The chase

I learned to run by chasing my father. To wait on a front stoop with laced shoes was to demand entrance into..

Working to prevent abuse in the church

LOUISVILLE (OGA) Celebrities, ministers, politicians, corporate executives. Hardly a week goes by that the headlines don’t name a prominent person who has been..

Presbyterian News Service

Regarding ruling elders: The gift of the Spirit

(OGA) For the early church, the infallible evidence of being a Christian was the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus, at work in..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian Hunger Program recognizes Hunger Action Congregations on World Food Day for their year-round efforts to end hunger

(PNS) The Global Food Week of Action began Sunday, Oct. 14, and runs through Oct. 21. The week provides Christians around the..

Outlook Features

“This is my body”

It was Sunday morning and there we were, clustered together, in a little church on the south side of Chicago. We were..

Outlook Features

The “long look” essay project

I write this from the passenger seat of Jill Duffield’s car. On the dashboard a plastic Jesus bobs, his palms lifted upwards..

Religion News Service

Lives of love: Pope Francis canonizes Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Romero

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On a beautiful October Sunday in Rome, Pope Francis canonized two of his favorite people, Pope Paul VI..

Religion News Service

Data mining gets religion as campaigns target voters of faith

WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS) — In 2004, as George W. Bush was running for a second presidential term, his campaign asked religious supporters..

Religion News Service

Eugene Peterson, pastor and author of ‘The Message,’ is under hospice care

(RNS) — Eugene Peterson, the bestselling author of “The Message” and longtime pastor praised as a “shepherd’s shepherd,” is moving into hospice..

Presbyterian News Service

Coastal Carolina Presbytery recovers from Hurricane Florence

(PNS) Church congregations throughout Coastal Carolina Presbytery are struggling to repair their own buildings and meet the many needs in their congregations..

Voices

An ordinary ordination

This week we asked our bloggers to reflect on their ordinations. Here are their blogs. I’ve wanted to be a pastor since..

Editorials

Taking a long look

The title of the project that has culminated in the articles you will find in this issue of the Outlook is ambitious,..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterians mobilizing to help in Hurricane Michael recovery

LOUISVILLE – As news comes in of the devastating effects of Hurricane Michael, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is organizing a response that..

Voices

Recovering the lost art of reading the biblical languages

Guest commentary by Melissa Ramos How many scholars in the church can read the biblical languages — and I mean really read them?..

Looking into the lectionary

21st Sunday after Pentecost — October 14, 2018

Job 23:1-9, 16-17; Hebrews 4:12-16; Mark 10:17-31 Ordinary 28B Proper 23 All three of the texts appointed for this Sunday involve seeing..

Book Reviews

Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts that Continue to Shape Our World

Brad S. Gregory HarperOne, 304 pages Reviewed by Renata Eustis The task that historian Brad Gregory undertakes in his new book, “Rebel..

Voices

Authority?

“Now listen up,” the father said to his son during coffee hour at church. “Your pastor has some wisdom to offer you..

Prayers for the moment

Prayer for those in the path of Hurricane Michael

Holy One who calms the stormy seas, the evacuation calls have been made and preparation time has ended for those in the..

What's right?

What’s right about Westminster Presbyterian Church?

Westminster Presbyterian Church — Jackson, Michigan Westminster Presbyterian Church learned about an unmet need in our community and figured out a way..