Lives of substance

What makes for a life of substance? Put another way: At the end of the day or the end of our lives,..

Election of the Lesser Son: Paul’s Lament-Midrash in Romans 9-11 (bookmark)

by David R. Wallace Fortress Press, Minneapolis. 316 pages This work of biblical theology unlike any other is focused on one of..

Benedictory

Tag lines

Something there is that doesn’t love a tag line – that phrase you put on your letterhead just under the name of..

Insights columns

The blessing of vocation: Letter to a young adult

“You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there..

Outlook Features

King University, Presbyterian College grads win Outlook college award

I am pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Presbyterian Outlook church-college partnership essay awards. Seniors at Presbyterian-affiliated colleges were invited..

Outlook Features

Finding freedom in the liberal arts: Outlook church-college partnership winner

by Mickensie Neely There is a false yet pervasive myth that students graduating high school know what they want to pursue in..

Outlook Features

Making a home: Outlook church-college partnership runner-up

By Helen Wilkins I was surprised to find myself calling Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina, “home” in the fall semester of..

Presbyterian News Service

Massachusetts church rebounds from brutal winter

LOUISVILLE (PNS) It was the winter that kept coming. The record-breaking snowfall that dumped more than 100 inches in Boston and northern New..

Outlook Features

Theological Horizons: A mentoring community at the University of Virginia

by Karen Wright Marsh This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask..

Digital Issues

October 26, 2015: Digital issue for subscribers (Reformation)

The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s October 26, 2015 issue is now available! It is viewable on most computers, tablets, and smartphones. Click..

Editorials

What I want you to know

In honor of our college guide issue, here is a list of 10 things I want the young adults in my life..

Presbyterian News Service

PCC Letter on BCE Preparation

Today the Presbyteries' Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates (PCC) sent the following message to all CPM moderators and PC(USA) contact persons..

Outlook Horizons Studies

Where is God? (Horizons 3)

2015-2016 Horizons Bible Study Come to the Waters Lesson 3: Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 42 It was a hot day. The children were..

Deaths

Deceased (from the Oct. 12, 2015 issue)

William Allen Doyle, 72, Feb. 20, Beaver, Pa. Walter Estelle, 81, Jan. 9, Spokane, Wash. Gordon Mackay, 85, Feb. 27, Wichita, Kan...

Honorably retired

Honorably retired (from the Oct. 12, 2015 issue)

James R. Berger, from pastor, Hope United Presbyterian Church, Ft. Myers, Fla. Deborah Ann Chase, from member at large, Bixby, Okla. Paul..

Transitions

Transitions (from the Oct. 12, 2015 issue)

Cecilia Armstrong, to associate pastor, St. James Church, Charleston, S.C., from member at large, Charleston-Atlantic Presbytery Bryan Bond, to pastor, First Presbyterian..

Ordinations

Ordinations (from the Oct. 12, 2015 issue)

Greg Allen-Pickett, to general manager of World Missions of the PC(USA) Mission Agency, Louisville, Ky., by Denver Presbytery Richard Bellomy III, to..

Anniversaries

Anniversaries (from the Oct. 12, 2015 issue)

Second Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, Mo., 150 years

Calendar Check

Calendar Check – November 2015

Nov. 5-7 Denver 2015 Covenant Network Conference featuring Cynthia Rigsby, Clifton Kirkpatrick, J. Herbert Nelson. Central Presbyterian Church. covnetpres.org Nov. 8-13 Montreat, N.C. Presbyterian..

He/She Said

STEPHEN R. HERR

“Fast-food nation and higher education are becoming ever more homogeneous, and it’s not surprising that students are less engaged. Why should they be? Generic only goes so..

Presbyterians in Action

Esther Wakeman

Esther Wakeman, a mission worker in Thailand, writes of a renewed effort to recruit more students at Payap University. They have 4,500 students and are striving..

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