Inches from wildfire, Malibu church faces uncertainty
MALIBU, Calif. (RNS) — Two hours before the sun set over the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 8, the Rev. Joyce Stickney, rector..
MALIBU, Calif. (RNS) — Two hours before the sun set over the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 8, the Rev. Joyce Stickney, rector..
(PNS) Presbyterian Disaster Assistance uses terms like “unprecedented” and “all-encompassing” when referring to the destructive fires still burning both in Northern and Southern..
“These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having..
I recently watched a short, six-minute film by Louis Schwartzberg called “Gratitude” (you can find it on YouTube). This is a visual..
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Policies and procedures, workshops and worship made up the two-day Moderators’ Conference in Louisville, Kentucky over the weekend. The Presbyterian..
A wave of death has hit our congregation recently. We said goodbye to several long time church members over the course of..
Robert Williamson Jr. Fortress Press, 179 pages Reviewed by Teri Peterson As a parish minister, I am always on the lookout for..
LOUISVILLE – The co-moderators of the 2018 General Assembly are pulling the book they asked Presbyterians to read over the next year,..
LOUISVILLE – Dinner was over, parliamentary training was done. And it was question-and-answer time for the co-moderators of the 2018 General Assembly,..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Ruling Elder Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri, co-moderator of the 223rd General Assembly, told the 110 or so presbytery and synod moderators attending..
Steve Thorngate Reviewed by Luke Hyder After the Longest Night (album & songbook) by Steve Thorngate Advent can be a season of..
1 Samuel 1:4-20; Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25; Mark 13:1-8 Ordinary 33B Proper 28 Occasionally, when the Outlook staff emails one another we begin..
(PNS) Work on the Princeton Seminary and Slavery report began in the spring of 2016. The Rev. Dr. M. Craig Barnes was in..
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (RNS) — Early on the morning of Nov. 8, Bonnie Fear awoke at her home in Colorado to a..
NASHVILLE, N.C. (RNS) — Inside a squat cinderblock building on the grounds of Nash Correctional Institution, 24 inmates are hunched over white plastic..
Devastation. Displacement. Death. Lord, the images from California capture only a fraction of the suffering and pain consuming your people who seek..
Dean K. Thompson and D. Cameron Murchison, editors Eerdmans Publishing, 240 pages Reviewed by Heath K. Rada Run, don’t walk, to purchase..
“Caring is not enough.” “Good intentions are not enough.” Erin Swenson, a licensed counselor and transgender Presbyterian minister from Atlanta, told those..
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Representatives from the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches are urging faith groups to engage with their..
(OGA) The struggle to be in control is a kind of addiction that is part of our fallen human nature. Even the most..
It’s easy for me to “remember back” to the PC(USA)’s decisions to ordain gay ministers and allow for the officiating of same-gender..
I was working with a refugee ministry in Europe when I moved back to the U.S. to attend a Presbyterian seminary. Then..
(PNS) While the deadliest fires ever to strike California continue to burn, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has deployed four National Response Team members..
Are you looking for theologically sound, inspiring and affordable Advent devotions for the congregation? The Presbyterian Outlook is once again offering accessible..
RICHMOND, Va. – Union Presbyterian Seminary has been awarded a grant to develop a map to help churches find new ways to..