(RNS) Conservative Christians are taking credit for the Republican sweep of the U.S. Senate and GOP victories farther down the ticket in Tuesday’s midterm elections,..
(RNS) Can a megachurch survive the departure of its megastar pastor? For Seattle’s Mars Hill Church, it’s an open question. Mars Hill announced..
A united call was issued on November 4 for the humanitarian release of the Cuban 5 and the American Alan Gross. The call was..
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, as host of NOVA’s Science Now series, wears a funny vest and says profound things. Isn’t that kind of..
LAS VEGAS (PNS) The National Hispanic/Latino Presbyterian Caucus (NHLPC) of the Presbyterian Church (USA), established in 1992, held its triannual business meeting..
Guest commentary by Jennie Langham The knock at the door, the knock one never expects, the knock that only comes to other..
STATESVILLE, N.C. (PNS) Stony Point Center, a national conference center for the Presbyterian Church in Rockland County, New York, put food justice..
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (RNS) The first time the public heard the name Renita Lamkin was probably the day she was shot. In..
(RNS) The Vatican will host religious leaders from across the religious spectrum later this month for a conference where they are expected to defend..
RICHMOND, VA (PNS) The poet Carl Sandburg was quoted as saying: “Anything that brings you to tears by way of drama does..
A group of individuals spend almost three years getting to know each other and learning their quirks and strengths. They spend more..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Reverend Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), is part of a delegation of..
Montreat Conference Center is pleased to announce that the Rev. Merri Alexander will serve as its Senior Director for Strategic Partnership Development...
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s November 10, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones. Click..
(RNS) Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old suffering with an aggressive brain tumor, died Saturday — as she said she would. Sean Crowley, spokesman..
Guest commentary from William Yoo Recent encounters with students at my seminary and members of my church and presbytery remind me of..
A few months ago, I wondered in a blog post, Shall the Fundamentalists win? We Presbyterians tend to have allergic reactions to..
Sometime in November after this little column is posted the grand jury in St. Louis County will present its judgment of the..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Despite problems with the electronic voting machinery that left frustrated commissioners voting for moderator by paper ballot for the first time..
This movie should have worked better than it did. The lead parts are A-list: James Franco and Kate Hudson. Together, as Tom..
There have been a number of World War II movies made in the last several years, in no small part because the..
At one level, there’s a lot of violence in this film – and most of it is up front and personal –..
The two major themes are frequent assumptions in recent movies: the first, that the near future of the Earth is very bleak:..
(RNS) Point Loma Nazarene University wants to offer human trafficking survivors who want to earn a college degree a full-ride scholarship. PLNU, a..
by Stephen Kinzer Times Books, New York. 416 pages REVIEWED BY MICHAEL PARKER In the 1950s, when Americans were genuinely frightened that..
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