A theology of leadership during crisis?

Guest commentary by Matthew J. Skolnik It appears to me that as the church wrestles with how to respond to COVID-19, that..

Presbyterian News Service

J. Herbert Nelson remembers Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

(OGA) As the world mourns the passing of former United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly..

Voices

Who is God, really?

My 4-year-old came home from preschool singing, “He’s got the whooooooole world, in his hands!” His 7-year-old brother replied: “The whole world?..

Outlook Features

Who is God, really? God is the Incarnate

Singing of where and who God is, Rabindranath Tagore, a Hindu philosopher and a Nobel laureate for literature, passionately insisted, “God..

Religion News Service

Episcopal diocese suspends Communion wine, drains baptismal fonts due to coronavirus

WASHINGTON (RNS) — After an Episcopal rector at a Washington church tested positive for coronavirus, the Episcopal Diocese of Washington is instituting..

Presbyterian News Service

Churches in Europe urge a coordinated European humanitarian response

(PNS) “When I left there, I was ashamed — and I consider myself a convinced European — to be a member of..

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Who is God, really? God is triune

What God looks like In his TED Talk, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” Sir Ken Robinson tells the story of a little girl..

Religion News Service

Bread for the World taps Eugene Cho as new president

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Bread for the World, a prominent Christian advocacy group dedicated to ending hunger, has elected Seattle pastor and author..

Presbyterian News Service

Stated Clerk halts international travel for PC(USA) staff in Louisville

LOUISVILLE (OGA) - As the coronavirus continues to spread across the world, the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian..

News from other sources

Board of Pensions announces substantial Benefits Plan changes

PHILADELPHIA (Board of Pensions) — The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has announced changes to the church Benefits Plan..

Hymns

God Whose Will Is Health and Wholeness (hymn in response to the coronavirus)

IN BABILONE 8.7.8.7 D ("There's a Wideness in God's Mercy") God whose will is health and wholeness, hear your people as we..

Prayers for the moment

Prayer for wisdom and peace as the coronavirus spreads

God of all that is seen and unseen, our anxiety rises as the invisible coronavirus spreads. We worry about the impact of..

Outlook Features

Who is God, really? God is a (somewhat) knowable mystery

A wondrous mystery One of my favorite theological quotes comes from Saint Augustine who insists that “if we have understood, what we..

Book Reviews

Bedrock for a Church on the Move

Merwyn S. Johnson In Christ Supporting Ministries, 244 pages Reviewed by Thomas W. Currie Merwyn Johnson has written a remarkable book —..

Outlook Reporting

As COVID-19 cases increase, Seattle Presbytery asks churches to cancel worship

In response to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Washington state, where at least 16 people have already died from the..

Presbyterian News Service

Fire devastates New York church’s fellowship hall, but spares historic sanctuary

The fellowship hall at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Newburgh, New York is the heart of the community ministry of the 162-year old..

Outlook Reporting

Brian Blount asks NEXT Church: Are you at least as faithful as a rock?

CINCINNATI — Stones memorialize words, people, moments, movements. Brian Blount, president of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, looked to how Jesus..