LOUISVILLE (PNS) What is the role—and relevance — of the church in reducing the problem of mass incarceration in today’s society? Noted activist..
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – This Lenten season, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invites its member churches to pray on Sunday 29 March for..
A visitor to India is first struck by what’s different: the ferocious swirl of honking traffic and color and smell and spice...
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Reverend Larissa Kwong Abazia, Vice Moderator of the 221st General Assembly (2014) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has been diagnosed..
by Mona Siddiqui I.B. Tauris, London. 222 pages REVIEWED BY LAWTON POSEY “Religious faith doesn’t always provide assurances, but there is no..
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s March 30, 2015 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and..
by Brennan Manning with John Blasé Wm. B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 125 pages Before Brennan Manning died he composed this set..
Veronica Roth’s wildly popular youth novels about a dystopian future in the ruins of Chicago were converted into a highly successful movie..
by Brian Christopher Coulter Chalice Press, St. Louis. 150 pages REVIEWED BY TJ REMALEY The word “holy” is not always received well..
NEW YORK (PNS) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) made an oral statement yesterday to the 59th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women...
I am thankful for Catherine Franklin Vandegrift – teacher, missionary, entrepreneur and beloved child of God. Catherine grew up in the Presbyterian..
CHICAGO – It came to pass that author Diana Butler Bass, a scholar of the history of religion, was speaking to more..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) In the presbytery in which I serve, several new faith groups are emerging. One is led by a teaching elder who..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) While the Office of the General Assembly is still awaiting official tallies, it appears that a majority of the 171 presbyteries..
BALTIMORE – The words “Fear not!” rang out in worship, plenary sessions, workshops and the marketplace during the annual meeting of the..
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has voted to take a momentous step in favor of marriage equality. As of March 17, a proposed..
CHICAGO – Brian Ellison, executive director of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians, preached March 17 from a mighty pulpit: to the national..
Some seed fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil . . . and when the sun rose, it..
CHICAGO – The NEXT Church 2015 national gathering kicked off by talking not about politics (church or secular) but about Jesus –..
It’s in the air: the possibility that on March 17, a proposed amendment to change the definition of marriage in the Presbyterian..
READING THE STORY OF THE DISCIPLES on their way to Emmaus reminds me of home. Hospitality is at the center of Mexican..
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I have been a pastor in National Capital Presbytery for 39 years. Of all the things I have observed during that time,..
In the recent film, “The Theory of Everything,” the brilliance, determination and courage of the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking is dramatically portrayed. A..
Charles Freeman, to pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Gainesville, Fla., by St. Augustine Presbytery Jill Isola, to associate pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Harstville,..
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