The Post-Quarantine Church: Six Urgent Challenges and Opportunities That Will Determine the Future of Your Congregation
Thom S. Rainer Tyndale Momemtum, 128 pages One of my favorite TV shows is “Friends.” In one episode, the character Ross buys..
“Try to be as much like Jesus as we can” — Presbyterians discern a vision for the church
A church that centers those on the margins. A church that is willing to challenge structures of inequity — to not just..
Presbyterian Women elects new leadership
(PNS) Thursday’s second day of Presbyterian Women’s first-ever online triennial meeting saw goodbyes to the board leadership team and hellos to brand-new..
Labyrinth
Guest commentary by Matt Matthews “To be quiet, even wordless, in a good place is a better gift than poetry.” —Wendell..
August 8, 2021 — 11th Sunday after Pentecost
A Looking into the Lectionary reflection by Whitney Wilkinson Arreche.
Amid hesitation in African Anglican provinces, Kenya appoints first two women bishops
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — In a predominantly Anglican region of western Kenya, a long-serving female priest has been elected an Anglican bishop,..
Video: Learning to pastor in a pandemic
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Bread of life — Family faith formation @ home: August 8
Welcome Invite various persons to bring a designated item and use this liturgy to begin your time of learning together. One:..
Delivered Out of Empire: Pivotal Moments in the Book of Exodus, Part 1
Walter Brueggemann Westminster John Knox Press, 114 pages Reviewed by Mark Peake When you’re given the task of reviewing Walter Brueggemann, what..
Waiting and hoping — Christian ed at home
In this lesson, your children will explore the ways in which God’s unwavering love fill us with hope, even when we..
Making way for a new creation: Adaptive leadership, Jesus and the Canaanite woman show us the way
Remember those Zoom meetings early in the pandemic when “you’re on mute” became our communal refrain? At the start of the COVID-19..
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