Fourth Sunday of Easter – April 17, 2016

Acts 9:36-43; Psalm 23; Revelation 7:9-17; John 10:22-30 Easter 4C There is so much beautiful imagery to be had this Sunday. There..

Presbyterian News Service

Washburn named interim editor of Presbyterians Today

LOUISVILLE (PNS) - The Rev. Sue Washburn has been named interim editor of Presbyterians Today, the award-winning bi-monthly magazine of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) She joins..

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) Mosaic of Peace Conference visits Israel and Palestine

(PNS) - For the past week a group of Presbyterians have been witnessing for peace by traveling throughout Israel and Palestine as..

Religion News Service

Los Angeles church makes art ‘everyday sacred’ and secular too

LOS ANGELES (RNS) - To walk into First Congregational Church of Los Angeles on a Sunday morning is to see all the trappings of..

Book Reviews

The Revelatory Body: Theology as Inductive Art

by Luke Timothy Johnson Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., 256 pages This is an extraordinary collection of essays by..

Voices

Setting ground rules: Inclusivity, hospitality and why covenant matters

I drive by church signs all the time touting “All Are Welcome Here” and “God Loves Us All,” and I love..

Presbyterian News Service

California PC(USA) church opens arms to Syrian congregation

(PNS) - When Saousan Jarjour came to Costa Mesa, California, the Rev. Tim McCalmont had no idea impact she would have on him. A..

Presbyterian News Service

From resiliency to water issues, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance discusses challenges

ST. LOUIS (PNS) - The Presbyterian Disaster Assistance National Response Team (NRT) treats every annual meeting like a family reunion. More than 100 volunteers and..

Presbyterian News Service

College leaders share unique approaches to advancing interfaith cooperation

CHICAGO (PNS) - Higher education is the oldest form of Presbyterian Church mission beyond the congregation. With its roots tracing back to the..

Book Reviews

Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World: Finding Hope in an Age of Despair

by Otis Moss III Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky., 136 pages REVIEWED BY DENISE ANDERSON "Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul..

Religion News Service

Hope and frustration mark anniversary of Chibok kidnappings

(RNS) Two years after the abduction of nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls by Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria, some parents are still hoping..

News from other sources

Statement from the Board of Directors of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians on Overture 050 / Item 11-05

Since 1997, the Covenant Network has worked toward a church as generous and just as God’s grace. We are grateful to..

Religion News Service

Highly religious people say they’re happier, too, survey finds

(RNS) Look around. Three in 10 people you see claim they are pretty satisfied with life, happy, healthy and moral, too. They’re the “highly..

Voices

The worst and the best of who we are as Presbyterians: Healing overture will work on reconciliation

Guest commentary by Beth Brown (Click here to read a different perspective on this overture.) When I first heard about and..

Book Reviews

Bearing the Unbearable: Trauma, Gospel and Pastoral Care

by Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 179 pages REVIEWED BY LESLIE A. KLINGENSMITH One member..

Editorials

Come and see

Capital “T” truth is out of fashion these days. I have been reading lately about the “new culture of learning” that details..

Honorably retired

Retirements (from the April 11 issue)

Anthony Catullo, from pastor, Union Presbyterian Church, Clintonville, Pa. Warren Dennis, from professor, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, N.J. Michael F. Harvey,..

From the Archives

A new Outlook: Now all the more – 10 years ago

10 years ago — April 10, 2006 In 1944 editors E.T. Thompson and Aubrey Brown announced the change of the name of..

Voices

How parenting has changed my spiritual life

As the associate pastor of spiritual formation in the congregation I serve, I consistently encourage congregants to practice rhythms (e.g. spiritual practices)..

Ordinations