Wild Church founder Victoria Loorz finds resurrection on Easter and Earth Day

(RNS) — Easter and Earth Day arrive on successive days this year, and some churches are welcoming the coupling. Among them are..

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Who are Sri Lanka’s Christians?

(The Conversation) — At least 200 people have been killed in several coordinated bomb attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka..

Voices

On the Road

Headed back home we were, after a day of strange reports and rumors. Some of the women had gone early to wash..

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Prayer for Sri Lanka

Risen Lord, on this day when your tomb is empty and you reveal yourself alive, we, like Mary, rejoice through tears. Your..

Religion News Service

Easter Sunday blasts kill at least 207 in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — At least 207 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in eight bomb blasts that rocked churches..

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Prayer for Easter Sunday

It is the third day, Lord of all, the third day, the eighth day of creation, the day of resurrection. The stone..

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Prayer for Holy Saturday

Jesus, the light that no darkness can overcome, even as the sun rises, the night refuses to relent. We huddle together, afraid,..

Looking into the lectionary

Resurrection of the Lord/Easter Sunday — April 21, 2019

Luke 24:1-12 Easter Year C The women wasted no time doing the business death requires. I know these women, don't you? In..

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Prayer for Good Friday

My God, my God, why have you forsaken your Son? How can you tolerate the suffering of the One who came to..

Benedictory

Walls

“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall …” So begins Robert Frost’s famous poem “Mending Wall” from 1914 — musing on presumably..

Outlook Horizons Studies

God with us (Horizons 9)

“God’s Promise: I Am With You” Lesson 9: God with us Matthew 18:15-20; 28:16-20 Sometimes unhappiness and discouragement taint our actions. I’ve..

Insights columns

Tackling tough topics

When I trained to be an emergency medical technician, this was a paramount lesson: Identify the life threats. Your patient might be complaining..

Religion News Service

Black women cracking ‘stained-glass ceilings’ with Jesus’ 7 last words

(RNS) — Days before Good Friday, the Rev. Stacey Hamilton continued to contemplate what she would preach about some of the last..

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ECFA ousts Chicago-area megachurch Harvest Bible Chapel

CHICAGO (RNS) — The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, a Christian financial watchdog group, has terminated the membership of Harvest Bible Chapel...

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Gallup: Number of Americans who belong to a church or house of worship plummets

(RNS) — Most Americans still say they believe in God. But their involvement in organized religion continues to wane. A new Gallup..

Outlook Reporting

Presbyterian Outlook recognized at Best of the Christian Press Awards

CHICAGO — The Presbyterian Outlook received top honors in several categories at the Associated Church Press (ACP) 2019 annual conference in Chicago last week. ..

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Prayer for Maundy Thursday

Lord, you are our Master, our Teacher, our Friend. The thought of your suffering pains us. We desperately want a different outcome,..

Presbyterian News Service

Regarding ruling elders: Risk-taking in spiritual leadership

(OGA) The gospel of Matthew tells the story of a man who entrusts a large amount of money to each of three servants..

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Presbyterians aid vulnerable Puerto Ricans threatened with displacement

(PNS) Even before flooding from Hurricane Maria destroyed their home’s contents in 2017, Waleska García Castro and her family faced a human-made..

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Holy Week: The holy in the mundane

"This week, so extraordinary, makes every other week in its wake holy and our every act now an offering of thanks to the One whose sacrifice saved the world, whether they know it or not."

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