(Columbia Theological Seminary communications) Columbia Theological Seminary was awarded a grant of $1 million to expand the Pastoral Excellence Programs offered through The Center..
First Presbyterian Church of Seattle: Then and now First Presbyterian Church of Seattle was organized in 1869 with seven charter members..
Christian Wiman, editor Yale University Press, 232 pages Joy? One might blanch at the thought of poems on a subject that seems..
The steaming mad email arrived Sunday afternoon. The subject line read: “Leaving White Memorial.” The writer, a member whom I had..
Imbolo Mbue Random House, 416 pages. Reviewed by Leslie A. Klingensmith “I have no problem with immigrants, as long as they come..
Guest commentary by George Love As a pastor with a responsibility for preaching each Sunday, I always have my antenna up. Every..
Isaiah 61:10-62:3; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:22-40 Christmas 1B Mary and Joseph are law abiding Jews. Simeon and Anna, too, exhibit faithfulness, obedience..
RNS asked some of the country’s top faith leaders, scholars and activists to consider what changes the religion landscape will see in..
SEATTLE (PNS) — The Rev. Peg Roy of First Presbyterian Church in Auburndale, Florida, is being recognized by the 2018 Special Olympics USA..
Lyndal Roper Random House, 576 pages Lyndal Roper, holder of the Regius Chair at Oxford University, is a scholar of early modern..
Brown County Presbyterian Fellowship —Nashville, Indiana What can I, as a two-time visitor, say is right about 34-member Brown County Presbyterian Fellowship..
(PNS) While most people are spending their Christmas break relaxing with family and friends, the cleanup work continues for people living across..
In a fifth grade Sunday school class in Wisconsin, a young lass asked, “I know why we celebrate Christmas, but why do..
I had a full weekend planned with my high-energy 2-year-old. I was especially thrilled about Saturday’s meal. I was throwing a little..
20 years ago — December 29, 1997 “Each of the three monotheistic religions has a ‘Christmas story.’ That is, each has a..
We are in the home stretch of 2017 and we at the Presbyterian Outlook are looking with excitement toward 2018. Plans are..
It’s about the giving, really. So that all those holy folk who moan about the marketing and such can tend to miss..
"Make us as eager as the shepherds to leave our familiar fields to go and see the One who has come to save the world," writes Jill Duffield.
Sappy sentiments about “home” pervade this season no less than cheesy Christmas music and relentless advertisements telling us to buy things. The..
Isaiah 9:2-7; Luke 2:1-20 Advent 4B Advent 4 falls on Christmas Eve this year and choices have no doubt been made about..
Don’t panic about the clergy housing allowance. You wouldn’t know it from the breathless posts in social media, but the fate of..
David H.C. Read (John McTavish, editor) Wipf & Stock, 272 pages Teachers of homiletics debate whether or not preaching can be taught...
Another Presbyterian has announced she will stand for moderator of the 2018 General Assembly – Chantal D. Atnip, a ruling elder who..
The emerging leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) are more diverse than ever, and the vocational landscape within the denomination has..
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The church was festooned with a green wreath above the altar cross and rows of red and white poinsettias...
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