Learning the language of Christianity

Forget New Year’s resolutions, how about a commitment to renewed spiritual practices? Or, dare I say, disciplines? I know, I know… the..

Presbyterian News Service

An epiphany prayer after the mass shooting at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport

Holy God, Light of our Hope, On this day of Epiphany, we seek the rising of your Star the Light that promises..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian representation drops slightly in 115th US Congress

(PNS) A recently released report by the Pew Research Center for Religion & Public Life shows the composition of the 115th U.S. Congress is losing..

Outlook Features

A bright spot in Rosemont

Editor’s note: Three articles represent three perspectives on communities working together in the city of Baltimore. Those involved come from a wide variety..

Outlook Features

Awareness (An experiment with modern parables: Presbyterian writers guild contest winner)

Editor’s note: This year, the Presbyterian Outlook partnered with the Presbyterian Writers Guild in a short story contest called, “An experiment with..

Looking into the lectionary

Baptism of the Lord — January 8, 2017

Isaiah 42:1-9; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17 On this Baptism of the Lord Sunday, all three appointed texts present us with accounts of..

Religion News Service

What is Epiphany?

(RNS) You thought the holidays were over. Technically, no — not until Jan. 6, when Christians all over the world celebrate Epiphany...

Presbyterian News Service

Roberts preaches message of radical diversity at College Conference at Montreat

MONTREAT (PNS) – Stepping again into the pulpit—and alternately striding across the stage—at the College Conference at Montreat on Jan. 3 and..

Religion News Service

Norway and its national church part ways

(RNS) Norway and its church are getting a divorce — or maybe they’re just separating. On Jan. 1, the Scandinavian country cut..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance response team visits site of Oakland’s Ghost Ship fire

(PNS) It’s been over a month since fire broke out in an Oakland, California warehouse, known as Ghost Ship, killing 36 people...

Voices

Words from the Spirit

Volunteers are hard at work carefully cutting out this year’s Epiphany stars, to be given out at our Epiphany worship service. Now..

Outlook Features

The peaceable corner

Editor’s note: Three articles represent three perspectives on communities working together in the city of Baltimore. Those involved come from a wide variety..

Book Reviews

Hospitality and Islam: Welcoming in God’s Name

by Mona Siddiqui Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. 288 pages Reviewed by Lawton Posey Mona Siddiqui’s new book, which is..

Presbyterian News Service

More than $1 million saved by moving ordination exams online

LOUISVILLE (OGA) Passing the standard ordination exams is a major milestone for candidates seeking to become teaching elders (ministers) in the Presbyterian..

The White House. Image for an Inauguration Day prayer

Religion News Service

Religious makeup of the new Congress overwhelmingly Christian

(RNS) The United States Congress is about as Christian today as it was in the early 1960s, according to a new analysis by Pew..

Outlook Features

Crossing boundaries in Baltimore

Editor’s note: Three articles represent three perspectives on communities working together in the city of Baltimore. Those involved come from a wide variety..

Presbyterian News Service

College Conference attendees are challenged to move ‘Beyond Babel’

MONTREAT, NC (PNS) — As over 1,000 college students and their advisors rushed the doors of Montreat Conference Center’s Anderson Auditorium on Jan...

Presbyterian News Service

Ghost Ranch operations transfer from PMA to National Ghost Ranch Foundation

LOUISVILLE (PNS) – As of January 1, 2017, the Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center has transferred its operations from the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) of..