What’s next for NEXT? Conference explores ministry ideas, grapples with racism
ATLANTA (Outlook) What does it mean to have “faith at the crossroads?” That’s what nearly 600 Presbyterians spent three days talking about at..
ATLANTA (Outlook) What does it mean to have “faith at the crossroads?” That’s what nearly 600 Presbyterians spent three days talking about at..
On the first day of my first full-time job out of journalism school, a newspaper editor assigned me to cover a street..
My first glimpse of why metrics matter came on a golf course when my playing partner showed up angry. His church had..
The proposed mission budget for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) for 2017 and 2018 includes a 15 percent decrease from the 2016 budget,..
(PNS) Nearly a month after an electrical fire heavily damaged its sanctuary, the First Presbyterian Church of Englewood, New Jersey is still counting..
ST. LOUIS (Outlook) The Associated Church Press (ACP) honored magazines, newspapers, news services and websites at its annual conference, April 20-22 in..
In June, the General Assembly’s The Way Forward committee will discuss what shape and form the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) structure should take..
The Presbytery of Greater Atlanta announced the death of the Rev. In Soo (James) Jung, pastor of the largest Korean PC(USA) church, Korean Community Presbyterian..
Guest commentary by Sherard Edington My cousin Matthew no longer goes to church. This is surprising given that by every measure Matthew..
Easter 5C Acts 11:1-18; Revelation 21:1-6; John 13:31-35 My relationship to adoption is complicated. My brother is adopted. Several years ago he..
by Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell Thomas Dunne Books, New York. 288 pages For professional historians, Civil War specialists and enthusiasts..
Trouble I’ve Seen Drew G.I. Hart Herald Press, 198 pages In the vein of the spiritual “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen,”..
(RNS) Emergency teams from U.S. faith-based humanitarian relief agencies are on the ground in northwest Ecuador after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that took..
(RNS) A year ago, when the death of Freddie Gray and resulting unrest in Baltimore filled the news, the Rev. Kathy Dwyer..
(RNS) They call it the West Coast Rumble: a set of multiweek revivals in Seattle and San Diego, plus a large Christian..
(PNS) Picking up where Compassion, Peace and Justice Training Day left off, approximately 200 Presbyterians joined Christian counterparts from other denominations in Washington,..
TAMPA BAY (PNS) A delegation from the presbyteries of Peace River, Tampa Bay and Tropical Florida made a historic trip to Cuba in..
I am a person who cringes at the “E-word,” but not for the reasons you might think. I cringe when I hear..
by Marilynne Robinson Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York. 304 pages REVIEWED BY LISA KENKEREMATH Robinson’s new collection of essays is a..
As we move toward the 222nd General Assembly, a number of presbyteries are sending Overture 050 to the General Assembly. At..
LOUISVILLE -- J. Herbert Nelson, currently director of the Office of Public Witness for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is the nominee to be..
by Timothy Lincoln A TALE OF TWO LIBRARIES Library buildings seem to come in as many styles as cars. Which of these..
LOUISVILE (PNS) When I became a ruling elder, I recall the constitutional questions for ordination and installation that really resonated with me were..
And hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has given..
by William A. dePrater III Wipf & Stock, Eugene, Ore. 188 pages This book on the emergence of the Protestant Reformation might..