How Youth Ministry Can Change Theological Education — If We Let It
Kenda Creasy Dean and Christy Lang Hearlson, editors Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 320 pages Reviewed by Rachel Landers Vaagenes In this collection..
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Lisa Larges ordained as a teaching elder in the PC(USA)
MINNEAPOLIS (PNS) – Amidst a trilling of trumpets, a shower of stoles, and a grateful congregation’s affirming applause—interposed with the shedding of..
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Polity Conference ends with call to wait for God’s vision
LOUISVILLE (PNS) “We live in a twisted world,” the Reverend Jan Edmiston, associate executive presbyter of the Presbytery of Chicago and Co-Moderator..
Lessons from Adele and David
The church could learn a lot from Adele, and not just how to write hauntingly passionate songs. Adele was recently asked to..
Black Lives Matter and college ministry
by Tracy Howe Wispelwey In 2012 I took a pilgrimage to Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of protests over the shooting death..
The dance of learning, faith and service
by Gini Norris-Lane On a Monday night in November 2015, dancers were swirling around the area outside the main Schreiner University student..
Stated Clerk J. Herbert Nelson begins to share his vision at the Fall Polity conference
LOUISVILLE – A few months into his term, J. Herbert Nelson – the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s new stated clerk, elected last summer..
Mid council leaders explore antiracism work at Fall Polity conference
LOUISVILLE (Outlook) – The Promised Land is far off. We’re on the journey. But we’re not as far along as we thought...
Presbyterian Board of Pensions meets in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (PNS) – The Board of Directors for the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) gathered here last week (October..
When a wall falls
Every August, a stream of first-year students from Lake Forest College walks across the street from their campus to our sanctuary...
Episcopal Church elects first black woman diocesan bishop
(RNS) The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis has elected the first black, female diocesan bishop in the history of the Episcopal Church. The..
Look for the supports
I entered the sanctuary hoping to slip into a back pew, but the church was crowded. A summer Sunday during late June..
Hospitable Planet
Stephen A. Jurovics Morehouse Publishing, New York. 176 pages The author is an engineer with over 20 years of experience working on climate..
Presbytery moderators discuss voting on amendments, disaster response, purposeful meetings
LOUISVILLE (OGA) June 25, 2017, is a very important date, participants in the Moderator’s Conference were told in a workshop on “Presbytery Responsibilities..
Mid council leaders hear rousing call to be transformed by Jesus
LOUISVILLE (PNS) “Jesus came to make things right by making them new,” the Reverend Denise Anderson, Co-Moderator of the 222nd General Assembly..
Presbytery of Yukon offers apology to Native Alaskans
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – Healing has begun between Native Alaskan groups and the Presbyterian church following an apology issued by the Presbytery of Yukon at..
In this season: GA222 co-moderator reflections
(OGA) The Reverend Denise Anderson, Co-Moderator of the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), shares reflections on the DisGrace..
Kenneth Bailey: A scholar with a new way of looking at the New Testament
Guest commentary At a General Assembly luncheon in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2006, the then executive presbyter of Shenango Presbytery, David Dawson, introduced..
Become an Outlook partner and raise funds for your congregation
The Presbyterian Outlook is excited to introduce a new fundraising program to help you raise money for your local congregation - while..
October 30, 2016 – 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4; Luke 19:1-10 Ordinary 31C Proper 26 What are we watching for? What are we trying to see as we..
Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C.S. Lewis
by Abigail Santamaria Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York. 413 pages For fans of C. S. Lewis, Abigail Santamaria’s biography of Joy Davidman,..
The trouble with lament
Brown paper banners hung around the cavernous, stone auditorium. Names inscribed in black paint decorated the banners from ceiling to floor. Most..
Kruse and McConnell named PMA mission engagement advisors
LOUISVILLE – Rhonda Kruse and William McConnell recently accepted positions as mission engagement advisors with the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) of the..
Hebron Presbyterian Church – Shepherdsville, Kentucky
What’s right with Hebron Presbyterian Church is the willingness and desire of the congregation to look back with gratitude and to..
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