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Finding an alternative to “incarnational ministry”

Guest commentary by Merwyn S. Johnson I seek to navigate through the rocky shoals of being Presbyterian and Christian today. By all..

Looking into the lectionary

15th Sunday after Pentecost — September 2, 2018

James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Ordinary 22B; Proper 17 What matters in a life of faith? Which is more important: following..

Presbyterian News Service

Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico continue long road to recovery one year after hurricanes

(PNS) It’s been a year since a trio of hurricanes wreaked havoc on Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, leaving a path of..

Voices

Approaching the table with dirty hands

Our house has a resident theologian with dirty hands. Her age hasn’t even reached the double digits yet, but she attended seminary..

Book Reviews

Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

Rachel Held Evans Thomas Nelson, 240 pages Reviewed by T.J. Remaley If there’s one thing that Rachel Held Evans sets out to..

News from other sources

Religious typology – New data from Pew Research

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Pew Research Center Press Release) – Most U.S. adults identify with a particular religious denomination or group. They describe themselves..

Voices

Let’s say that we are more than our tragedies and our triumphs

Unlike that brashness of the snowcapped peaks out West, the Blue Ridge Mountains are elder statemen, gently sloped and quietly easing across..

Insights columns

In praise of the pastor’s wife

Do you remember the proverbial “pastor’s wife”? My mother and grandmother, like countless women through the years, studied alongside their husbands at..

Outlook Horizons Studies

God with us wherever we are (Horizons 1)

Horizons 1 (selections from Genesis 25, 27 and 28) "God's Promise: I Am With You" You would think God would have better..

Benedictory

Surfing the problems

Some time ago I read an interview with George Miller, co-writer and director of 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road.” It’s a phenomenal..

Voices

Food allergies and practicing the love of God

I love peanuts. I love peanut butter, chocolate-peanut-butter ice cream, peanut puffs and peanut butter cookies. My kid gets peanut butter in..

Editorials

Checking in on Outlook: Your support matters!

The Presbyterian Outlook covered much ground this year. We prepared advance stories on issues coming to the 223rd General Assembly, covered..

He/She Said

Guatemalan mother

“Water scares me a lot. But in that moment I remembered when Christ crossed the sea and put his disciples in the..

Presbyterians in Action

The Outreach Foundation

The Outreach Foundation in Tennessee has reported on what they have done for two years in the Middle East. They sent money..

In This Corner

A children’s sermon in Georgia ….

A church in Georgia recalls a children’s sermon where the preacher asked, “What do you think lives in a tree and has..

From the Archives

Kagawa seeks to retain disarmament provision (60 years ago)

60 years ago — August 4, 1958 Toyohiko Kagawa, noted Japanese Christian leader, is waging a vigorous struggle to keep Japan from..

Religion News Service

Pope in Ireland vows to end cover-up of clergy sex abuse

DUBLIN (AP) — Pope Francis declared as he arrived in Ireland that he shares the outrage of rank-and-file Catholics over the cover-up..

Religion News Service

Sen. John McCain: Known as a veteran but also a man of quiet faith

(RNS) — Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war who embraced patriotism loudly and religion quietly, died Saturday (Aug. 25) at..

Outlook Reporting

Immigration in small-town Iowa: One church reaches out to the community

On the day of the May 9 immigration raid in a small Iowa town, families whose husbands and fathers had been detained came..

Voices

Granny on a mission: A ruling elder raises awareness of how immigrants are treated

Guest commentary and photos by Sharon Kutz-Mellem Zero tolerance. Human beings seeking asylum from dangerous situations in their own countries, yet denied..