Presbyterian Mission Agency Board concludes its Fall 2016 meeting

LOUISVILLE (PNS) – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board (PMAB) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) concluded its Fall 2016 meeting that featured a new..

Presbyterian News Service

Regarding ruling elders: faith and work

LOUISVILLE (OGA) At the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), ruling elders gathered for a luncheon and panel discussion...

Outlook Reporting

Way set for operational responsibility of Ghost Ranch to transfer

LOUISVILLE (Outlook) – The Presbyterian Mission Agency board has approved a plan to transfer operational responsibility for the Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat..

Voices

Jesus and the displaced

Guest commentary by Joseph L. Morrow The ever-insightful theologian Willie Jennings in his book, “The Christian Imagination,” offers a sobering and astounding..

Looking into the lectionary

September 18, 2016 — 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time

Luke 16:1-13 Ordinary 24C; Proper 20 Money, money, money. Why is Luke always going on about money and possessions? Can’t we move..

Outlook Reporting

PMA board hears reports, discusses transparency

LOUISVILLE (Outlook) The Presbyterian Mission Agency board heard first reports Sept. 15 from leaders of the eight ministerial teams that it’s..

Book Reviews

Not in God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence

by Jonathan Sacks Schocken Books, New York. 305 pages Reviewed by Donald Mead In this important book, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, for..

Presbyterian News Service

Ted Hickman, Commissioned Ruling Elder and Moderator of New York City Presbytery, dies unexpectedly at age 51

LOUISVILLE – Commissioned Ruling Elder (CRE) Theodore “Ted” Hickman, moderator of the Presbytery of New York City, died unexpectedly in his sleep at the..

Outlook Reporting

Presbyterian Mission Agency board discusses what’s ahead for Ghost Ranch

What will the Presbyterian Mission Agency board be asked to vote on Sept. 16 regarding transferring responsibility for operating Ghost Ranch..

Outlook Reporting

Ministry teams get to work: Board puts new structure to work

It was a flurry of conversation: Eight ministerial teams meeting simultaneously for five hours during the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board meeting..

He/She Said

Quardricos Bernard Driskell

“I’ve been in forums and classrooms where political liberals and conservatives go at each other without ever attempting to identify, thoughtfully, how..

Presbyterians in Action

A Presbyterian Church in Oregon

A Presbyterian Church in Oregon is serious about ecumenism. On a particular Sunday they meet with a local Lutheran congregation in the..

In This Corner

From a church newsletter

From a church newsletter: “Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church. Smile at a grumpy person hard to love...

From the Archives

Dissenter in a great society

50 years ago — August 22, 1966 The cover quote set the theme of an issue that reviewed the World Conference on..

Outlook Reporting

A time of opportunity and change: Mission Agency board gets to work

LOUISVILLE (Outlook) – This is a time of great opportunity for the Presbyterian Mission Agency – but also a time when..

Presbyterian News Service

PCC Responds to September 2016 BCE

At a previously scheduled meeting on September 8-9, 2016, the Executive Committee of the Presbyteries' Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates (PCC)..

Voices

Driving with Jesus

For someone whose parents truly thought she might never master driving a car, I have spent a lot of time driving. I..

Outlook Reporting

“The church belongs to God”: J. Herbert Nelson preaches at PMA board meeting

LOUISVILLE (Outlook) – J. Herbert Nelson, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), preached during opening worship at the Presbyterian Mission..