The outsider (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..
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Ben Ellis
“In that moment, I felt like I was not alone.” – Ben Ellis, Latin and Bible teacher at Christ Presbyterian Academy in Nashville,..
World Communion Sunday
One Presbyterian congregation in Texas moves from summer worship in the chapel to the sanctuary on World Communion Sunday in October and..
A mission co-worker in Brazil…
Ann Pipkin, who many years back was a mission co-worker in Brazil, sent this delightful tale: Quite a few years ago, several..
Calendar check – January 2017
Jan. 2-5 Montreat, N.C. College Conference Montreat. montreat.org Jan. 2-9 Hunt, Texas Family Systems Theory Conference featuring Robert Creech. Mo-Ranch. moranch.org/attend Jan...
Global scope, homeland churches (10 years ago)
10 years ago — October 2, 2006 Speaking at the meeting of the Presbyterian Global Fellowship, Lucas de Paiva Pina, a native..
Displaced Iraqi Christians await return to Mosul with bated breath
BAGHDAD (RNS) The Rev. Martin Banni, a Chaldean Catholic priest, grabbed the Eucharist, the church’s official documents and a few personal items..
New theological resource is timely for engaging issues in current election cycle
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – It might seem like there is no civil—let alone Christian—way to talk about the various dynamics at play in..
Youngblood: A Novel
by Matt Gallagher Atria Books, New York. 352 pages Reviewed by Richard R. Crocker "Youngblood” is a novel about the latter..
Mission Responsibility Through Investment gets new name and new lead staff
(PNS) – The office of Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) has a new name and lead staff person. Rob Fohr, who has been serving..
Holy Spirit spots
Most mornings I spend a couple of hours writing and working at the Pourhouse, a local nonprofit coffee shop. It’s a space..
The Space Between
There is a space between one word and another, a gap that yawns between truth and truth, between hands reached out to..
10 myths of collegiate ministry
by Jason Brian Santos As the national director of UKirk (PC(USA) collegiate ministries), I’ve had the privilege of talking to a..
South Korea’s Hannam University joins the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities
LOUISVILLE — Hannam University in Daejeon, South Korea—consistently recognized as one of Asia’s best Christian universities—is the first school outside the U.S...
Parts of coastal Carolina are still underwater following Hurricane Matthew
LOUISVILLE – It’s been two weeks since Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti and moved into the U.S eastern seaboard. While the storm’s impact..
WASP elegy
Guest commentary by Michael Isaacs In his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance tells an intertwined story of his life, the Eastern Kentucky-infused..
October 23, 2106 — 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Joel 2:23-32; 2 Timothy 4:6-8; Luke 18:9-14 Ordinary 30C Proper 25 What is being poured out? The Spirit? Us? Our hearts? There..
The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race
by Willie James Jennings Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. 384 pages Reviewed by Joseph D. Small This is a..
Richard Rohr wants Christians to see the Trinity as a divine dance
(RNS) Catholic theologian Karl Rahner once wrote that Christians behave as “mere monotheists.” That is, if Christianity ended up dropping the doctrine..
World Relief scrambling to settle more refugees in US
(RNS) World Relief, a Christian humanitarian group, resettled twice as many refugees to the U.S. in September as it had in August, an increase..
Synod of the Northeast calls for immediate divestment from fossil fuel companies
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – The Synod of the Northeast of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has voted to take immediate steps to divest from..
Former PC(USA) Moderator Benjamin Weir dies
Former Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Moderator Benjamin Weir, who survived 16 months in captivity as a hostage in Lebanon in the 1980s and..
Books briefly noted
On Augustine Rowan Williams Bloomsbury, 240 pages This collection of essays on Augustine spans nearly 25 years of insightful reflection by one..
Louisville Seminary’s covenant tuition program now fully endowed
LOUISVILLE (PNS) – Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary has completed the first phase of its Covenant for the Future strategic plan, which kicked off in..
Showing solidarity with women in places of violence: World Council of Churches’ executive speaks at the Presbyterian Center
LOUISVILLE (Outlook) – From the earliest beginnings of the World Council of Churches, at its first assembly in Amsterdam in 1948,..
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