Blackstar (David Bowie)
I'm not gonna lie - it's a little intimidating reviewing a David Bowie album. Partly because I don't necessarily fancy myself a..
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Expanding the pie with faithful negotiations
Guest commentary by Chip Hardwick and Gerard Beenen Why negotiation? Picture this: You’re chairing a pastoral search and aren’t sure how to..
2nd Sunday of Lent – February 21, 2016
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Luke 13:31-35 – Lent 2C This week we go to Luke 13:31-35 and this odd exchange between Jesus and..
Committee leadership selected for the 222nd General Assembly
LOUISVILLE (OGA) Committee leadership for the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has been selected, taking the denomination one step closer to..
Pastoral Work: Engagements with the Vision of Eugene Peterson
Editors: Jason Byassee and L. Roger Owens Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, Ore. 222 pages I often give a gift book by..
Walking willingly into the wilderness
Guest commentary by Beth Brown For as long as I can remember, I have been afraid of the night. When my spiritual..
Time to turn over the tables
Lent has just begun, but I’m already looking ahead to Holy Week. I like to plan things well in advance. While re-reading..
Regarding ruling elders: Ruling elders and deacons
The Book of Order calls ordained deacons to a ministry of “compassion, witness, and service, sharing in the redeeming love of Jesus Christ for..
Extending our spiritual stamina: Lenten exercises from Christian education
by Jodi Craiglow It’s that time of year again. It seems like we just put away the purple vestments — and now..
My heart aches… yet I rejoice
Guest commentary by Don Meeks Editor’s note: This piece is written in response to a recent guest commentary column by Steve Wilkins...
Love overcomes pride
IT WAS CLEAR TO ME FROM DAY ONE in the little Pentecostal church of my youth that pride goeth before a..
The Presbyterian Challenge
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” — Buckminster..
Les and Cindy Morgan
Les and Cindy Morgan, Presbyterian mission co-workers in Bangladesh, continue to promote ministries of healing in the Church of Bangladesh, a sister..
An angry Presbyterian …
An angry Presbyterian preacher shook his fist in the air and said, “If I had all the wine and whiskey in the..
Freedom from the law – 40 years ago
40 years ago — 1976 When Paul had sought to be super-legalist, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, in zeal for the law,..
Deceased (from the Feb. 15, 2016 issue)
Dan C. Armstrong, 90, Mar. 28, Deltona, Fla. Arthur Edward Crouch Jr., 80, Apr. 8, Santa Rosa, Calif. Kermit W. Dancy, 75,..
Retirements (from the Feb. 15, 2016 issue)
Clarejean Ellen Haury, from pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Houston, Pa. John K. Hill, from validated ministry, Hayesville, N.C. Lynn M. Jones, from..
We give ourselves up
A few years back a friend announced, “For Lent this year, I’m giving up.” I waited for him to finish the sentence,..
Train stewards, not co-managers
Should we include the treasurer’s report in the e-letter?” a church secretary asked me. We were working on a switch from..
Nancy Ammerman
“People haven’t lost the urge to congregate together spiritually. But how they do it is being expressed differently and the churches that..
A record number respond to the invitation to discuss PC(USA) identity and purpose
(PNS) More than 3,000 Presbyterians responded online to the call issued by the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly (COGA) to..
1st Sunday in Lent – February 14, 2016
Luke 4:1-13; Lent 1C Jesus is in the wilderness again. Every year, Lent 1, the Spirit leads or drives Jesus, fresh out..
Reflections on the Marrakesh Declaration: A Muslim conference on minority rights
Guest commentary by Michael Parker I flew in to Casablanca, Morocco, and then took a two-and-a-half-hour trip in a minivan to the..
10 minutes with Tony De La Rosa
Tony De La Rosa started work as the interim executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency in December 2015. Outlook reporter Leslie..
Charleston shooting survivor Jennifer Pinckney: ‘I want to carry on (Clementa’s) work’
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) The first lady of Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church offered two enduring images: her late husband’s smiling face lying..
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