My star word: The surprising, vulnerable gift of compassion

Guest commentary by Peggy Grant A beautiful Christmas tradition at North Church is the giving and receiving of “star words.” Star words..

Looking into the lectionary

10th Sunday after Pentecost — August 13, 2017

Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28: Romans 10:5-15; Matthew 14:22-33 Ordinary 19A; Proper 14 I once had someone tell me that he didn’t believe in..

Voices

Board of Pensions lowering health care costs for seminarians

Guest commentary by Frank Spencer, president of the Board of Pensions, on lower costs for medical coverage available to seminarians. Registration with..

Presbyterian News Service

‘In living and dying we belong to God’

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (PNS) – At “Living, Dying, Rising,” the national gathering for 1001 New Worshiping Communities (1001 NWC) they talked..

Prayers for the moment

Praying for peace (a prayer for worship by Jill Duffield)

Outlook editor Jill Duffield wrote this prayer for peace as tensions rise between the United States and North Korea, and a white..

News from other sources

Emergency Letter To President Moon Jae-In Urging Immediate Dialogue

The National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) has issued an emergency letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-In, seeking peace in..

Religion News Service

North Korea releases Canadian pastor sentenced to life in prison

(RNS) — North Korea has released a Canadian pastor who was convicted of attempting to undermine the regime of Kim Jong Un...

Book Reviews

Gundamentalism and Where It Is Taking America

James. E. Atwood Cascade Books, 224 pages Reviewed by Walter Owensby “Gundamentalism” is not a dispassionate summary of the issues of..

Outlook Reporting

Way Forward Commission discusses publishing, loans, feedback and more

The Way Forward Commission continues to plow through the work before it – including instructing Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) leaders to present a..

Presbyterian News Service

‘The feet of Christ were always on a journey towards God’

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (PNS) – Worshipers gathered at “Living, Dying, Rising”—the national gathering for 1001 New Worshiping Communities (1001 NWC) of..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance issues appeal for South Sudan

LOUISVILLE (PNS) – Severe famine and ongoing fighting between ethnic groups have made survival difficult for millions of people in South Sudan...

News from other sources

World Council of Churches urges dialogue and engagement – not threats and sanctions – for North Korea

(WCC) - In the wake of new sanctions on North Korea that could reduce the country’s annual export revenues by one third,..

Voices

Failure, relapse and other forms of grace

This month we asked our bloggers to share how they are caring for their bodies and souls in the midst of the..

Voices

A Psalm for a Stephen Minister

Make me a sentinel for your people in pain. Your world is filled with anguish. Where will you send me, speak clearly..

Presbyterian News Service

Worshiping communities remain ‘new’ when people find life in them

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (PNS) – We are living in the between of the beginning and the end. Because of our tendency..

Presbyterian News Service

Stated Clerk Writes the President and Congress to continue DACA and pass the Dream Act

(OGA) - The PC(USA) has constantly and consistently focused on family unification, family reunification, and the need for comprehensive immigration reform that..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian Hunger Program urges Ben & Jerry’s to join Milk with Dignity program

(PNS) – The Presbyterian Hunger Program has a long history of advocating for farmworkers that supply vegetables for restaurants and grocery chains...

Outlook Reporting

General Assembly Meeting Service responds to NAACP Missouri travel advisory

(OUTLOOK) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has a series of big meetings planned in Missouri – including the next General Assembly June 16-23..

Religion News Service

Is this unearthed fishing village the birthplace of three of Jesus’ apostles?

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Archaeologists excavating in northern Israel believe they may have discovered the biblical city of Bethsaida, the hometown of three..