PC(USA) leaders mourn victims of Orlando nightclub tragedy

LOUISVILLE – We join our heavy hearts with the great multitude of those who mourn the killing and maiming of so many of..

Outlook Features

Outside church walls: Portland’s Westminster Church studies young adults, religion and spirituality

It's what Presbyterians all over the country say: We wish more young people wanted to be part of this congregation. Levels of..

Voices

Baptized and white

We were invited by the Outlook this month to consider our marks of faith. I don’t have any tattoos or even major..

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Christians respond to Orlando massacre

(RNS) Christians responded quickly to the shooting rampage at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association immediately sent..

Presbyterian News Service

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) grieves over yesterday’s mass shootings in Florida

LOUISVILLE (PNS) – As Orlando continues to reel from Sunday’s mass shootings, Presbyterian Church leaders are lifting families, the LGBTQ community and the..

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MRTI recommends focused engagement with companies

LOUISVILLE (PNS) – The 222nd General Assembly will hear a recommendation to continue engagement with fossil fuel companies on climate change when..

Outlook Features

So, you’re going to be a GA commissioner? Advice for those going to Portland

by Theresa Cho The 222nd General Assembly in Portland will soon be upon us. If you are a commissioner to this year’s..

Book Reviews

It’s Complicated: A Guide to Faithful Decision Making

by Jack Haberer Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 180 pages REVIEWED BY JODI CRAIGLOW When Jack Haberer stepped out of his..

Voices

The myth of authenticity

I will admit that I have been somewhat disengaged from the 2016 political process – partly for reasons of disillusionment and my..

Religion News Service

Religious roots of hatred resurface in Orlando

(RNS) One year after the Supreme Court ruled that gays can legally marry across the country, and at a time when most polls..

Prayers for the moment

Each loss irreparable: How long will we lament? (A prayer for Orlando)

The scenes look hauntingly similar: devastated faces of survivors as they huddle together, clamoring for caring contact, their hands over their mouths,..

Presbyterian News Service

Prayer after the nightclub shooting in Orlando

Once again, Holy One, we cry, how long, O Lord? We wonder, when will it be enough? We pray you will forgive our..

Voices

Session’s authority as the PC(USA) trustee of church property

Guest commentary by Wilson Gunn Please grab your Book of Order. I’d love to be less BOOish – but this is, plain..

Looking into the lectionary

June 12, 2016 – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

1 Kings 21:1-21a; Luke 7:36-8:3 Proper 6; Ordinary 11C The prayer book I use most mornings has the following sentence as part..

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National Cathedral to remove Confederate flag images

WASHINGTON (RNS) The Washington National Cathedral will replace depictions of the Confederate flag in its stained-glass windows with plain glass but maintain adjoining panes..

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) Stated Clerk issues statement on killings in Tel Aviv

(OGA) In the name of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) we join our voices with people around the world in expressing our profound..

Book Reviews

Searching for Happiness: How Generosity, Faith and Other Spiritual Habits Can Lead to a Full Life

by Martin Thielen Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 192 pages REVIEWED BY EMILY BERMAN D’ANDREA Perhaps you work closely with the..

Voices

Tattoos that bear witness

I got my first tattoo when I was serving as the youth director at a small Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee, Florida. The..

Benedictory

Apologies

SEVEN YEARS AGO, one of Austin Seminary’s most beloved professors retired. He was a man of uncommon integrity — an ethicist, a..

Calendar Check

Calendar Check – September 2016

SEPT. 13 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Universal Design for Worship featuring Barbara J. Newman. Calvin College. worship.calvin.edu SEPT. 22-25 HUNT, TEXAS Plein Air Painting..

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