Life, fast and slow

I love moving quickly. When I was growing up, my parents called me a vacuum cleaner for eating at the speed of..

First Presbyterian Church — Broken Bow, Oklahoma

FPC is a 73-member church in rural southeastern Oklahoma. Our last installed pastor retired several years ago, so we rely on pulpit..

Book Reviews

On Looking: A Walker’s Guide to the Art of Observation

Alexandra Horowitz Simon and Schuster, New York 321 pages I nominate Alexandra Horowitz as spiritual companion for anyone who desires to see..

Presbyterian News Service

Kerry Rice to become deputy stated clerk

LOUISVILLE (OGA) The Reverend J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), announced today that..

Voices

When grace meets words of healing

Guest commentary by Tara Bulger Recently, an old picture of my daughter and me came across my social media feed. My daughter,..

Looking into the lectionary

6th Sunday of Easter – May 21, 2017

Acts 17:22-31; John 14:15-21 Easter 6A “If you love me you will keep my commandments.” In this brief passage from John, Jesus..

Voices

Cultivating hopeful expectation

I am currently part of a formation cohort through my alma mater, Fuller Theological Seminary. As a young female pastor, I’ve had..

Book Reviews

Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations

by Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York. 496 pages Reviewed by Robert L. Montgomery Thomas Friedman’s latest book shows..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterians in Cuba and U.S. meet to discuss renewal of Mutual Mission Agreement

(PNS) “We are partners in hard times but also in good times. What does it mean to be partners in hard times?”..

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Outlook Reporting

Way Forward plans midterm report

CHICAGO – Hoping to give the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) a sense of some of the big themes it considers essential – from..

Outlook Features

Cultivating the gospel in social media

Ministry with young people is irreducibly technological. Perhaps it has never not been so (after all, Paul’s letters to young Timothy employed..

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The Way Forward Commission looks ahead to next steps

CHICAGO – The Way Forward Commission has begun to chart its next steps – including the question of whether it should draft..

Outlook Reporting

The Way Forward thinks big in Chicago

CHICAGO – This was a day of thinking big – about what the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) looks like now and about possibilities..

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Way Forward Commission begins work with visit from co-moderator Jan Edmiston

CHICAGO – Jan Edmiston, co-moderator of the 2016 General Assembly, encouraged of the Way Forward Commission to focus on mission and to..

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Practicing Sabbath in the digital age

In her fantastic new book, “Liturgy of the Ordinary,” Tish Harrison Warren describes an all-too-common dynamic of life in the digital age:..

Presbyterian News Service

Finding a closer walk with God (Regarding ruling elders: a monthly series for spiritual leaders)

(OGA) There is something so compelling about a thoughtful ninety-year-old asking you questions about God. I was intrigued. Her name was Marion,..

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) co-moderators to lead plenary session at Big Tent

Co-moderators of the 222nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), T. Denise Anderson and Jan Edmiston. (Photo by Danny Bolin) (PNS) The..

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