Reasons to celebrate the PC(USA) this Advent season (Moderator’s column)
LOUISVILLE (PNS) I celebrate the PC(USA) as a denomination that unequivocally affirms the Lordship of Jesus Christ as our Savior. Each new..
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John: The Gospel of Wisdom
by Michael Card InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Ill. 217 pages Michael Card is creative and prolific. This commentary completes the Biblical Imagination..
Achieving Clarity of Purpose
A 90-minute Presbyterian Outlook webinar Tuesday, January 20, 2015 – 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) featuring John Wimberly Click here to purchase the on-demand..
Why do we go out?
On Mondays each week I volunteer at a 24-hour skilled nursing facility that my congregation helped start for AIDS/HIV patients. Not a..
Confession in community
HORIZONS BIBLE STUDY 2014-2015 RECONCILING PAUL Lesson Five, 2 Corinthians 5:16-6:11 A rare but often repeated complaint about weekly worship has to..
Nothing!
AT THE VERY LEAST WE FELT a sense of responsibility … maybe even God’s call. As I wrapped up an interim, my..
Dalai Lama says Pope Francis is unwilling to meet: ‘It could cause problems’
ROME (RNS) The Dalai Lama said Thursday (Dec. 11) that he would not meet Pope Francis while in Rome for a summit..
Seasonal decor
We bring them out again, these relics of a score of Advents Past, unwind with reverent gentleness the yellowed tissue bindings, and..
Documentary highlights farm work exploitation in United States
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Farm work is described as one of the most difficult and underpaid jobs in America. Now, a new documentary is raising..
Kenya church leaders alarmed by al-Shabab’s persecution of Christians
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Church leaders say attacks by Somalia’s al-Shabab militants in Kenya are increasingly taking on an anti-Christian tenor, including targeted executions of non-Muslims...
Missing a kingdom moment: It’s past time for Presbyterians to do relational politics
by Fritz Ritsch Recent events in the Middle East have torn at many Presbyterians’ hearts. Threats to both Israelis and Palestinians are real,..
Center for Innovative Ministry release video series
by Tom Dickelman The Center for Innovative Ministry is pleased to announce the release of “Tom and Edwin’s Excellent Adventures,” an online..
Tell a story
Guest Outpost blog by Charlie Lee Story time I am a father to two young children. As any parent can tell you,..
Pope Francis speaks: 5 takeaways from another blockbuster interview
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Gay marriage was never on the agenda at the recent Synod of Bishops on the Family and the subject “did..
Tim Keller
“In the Internet age, Mark Driscoll definitely built up the evangelical movement enormously. But the brashness and the arrogance and the rudeness..
Army’s 1439 Airborne Infantry
Caleb Williams serves in the Army’s 1439 Airborne Infantry and is a student at Austin Seminary in Austin, Texas. He is thankful for..
A junior high youth coordinator …
In Birmingham, Alabama, a junior high youth coordinator asked the group to write down any three they could remember of the 10 commandments...
Theology and liturgy in Advent, Christmas and Epiphany music (10 years ago)
10 years ago — December 6, 2004 The first great theme of Advent is the second coming. … “Watch and be ready,..
Deceased (from the Dec. 8, 2014) issue
Pauline R. Haynes, 69, Feb. 11, New York William A. Hazen, 80, Jan. 12, Carpinteria, Calif. Mickey Shealy, 49, Oct. 30, Dalton, Ga.
Honorably retired (from the Dec. 8, 2014) issue
Elizabeth C. Hallen, from member at large, Plymouth, N.H. Richard D. Sweeney, from pastor, First Presbyterian Church, New Vernon, N.J. Ken Winter, from..
Transitions (from the Dec. 8, 2014) issue
Stephen Adkison, from pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Hannibal, Mo., to pastor, Chapel by the Sea, Fort Myers, Fla. Michael Armistead, to designated pastor,..
Ordinations (from the Dec. 8, 2014) issue
Diane Ford, to pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Sacramento, Calif., by Presbytery of Sacramento Sarah Gengler, to pastor, The Federated Church, Brookston, Ind., by..
Anniversaries (from the Dec. 8, 2014) issue
First Presbyterian Church, Las Animas, Colo. 140 years The Presbyterian Church of Paris, Paris, Ill. 190 years Vaughn Presbyterian Church, Bentonville, Ark...
The perfect family
Let me tell you about my family. Addiction runs through our veins, entitlement reigns in our thoughts and we are prone to..
Film in review – “The Homesman”
“The Homesman,” based on a novel by Glendon Swarthout, feels like Larry McMurtry’s novels of The Old West. Here, people work very..
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