Adaptive leadership and stewardship ministry

“We are out of ideas. What else can we do to cultivate giving in the congregation?” Almost every pastor and elder assigned..

Presbyterian News Service

Stated Clerk issues prayer for farmers and farmworkers

Extreme weather from violent tornadoes, heavy rain, and intense heat have put farm operations in a difficult place. Add the rising cost..

Outlook Features

Turning the Holy Spirit loose in our polity

Over the past eight years, I have had the opportunity to work as a consultant with numerous congregations and presbyteries around the..

Presbyterian News Service

Native American women are emerging leaders in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

(PNS) Women are playing increasingly pivotal roles at every level in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). From moderators to heads of agencies, from stated..

Presbyterian News Service

PDA’s National Response Team provides ministry of presence and accompaniment after mass shooting in Dayton

(PNS) — In 32 seconds, a lone gunman in downtown Dayton, Ohio, injured 27 people and killed nine, including his sister. This..

Voices

Pursuing the work my soul must have

I need periods of deep breathing, long runs, silence, crisp air, fallow soil beneath my feet, fresh thoughts, giant trees and..

Book Reviews

Tending the Fire: The Story of a Marriage

Jeannie DuBose Beaver’s Pond Press, 112 pages This is a lovely and wise book by a writer who knows the deep things..

Benedictory

We are all somebody

My father died this spring. He was 96 years old, and he was ready. I’m not sure I was — but I..

Outlook Horizons Studies

Words of Love: I Am Your God; You Shall Have No Other — Horizons 1

Love Carved in Stone: A Fresh Look at the Ten Commandments Lesson 1 EXODUS 20:1-6, MATTHEW 22:34-37 I am fascinated by the Avenger movies..

Voices

A God who loves us

God is love (1 John 4:16). The Bible says "God is love,” meaning love is God’s essence. God does not only “possess”..

Looking into the lectionary

11th Sunday after Pentecost — August 25, 2019

Jeremiah 1:4-10; Hebrews 12:18-29; Luke 13:10-17 Ordinary 21C Proper 16 Bent double. For 18 years. Unable to stand up straight. Relegated to..

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) communications survey results are in

(PNS) In May, a denominational communications survey was launched to determine what the Church most wants and needs from Communications. Nearly 11,000..

News from other sources

UN day on violence victims stresses religious tolerance

(WCC) A group of United Nations experts together say that countries have an important role to play in promoting religious tolerance and cultural..

Book Reviews

Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others

Barbara Brown Taylor HarperOne, 256 pages Reviewed by Paul Rowland Jr. In her essay on metaphor in the “Oxford Companion to the..

Religion News Service

Trump: Any Jew voting Democratic is uninformed or disloyal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Showing a fresh willingness to play politics along religious lines, President Trump said American Jews who vote for Democrats..

Religion News Service

Trump steadily fulfills goals on religious right wish list

NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump assumed the presidency, conservative religious leaders drew up “wish lists” of steps they hoped he’d..

Voices

What boxed wine taught me about community

This week we asked our bloggers to consider their experience of alcohol and church. Here are their reflections. Boxed wine gets a..

Outlook Reporting

Eileen Lindner on generosity and giving to the church

Eileen Lindner wants churches to talk about money. Specifically: about the immense transfer of wealth that’s coming as the Baby Boomer generation..

Presbyterian News Service

Races, faith traditions come together during moving ceremony remembering those enslaved

(OGA) People of many races and representing several faith traditions gathered Tuesday to commemorate Angela, the first African to arrive in the American..