Face to Face with God’s call
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Thirty years ago Kathleen “Katie” Kelly Hopper and her husband, James Harmon Hopper, found their first call, to be co-pastors..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Thirty years ago Kathleen “Katie” Kelly Hopper and her husband, James Harmon Hopper, found their first call, to be co-pastors..
by Richard H. Dorman When a small group of Westminster College undergraduate students petitioned to start a campus chapter of a national..
(RNS) A new institute in Jerusalem has been awarded $2.2 million to help Christians and Jews study Jewish texts, launching what’s being..
(RNS) A new report shows that Catholic sisters in the U.S. face a more serious challenge to their existence than the Vatican-led..
FARMINGTON, MINN. (PNS) The Synod of Lakes and Prairies elected Elona Street-Stewart, its current associate for racial ethnic ministries and community empowerment,..
Nine years ago, when reporting for duty to serve as the new editor of the Presbyterian Outlook, I carried ulterior motives in..
The entire Columbia Theological Seminary community came together last week for events honoring its ninth president Steve Hayner. Students, faculty, staff, Board..
(RNS) The Rev. Jim Wallis, founder of the Christian magazine Sojourners and a spiritual adviser to President Barack Obama, will be one of the..
ERBIL, IRAQ (PNS) The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) delegation to the Middle East, led by General Assembly Moderator Heath Rada, has turned its attention..
Dale Hanson Bourke InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Ill. 152 pages There is a newspaper column focused on television with the tagline “We..
“Them two deserve each other.” That was the epitaph administered by a fellow moviegoer upon our departing the theater after “Gone Girl.”..
There is a commonality for those of us who are hopelessly optimistic about our country and always in support of its elected..
(RNS) Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi won the 95th Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work promoting education rights for children..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) In the wake of the bombing of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines chapel in Pikit town on..
edited by Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm, Ronald J. Allen and Dale P. Andrews Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 510 pages REVIEWED BY DAVID..
by John Bruington Some five years ago I was riding with some other pastors in the beautiful Bob Marshall Wilderness [known locally..
(RNS) Responding to a real or perceived gap between science and faith, 10 U.S. seminaries will receive a combined $1.5 million in..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Board of Directors of the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico (ESPR) has elected the Rev. Doris J. García Rivera as the school’s..
by William Yoo My family recently relocated to a new city. We packed up our belongings and bid farewell to the house..
(RNS) United Methodists in Pennsylvania have agreed to resolve a complaint filed against three dozen clergy who blessed a gay wedding without taking..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Rev. George M. Conn Jr., who during an illustrious career in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) never failed to charm with..
Lebanon has received a flood of refugees from neighboring Syria and Iraq that dwarfs the “border crisis” in the United States. Lebanon..
BEIRUT (PNS) It was a scene that will not soon be forgotten: Presbyterian leaders kneeling in prayer alongside Christian partners in the Middle..
by Steve Nofel I ranted, but my corgi-lab mix friend, Lexi, didn’t seem to care one way or another. It began early..
by Robert Johnson As a Presbyterian teaching elder for the last 26 years, and a church member all my life, I have..