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Phillip Blackburn offers a reflection on joy, memory, and the enduring gift of spiritual relationships within the church, even amid burnout, conflict, and change.
A slate of conservative, transitional and progressive candidates to replace Francis.
Can we laugh when life feels heavy? Michael J. Goodwin explores joy, stand-up comedy, and the healing power of humor in a hurting world.
Justin Myers shares how a recent discovery prompted him to wrestle with complicity, memory, and conformity.
Grace Presbytery has received a grant of $1.25 million dollars from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish Renewed Grace: Transforming Worship Practices with Neurodivergent Children.
Outlook Editor/Publisher Teri McDowell Ott sat down with Stated Clerk Jihyun Oh to discuss public statements, program cuts, and leadership decisions.
Henry and Emily Owen share how John Knox Ranch secured its future through a conservation easement, protecting sacred land for faith formation, nature, and generations to come.
"Enough of the lamentations./ Open the window and sing!" — Marjorie Maddox
Francis leaves behind him a church still divided, but radically transformed.
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When faced with the extraordinary, will we choose transformation or retreat? Andy Greenhow offers a reflection on Easter hope, Acts 9, John 21, Psalm 30—and "The Big Lebowski."
In Revelation 5, John proclaims Jesus—not Caesar—as Lord, calling believers to bold, holy resistance against tyrannical forces, writes Mark Hinds.
In recent decades, some Christians have moved away from the theory of penal substitutionary atonement, which summons up the idea of an angry God who needs to be appeased.
How can we preserve our tender hearts yet be vulnerable enough to engage with the “other” in this current climate? Amy Pagliarella reviews Jill Duffield's new book.
Christian Iosso reflects on Stony Point Center's 75 years of faith, friendship and formation — and their recent anniversary celebration.
Holy Week invites us to hold joy and sadness together—reminding us that Easter’s hope is richer when we don’t skip past the sorrow that precedes it, writes Maggie Alsup.
"Carr’s project helps us more fully see, hear (and be challenged by) Barth and Cone in the fullness of their thought and the long polyphonic arc of its development," writes Derek Elmi-Buursma of Raymond Carr's new book.
Lent invites us into a countercultural vocation of joy, writes Jess Rigel.
Up a set of broken steps and behind a door needing paint, Mary Austin encounters a guru of joy.
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Karen Rohrer refelects on Jesus's ironic grace and inverted power.
A poem from the acclaimed poet Marjorie Maddox.
"Writing and Rewriting the Gospels" brings Occam’s razor to bear, leading to what Barker calls the snowball theory: Mark comes first. Matthew uses Mark. Luke uses Matthew and Mark, and John has access to all three (and Paul).
Marissa Duffield loves the church, but they are beginning to wonder if the church loves them back.
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