Confessing the Easter story with young adults
Throughout Lent, a strong and courageous group of the young adults at my church engaged in a project I piloted called "Profess..
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PC(USA) signs on to amicus brief seeking to change the fate of millions of immigrants
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), through its highest ecclesial officer, has signed on to an amicus brief calling for the lifting of..
The Center for Innovative Ministry honors Ryan Althaus with inaugural McCormick Prize for Innovation
CHICAGO – The Center for Innovative Ministry recognizes Ryan Althaus, leader of Kentucky-based Sweaty Sheep Ministries with $5,000, as the first recipient..
Gardner C. Taylor, dean of black preachers, dies at 96
(RNS) The Rev. Gardner C. Taylor, widely considered the dean of the nation’s black preachers and “the poet laureate of American Protestantism,” died Sunday..
Easter Essentials
Strip away the perfect lilies massed along, across the chancel steps, the bright reflecting sight and sound of brasses, and the white..
April 13, 2015: Digital issue for subscribers
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s April 13, 2015 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and..
Resurrection (PMA board chair column)
But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified...
Kenya religious leaders urge unity in face of Garissa massacre
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) As Good Friday services began here, Christian and Muslim leaders preached unity a day after a horrific terrorist attack..
American Apocalypse: A History of Modern Evangelicalism
by Matthew Avery Sutton The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 480 pages The story of fundamentalism-cum-evangelicalism in America is..
Growing a church through prayer, Bible reading and devotions
This week we asked our bloggers what they had learned from spiritual practices and disciples. This is how they responded. Four years..
At least 147 killed, hundreds rescued in Kenyan university attack that targeted Christians
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Somalia’s al-Shabab militants shot and killed more than 147 people, wounded dozens of others and held hundreds hostage Thursday..
It’s a long story: Easter vigil covers, and recovers, the broad sweep of salvation history
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Cynthia Campbell still remembers the first time she crossed the Red Sea. It was in the mid-1980s on the campus..
Presbyterian News Service welcomes Gregg Brekke as new editor
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Presbyterian Mission Agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is pleased to announce the addition of Gregg Brekke to its staff..
Fair Exchange: Mid April – Maine
Gun metal gray the sky this morning and along the shore at dead low tide an on-shore wind blows spume across the..
Walking along the way
This week we asked our bloggers what they had learned from spiritual practices and disciples. This is how they responded. Confession: I’m..
Holy Week and Easter: What are they all about?
(RNS) This is Holy Week, the most sacred time of year for Christians. It is the time they mark the betrayal, trial..
Can a Muslim president defeat Boko Haram? Nigerians are betting on it
(RNS) A northern Nigeria Muslim leader who promised to pursue a nonreligious agenda as president will now have to deal with an..
Where did Indiana law come from? A brief history of religious freedom (ANALYSIS)
(RNS) Before this week, few people had heard of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act or could even pronounce its acronym, RFRA (Riff-ra),..
The big great surprise (Stated clerk’s column)
Well it seemed impossible even on March 22nd, but it does appear that Spring may arrive after all. Back in Tennessee we..
Saving the cross: God’s restorative justice
by Robert Chestnut Over the past several decades so many progressive Christian thinkers have raised so many critical problems with traditional theories..
Lenten fasting
This week we asked our bloggers what they had learned from spiritual practices and disciples. This is how they responded. In Matthew..
PC(USA) anxiously awaits proposed revision to Indiana RFRA law
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and..
Beyond time-limited essays
In a press release sent out on Friday, March 27, 2015, the Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates (PCC) announced some significant changes..
Where to start? Untangling governance, transparency and finances in the PC(USA)
The Presbyterian Mission Agency has been rocked in recent months by a trifecta of investigations and a lot of criticism involving the..
Much discussion about the marriage amendment: Going back to Acts
Lately, I’ve been drawn back to Acts. Specifically, Acts 11 and 15. As I read, certain phrases and sentences stand out. Phrases..
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