Outlook Reporting

Finance and COVID-19: PC(USA) A Corp Board discusses per capita and coronavirus implications for church mission

The plan for now is this: The 2020 General Assembly will be asked to approve a General Assembly per capita rate for..

Editorials

Holy Ghost glitter

As a kid, I liked glitter. A lot. I still find myself drawn to anything that sparkles. My mother called me a..

Voices

Passing Things

A generation goes, a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. Ecclesiastes 1:4 The sun rises against its will would choose the..

Weekly Liturgy

Order of service — 2nd Sunday of Easter (April 19, 2020)

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

Voices

Praying through a pandemic

Last week I posted a picture of the inside of my refrigerator on the internet for all the world to see. This..

Outlook Reporting

How can I help? Responding to COVID-19 with grace and love

COVID-19 has upended life for so many, so now people are asking, “How can I help?” At Fountain City Presbyterian Church in..

Voices

Symbols

Beyond the fragrant lilies and hydrangeas crowding the chancel, beyond the festive Easter bonnets still occasionally scattered bright across the pews, beyond..

Voices

Initial Offer – Easter Morn

This winter ending day which dawns in quiet chill recalls another morning born in thunderclap and rending as the gates of hell..

From the Archives

God reconciles and makes free (50 years ago)

50 years ago — April 6, 1970 The General Council of World Presbyterians, held August 1970 in Nairobi, Kenya, developed a Bible..

In This Corner

Jelly bread

A Presbyterian woman who grew up during the Great Depression – when bread and jelly was the only treat – realized only..

Presbyterians in Action

Iglesia Presbiteriana, Montiflores

Stephen Williams writes from Savannah, Georgia, that Iglesia Presbiteriana, Montiflores, in Puerto Rico and First Presbyterian Church in Savannah are developing ties..

He/She Said

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

“Our political engagement as Christians is not just altruism. It is also a means of bearing witness to who we want to..

Voices

Empty tomb, empty church

In the Gospel of Matthew, we read: “After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and..

Looking into the lectionary

Easter Sunday — April 12, 2020

Matthew 28:1-10 There is a refrain to this Easter story, a repeated combination of events and instructions as the women venture to..

Christian Ed for Children

Christian education at home: Easter — Strange changes

For the last several weeks we’ve been following saint David Bowie’s directions: Turn and face the strange changes. Now we come to..

Faith Formation Resources

Easter Sunday: Family faith formation at home

Welcome If you have any art supplies handy (paint, crayons, colored pencils, oil pastels, markers, modeling clay, etc.) and paper or canvas,..

Outlook Reporting

A possibility: A virtual General Assembly in June focused on essentials, with room for lament

The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) is thinking about – but has not yet voted on – the..

Presbyterian News Service

2020 PC(USA) Easter Worship Service

Alleluia! Christ is Risen! In this unprecedented time of crisis and social distancing, we remain the Church together, united in the risen..

Religion News Service

Opinion: After a Holy Week disrupted by death, an honest Easter

(RNS) — Death is always disruptive. Long before the pandemic, even a “good death” was a rupture. As a loved one slipped..

Religion News Service

Opinion: Why Holy Week is made for this pandemic

(RNS) — Five years ago, I wrote a column in which I admitted that I hate Holy Week. “I know I should..

Presbyterian News Service

New York City’s Presbyterian leaders stand firm in the midst of COVID-19

(OGA) Large numbers of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to be reported in New York City this week. And while authorities are cautiously..

Benedictory

Joy-sparked ministry

I recently finished reading “Spark Joy,” Marie Kondo’s illustrated follow-up to the wildly popular “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” (There’s also..