Holy Solitude: Lenten Reflections with Saints, Hermits, Prophets, and Rebels
Heidi Haverkamp WJK Press, 148 pages Heidi Haverkamp is an Episcopal priest who previously delighted readers with “Advent in Narnia: Reflections for..
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Prayers and silence
Several times I’ve prayed anxious prayers asking God to avert a crisis. On Sept. 11, 2001, when I heard that my nephew..
PC(USA) delegates to U.N. event plan for action at home
Kathryn Urban (left) of Washington DC joins Kristen Campbell, Pam Snyder and Betty Jones at the Commission on the Status of Women...
Three ideas for moving the PC(USA) forward
Guest commentary by Sam Locke We have a Way Forward Commission, an All Agency Review, a Governance Task Force and others doing..
5th Sunday in Lent — March 18, 2018
John 12:20-33 (34-36) Lent 5B Some Greeks want to see Jesus. They must have heard stories about Jesus. Word had gotten around..
Statement from The Way Forward Commission and All Agency Review Committee moderators
To our sisters and brothers of the Presbyterian Church (USA): Greetings in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ! On behalf of..
Regarding Ruling Elders: Experiencing abundant love
"You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition” (Mk. 7:8) (OGA) I was stunned by these words of Jesus..
Presbyterian Ministry at the U.N. hosts event for Commission on the Status of Women
Over 60 people crowded into the room to hear the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis speak about poverty at the event sponsored by..
A March (Madness) love letter
Following a sports team is an avocation filled with irrational exuberance and irrational gloom. It offers us no logical explanation about why..
The Parish Is the Issue: What I Learned and How I Learned It
Loren B. Mead Morehouse Publishing, 144 pages When I sat down to eat with Loren Mead several months ago, I excitedly told..
Atnip announces who will stand with her as vice moderator
Chantal D. Atnip, a ruling elder who since 2005 has served as treasurer of the Synod of the Trinity, announced in December..
PC(USA) participants bring diversity of purpose to UN Commission on the Status of Women
Wanda Beauman (left) and Sharon Gibbons (right) share an interest in advocating for women who have experienced domestic violence. (Photo by Sue..
March for Our Lives and Resource to Address Gun Violence
March for Our Lives and Resource to Address Gun Violence Sandy Hook. Orlando. Las Vegas. Sutherland Springs. And Now Parkland. Mass..
Sacraments in the revised Directory for Worship
“Therefore, let it be regarded as a settled principle,” wrote John Calvin, “that the sacraments have the same office as the Word..
Overcoming our fear of transformative change in the PC(USA)
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Rethinking ministry is difficult. Implementing new ideas and establishing them is even more difficult. We should be acutely aware of this..
Presbyterians advocate for rural women at the UN
Nineteen women of the PC(USA) are participating in the Commission on the Status of Women session at the United Nations in New..
What about the sacraments?
Churches like our own are “challenged more strongly by the sacraments than by anything else,” according to J.J. von Allmen, a Swiss..
Meeting the Spirit while writing a sermon
Sermon-writing day is rough. It’s painful, boring, heart-wrenching, soul-draining, and it makes me whine a lot. Most weeks, I’ll come home one..
To those who are not present
Most Sunday mornings after proclaiming the benediction, I walk with the acolyte down the sanctuary’s center aisle.
Barry and Shelly Dawson
The Yao hill tribe, one of Thailand’s indigenous people groups, live among steep mountains. But 80 baptized Christians host visitors at a..
John Leland
“Being an expert is exhausting. Being a student — letting go of your ego — is like sitting for a banquet at..
60 years ago
60 years ago — March 24, 1958 Here’s what readers were saying about one particular article back in 1958: To the Outlook:..
Participating in worship
Within months of graduating from seminary, I was ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament. I remember the first time I..
American religious leaders seek preliminary injunction to stop deportation of immigrants
Churches like First Presbyterian Church in Metuchen, New Jersey, continue to voice opposition to the arrests of immigrant Christians for possible deportation...
Lord, make me useless
Lately my prayer has been to be useful: Make me useful, God. Where this plea originates during days overflowing with unending tasks..
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