Self-Development (Great Co-Mission blog from PMAB chair)

And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain, behind someone..

The fall and rise of Holy Week

Presbyterians love Lent. I have the data to prove it. With thousands of visitors each year, the webpages for the season..

Religion News Service

Vatican gives two thumbs up to Oscar winner ‘Spotlight’

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Just hours after the movie “Spotlight” picked up the best picture prize at the Academy Awards, the Vatican newspaper..

Deaths

Deceased (from the Feb. 29, 2016 issue)

Joseph E. Beltran, 58, Jun. 25, Lake Forest, Calif. James Pattison Darroch, 86, Jun. 30, Mt. Laurel, N.J. Benjamin L. Eller Jr.,..

Presbyterians in Action

Presbyterian Pan American School

In September the Presbyterian Pan American School in Texas dedicated the new Harte Student Center, the latest improvement in a long plan of improving..

Insights columns

Celebrating Holy Week with Children

I just reread Frederick Buechner's novella, “The Christmas Tide,” a story inspired by the suicide of his father when Buechner was 10..

In This Corner

Prayer and fasting conference

An announcement in a Nevada church bulletin: Please sign up for the prayer and fasting conference. The cost for attending includes meals.

Editorials

What Holy Week means for the rest of the world

Who cares, really, about Holy Week? Not many of my kids’ friends. Most of my children’s closest friends have no faith affiliation..

He/She Said

David Brooks

“And then finally, there used to be a lot of Abraham Joshua Heschels in the world, and even Billy Grahams, and they were..

Benedictory

Sankofa

by Paul Roberts As I write this, the annual birthday commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. is just around the corner. In..

Transitions

Transitions (from the Feb. 29, 2016) issue

Charles M. Webster, to transitional pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Winchester, Va., from transitional pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Hastings, Neb. Stephanie Sorge Wing,..

Honorably retired

Retirements (from the Feb. 29, 2016 issue)

William C. Beck, from pastor, Big Spring Presbyterian Church, Newville, Pa. Richard H. Brooks, from temporary pastor, Oakmont Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Ala...

Insights columns

He hid from them

“After Jesus had said this; he departed and hid from them.” John 12:36b

From the Archives

Ministry of the laity (50 years ago)

50 years ago — February 14, 1966 We must work out our ministry in the structures of everyday experience, at work and..

Voices

Congregational life: 2026

Guest commentary by Baron Mullis Where will the church be in 10 years? I’ve never been good at prognostication, but I do..

Looking into the lectionary

3rd Sunday of Lent – February 28, 2016

Isaiah 55:1-9; Luke 13:1-9; Lent 3C I confess: This is not my favorite Bible passage. Jesus sends a mixed message. He says, “No..

Religion News Service

Southern Baptist foreign missionaries drop by nearly 1,000

(RNS) One out of five Southern Baptist missionaries overseas — or nearly 1,000 total — have volunteered to leave their posts to help..

Religion News Service

Archaeologists dig up fabrics dating back to kings David and Solomon

JERUSALEM (RNS) Israeli archaeologists have discovered fragments of “remarkably preserved” 3,000-year-old fabrics, leather and seeds dating to the era of the biblical..

Outlook Reporting

Study team releases report on “two-state” solution to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (UPDATED)

With significant contribution from Mike Jennings While the door to a viable Palestinian state is “closing rapidly, if it is still open at..

Book Reviews

The Story That Chooses Us: A Tapestry of Missional Vision

by George Hunsberger Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 176 pages REVIEWED BY MICHELLE SUMPTION In this book, George Hunsberger..

Outlook Features

Discipleship in the wilds: Manna principles during Lent

by Patricia K. Tull According to Exodus, God freed the Israelites from Egypt, a land where they had been forced to build..

Outlook Reporting

“Now, go be church”: NEXT Conference attendees sent out

ATLANTA – On Wednesday morning, following full days of worship, workshops, presentations and fellowship, participants at the NEXT Church national gathering were sent..