Voices

Transience is no excuse

Guest Outpost blog by Caroline Barnett The summer is over – and I’ve spent more of it driving than I care..

Insights columns

Ask an … Old Testament scholar

What's correct: Old Testament or Hebrew Scriptures? It is not so much an issue of correctness as it is about a..

Presbyterian News Service

Stony Point celebrates dramatic financial turnaround

(PNS) – What a difference a year makes. When Rick and Kitty Ufford-Chase, co-directors of Stony Point Center—one of three national conference centers of..

He/She Said

David Brooks

“For all of us, religious or secular, life doesn’t come from how well you keep your options open but how well you..

Presbyterians in Action

Trinity Presbyterian Church in Kansas

Trinity Presbyterian Church in Topeka, Kansas, holds a “Back to Church Sunday.” They point out that 82 percent of people without a..

In This Corner

A first grade class …

A first grade Sunday school class in Georgia was studying the 23rd Psalm. When it came time to do art, Lila drew..

Calendar Check

Calendar check – November 2016

Nov. 6-11 Little Rock, Ark. Presbyterian Church Camp and Conference AssociationOutdoor Ministries Association of the United Church of Christ annual conference Ferncliff..

From the Archives

Inciting to riot – 60 years ago

60 years ago – September 17, 1956 Quoting an article of a cross burning at a pastor’s home, the editor of the..

Deaths

Deceased (from the Sept. 26, 2016 issue)

John H. Houdeshel, 92, Nov. 21, Lancaster, Pa. Charles G. Jenkins, 82, Oct. 2, Scottsdale, Ariz. Harold W. LeMert Jr., 83, Nov...

Honorably retired

Retirements (from the Sept. 26, 2016 issue)

Stephen A. Hulsey, from pastor, Lake Square Presbyterian Church, Leesburg, Fla. Melmoth Hampton Hunter III, from pastor, Lisbon Presbyterian Church, Mountville, S.C...

Transitions

Transitions (from the Sept. 26, 2016 issue)

Tim Hoyt Duncan, to pastor, Shandon Presbyterian Church, Shandon, S.C., from pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Northport, New York Jack Haberer, to pastor..

Ordinations

Ordinations (from the Sept. 26, 2016 issue)

Douglas D. Browne, to pastor, Westminster Church, Columbus, Ohio, by the Presbytery of Scioto Valley Abbi Heimach-Snipes, to pastoral resident, Fourth Presbyterian..

Presbyterian News Service

In this season: GA222 Co-Moderator reflections

Join Denise Anderson and Jan Edmiston, Co-Moderators of the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), as they share weekly..

Presbyterian News Service

Please pray for peace and justice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congolese security forces clashed with demonstrators in the nation’s capital, Kinshasa, on Monday reportedly killing dozens. Further protests erupted in Kinshasa and..

Editorials

We need more hypocrites

If you haven’t read “My Green Manifesto” by David Gessner, I suggest you do so. The book is beautifully written about a..

Outlook Reporting

Outlook book editor publishes tome

(Outlook) Roy Howard, pastor of Saint Mark Presbyterian Church in North Bethesda, Maryland, and book editor for the Presbyterian Outlook, went on..

Benedictory

Sacred (study) space

I am stuck in an airport with a very long layover. My gate is empty of other passengers and will be for..

Presbyterian News Service

Presbyterians to hear firsthand account of Syrian Refugee Crisis

(PNS) As Syria’s fragile U.S./Russian negotiated cease fire agreement hangs in the balance, Presbyterian congregations are hearing about the work to help..

Presbyterian News Service

African American Consultation focuses on Black Lives Matters

LOUISVILLE (PNS) – As a part of the first Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Racial Ethnic & Women’s Ministries African American Consultation, African American..