Prayers requested for brothers and sisters in Nicaragua

“Tree of Life” (Árbol de la Vida) being burned during the protests in Nicaragua, April 21, 2018. Photo by Jan Martínez Ahrens..

Outlook Features

Music with a mission

What is the relationship between music and mission? I believe they are closely related. God has given humanity the wondrous ability to..

Voices

Sailing the waters of discernment

The desired end of most any discernment process is a clear choice; a decision made. Our goal is for the decision to..

Outlook Reporting

Way Forward Commission revises proposal regarding PC(USA)’s A Corporation

The Way Forward Commission voted April 23 to revise what it will ask the 2018 General Assembly to do regarding the makeup..

Insights columns

Speech, singing, movement and instruments

I teach music in church and school settings. In my work at school, I began to use the Orff Schulwerk (school work)..

Insights columns

Come, they told me

The little drummer boy is a fictitious visitor to the newborn Jesus. His only gift: the beat of his drum. But the..

He/She Said

Brittney Cooper

“The Bible isn’t any old regular text. It is a text endued with thousands of years of political, social and cultural power...

Presbyterians in Action

Presbyterian churches in Texas

Presbyterian churches all over Texas jumped in to help when Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, Beaumont and the Gulf Coast. They sent hygiene..

In This Corner

During worship …

During worship at a Presbyterian church in Tennessee, a small boy pulled at his dad’s sleeve and asked, “Why are all those..

From the Archives

Hitler dooms the church (80 years ago)

80 years ago — April 6, 1938 “The annexation of Austria aggravates the church problem for Hitler. When he came to power..

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) 2018 Book of Common Worship now available

LOUISVILLE — Five years in the making, the 2018 Book of Common Worship (BCW) for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be in the..

Editorials

Letter to a young pastor

The first time I put on a clerical robe I felt as if I was wearing a costume. It was a classic..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterians to commemorate Earth Day on Sunday

Members of Maryland Presbyterian Church in Towson, Maryland, take part in the 2017 People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C. Photo provided by..

Presbyterian News Service

Educator certification recordkeeping goes electronic

(OGA) Nine Presbyterians who became Certified Christian Educators in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in 2017 are the first group of certified educators..

Looking into the lectionary

4th Sunday of Easter — April 22, 2018

Psalm 23; 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.”..

Book Reviews

Recommendations: Transformational, captivating and recent books

The Outlook asked some of our younger readers three questions. They responded with books that are well worth checking out this..

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) offices propose name change from ‘racial-ethnic’ to ‘people of color’

LOUISVILLE (PNS) – In response to a referral from the 222nd General Assembly (2016) directing the Advocacy Committee for Racial Ethnic Concerns..

Outlook Reporting

Taxation without representation? Mid council leaders release statement addressing proposed per capita increase

A group of 40 mid council leaders has written a statement urging the 2018 General Assembly to vote down a proposed General..

Book Reviews

The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson

Stanley Hauerwas William B. Eerdmans, 192 pages Reviewed by Deborah McKinley I am a godmother. Though one wouldn’t know that by my..

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Protected: Engaging in the holy work of gun violence prevention (replay)

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Book Reviews

Spring books: Briefly noted

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Mary Oliver Penguin Press, 480 pages What a feast of poems for the hungry..

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) joins other denominations calling for an end to violence in Gaza

LOUISVILLE (PNS) — Saying Palestinians have a right to demonstrate peacefully and with dignity in their decades-long conflict with Israel, the Presbyterian..