Resisting despair amid empire (January 5, 2025)
Chris Burton explores God's vigilance, justice, and faith as a response to oppression and despair in challenging times.
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Follow Your Bliss and Other Lies about Calling
“Miller-McLemore argues that following our bliss is a lie, built on a romanticized ideal insufficiently grounded in the realities of our lives.” — Philip J. Reed
Discussion guide for December 2024 issue
In each issue of the Outlook, we include a discussion guide to further reflect on the issue. We recommend using this guide in your Bible study, small group or book club. It's our invitation into a faithful conversation.
Horizons — Air quality
Rosalind Banbury's fifth reflection on the 2024-2025 Presbyterian Women/Horizons Bible Study.
Beginning next month, meetings of the Unification Commission will be more accessible to the public
The UC will move away from its previous pattern of working as a committee of the whole.
Staff picks: Our favorite Outlook stories of 2024
You've seen the crowd-favorite Outlook articles of 2024. This list includes the articles we love, but maybe you haven't seen yet.
Religious traditions can help with holiday blues, mental health experts say
'During the holidays, we are practicing relational spirituality and engaging in our awakened brain,' said one professor of psychology.
Finding unity in a polarized church
By the power of the Holy Spirit, our hearts are joined in one holy unity writes Ron Byars.
Top 10 Presbyterian news stories of 2024
Here are the top 10 Presbyterian news stories from 2024 highlighting the questions and concerns shaping the church's future.
All is not calm: Surviving Advent and looking for John
In a busy season, the prophet John helps Maggie Alsup organize her to-do list.
The most popular lectionary reflections of 2024
Each week, Presbyterian Outlook publishes a lectionary reflection related to the Revised Common Lectionary's suggested readings. These are our 10 most referenced reflections of 2024.
A prayer for walking into a new year
God is not bound by our past. Karen Rohrer invites us to look beyond fear, embrace the unknown, and trust in God's promise of renewal.
Inspirational, connectional, and practical: The Outlook’s most popular products of 2024
From Lenten devotions to webinars on reparations and digital discipleship, our most popular products in 2024 offered inspirational and practical tools.
A cry for mercy (December 29, 2024)
Austin Vernon writes on Luke 18:31-43.
First Sunday after Christmas — December 29, 2024
What did Jesus know and when did he know it? Philip K. Gladden ponders Luke 2:41-52.
Order of worship — December 29, 2024
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation awarded $2.4 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Significant grant will enable the Presbyterian Historical Society to greatly expand its exhibit program.
Holy yearnings: a prayer for the end of the year
This prayer by Katy Shevel is for anyone feeling the weight of nostalgia, the ache of loss, or the hope of new beginnings.
Justice, gratitude and healing: The most referenced prayers of 2024
Justice, gratitude, and healing — these were the themes of the Outlook's most referenced prayers in 2024.
Joy and sorrow with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
In "Woodland," Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings’ merge timeless folk ballads with pressing social issues, blending joy, sorrow, and soulful protest. — Andrew Taylor-Troutman
Ordinary Mysticism: Your Life as Sacred Ground
For religious and spiritual alike, "Ordinary Mysticism" provides a smorgasbord of resources for listening to life to hear the voice of divine presence in the ordinary. — Jessica Hawkinson Dorow
Presbyterian Outlook’s top 15 opinion pieces of 2024: Exploring faith, politics, and the church’s future
From the church’s pastor-less future to Christian nationalism and reproductive rights, these 15 articles capture the year’s most resonant voices.
The kingdom of God calls us to something beyond the imagination
“If we see wrong, step up. I believe that God steps with us.” Chris Burton and Dartinia Hull tackle systemic sin, generational trauma, and the hope found in God’s promises.
The top Outlook book recommendations of 2024
According to our readers, these were the best books of 2024 to purchase.
A collect prayer for the shortest day of the year
Daniel Health offers a prayer examining sunlight and son-light for December 21, the shortest day of the year.
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