Obama condemns ‘distorted’ faith at National Prayer Breakfast

WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama on Thursday (Feb. 5) called for an emphasis on what is just about the world’s religions as a..

Religion News Service

It’s official: Pope Francis to address Congress in September

WASHINGTON (RNS) Pope Francis will make an unprecedented address to Congress on Sept. 24 during his first visit to the United States...

Presbyterian News Service

Injured mission co-workers have safely returned home to Kansas

LOUISVILLE (PNS) Gwen and John Haspels, second-generation mission co-workers who spent more than 40 years planting churches and doing community development work in..

Outlook Reporting

APCE in brief

BALTIMORE – As the annual meeting of the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators (APCE) kicked off Feb. 4 in Baltimore, 756 attendees..

Outlook Features

Ever-expanding partnerships … and the amazing blessings they bring!

by Betty Angelini “In the PC(USA) we talk a lot about collaboration and partnering. This is just a fantastic example of PC(USA)..

Religion News Service

Breakaway South Carolina Episcopalians win major court case

(RNS) The Episcopal Church lost a major court battle on Tuesday (Feb. 3) when a South Carolina judge ruled that the Diocese..

News from other sources

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary names David V. Esterline as its next president

PITTSBURGH (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Communications ) Today the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Board of Directors has named the Rev. Dr. David V. Esterline as..

Outlook Features

Thinning the spaces between us

by Richard DuBose Even almost 30 years later, I can retrieve the moment instantly. Three companions had joined me on a..

Religion News Service

Pope Francis declares Oscar Romero a martyr, moves slain archbishop toward sainthood

(RNS) Pope Francis on Tuesday (Feb. 3) officially declared that Archbishop Oscar Romero, assassinated by a right-wing death squad in 1980 while..

Voices

A woman’s place

A sermon originally preached at Village Presbyterian Church on January 11, 2015. 1 Timothy 2:8-12 and 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 “Do you accept..

Book Reviews

Reclaiming Participation: Christ as God’s Life for All (bookmark)

by Cynthia Peters Anderson Fortress Press, Minneapolis. 299 pages “Theology matters” was once the banner shouted around the PC(USA) to restore theological..

Religion News Service

Ewan McGregor pulls off a convincing Jesus in ‘Last Days in the Desert’

PARK CITY, Utah (RNS) Publishers discovered a long time ago that Jesus sells magazines, so it should be no surprise that one of..

Religion News Service

Saved from the German ‘death march,’ he returned to thank his Polish rescuer

WILCZA, Poland (RNS) On Jan. 22, 1945, a woman from this small village in southern Poland was riding her bike when she..

Presbyterian News Service

Questions open us to new possibilities (Stated clerk’s column)

There is this space between the Baptism of the Lord and Ash Wednesday when we return to ordinary time in the church..

From the Archives

I.C.Y. in ‘65 – 40 years ago

40 years ago — February 1, 1965 In 1965 the United Nations was celebrating its 20th anniversary. The body had “recommended that..

Presbyterians in Action

First Presbyterian Church in Kerrville, Texas

A generous donation from a “First Fruits” fundraiser of the First Presbyterian Church in Kerrville, Texas, resulted in payment for the registration..

He/She Said

CASSIE SCHNIEDER

“As soon as I stepped on the site, I knew that it was a special place, a place set apart.” CASSIE SCHNIEDER,..

Editorials

Accountable to whom?

I simply do not know enough about the diversion of PC(USA) money to the Presbyterian Centers for New Church Development, Inc. to..

Honorably retired

Honorably retired (from the Feb. 2, 2015 issue)

Charles Kim Anderson, from associate pastor, Lake City Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Wash. Janet T. Arbesman, from member at large, Carefree, Ariz. Frank..

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