Is California forcing churches to pay for abortions?
(RNS) Religious groups are battling the state of California over whether employee health insurance plans require them to pay for abortions and some..
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Secularism grows as more U.S. Christians turn ‘churchless’
(RNS) If you’re dismayed that one in five Americans (20 percent) are “nones” — people who claim no particular religious identity —..
Was, is and is to come
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!” The apostle John’s vision of God’s infinitude is..
God wasn’t waiting there for me
I have often wondered if, in the two days following Christ’s crucifixion, Peter and James and John – the three whom Jesus..
Film in review – “The Judge”
In the end, it's about fathers and sons. Which means that it's complicated. The judge is Judge Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall) who's..
Film in review – “The Best of Me”
With a movie based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, you expect romance. And in “The Best of Me,” that’s exactly what you..
Film in review – “John Wick”
This premise has been done before and very recently. In “The Equalizer,” Denzel Washington played a former assassin who decides to come..
Film in review – “St. Vincent”
Bill Murray has played this role before: the grouchy, irascible selfish hedonist, the heir apparent to Walter Matthau as the prototypical “Grumpy..
Pope Francis blasts supermax prisons as ‘torture’
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis said Thursday (Oct. 23) that keeping inmates isolated in maximum security prisons is “a form of torture,”..
God and the Gay Christian
by Matthew Vines Convergent Books, New York, N.Y. 224 pages REVIEWED BY JONATHAN SAUR When I was 20 years old, I asked..
What sports should — and should not — be about
The following is an edited version of a conversation the Outlook’s Leslie Scanlon had with theologian Marcia Mount Shoop, a Presbyterian Church..
On the front lines of the fight against Ebola: Presbyterian Dr. Jim McAuley reports from Sierra Leone
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Presbyterian minister and medical doctor James “Jim” McAuley has been sent by his employer from Zambia to Sierra Leone. Trained as an..
Condolences offered following Jerusalem killing
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Our thoughts and prayers are with the family whose baby was killed and those whose loved ones were injured when a..
‘1001’ grant program is retooled
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The funding arm of the Presbyterian Mission Agencythat helps establish New Worshiping Communities is revising its “1001” grant program to better serve the movement...
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News from Presbyterian-related colleges and universities
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, DECATUR, GA. ASC has received a $2 million grant from The Goizueta Foundation for two new programs: the Goizueta..
Benjamin A. Reist remembered: SFTS systematic theology professor inspired generations of students
SAN ANSELMO (PNS) Benjamin A. Reist, who inspired and challenged generations of students —including this reporter — for five decades as professor of..
Nearly $8 Million Lilly Endowment grant renews work of Louisville Institute
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded a grant of just under $8 million ($7,993,517) to Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary to continue the work of the Louisville..
Dwelling in and stumbling through “the middle” (Outlook college partnership essay)
OUTLOOK COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP AWARD RUNNER-UP ESSAY BY MCKENNA LEWELLEN I GREW UP IN A CULTURE that placed a premium on intelligence, until..
Self-Development of People grant recipients announced
LOS ANGELES (PNS) The Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People (SDOP) has approved grants totaling $133,270 to 10 self-help projects in the United..
5 ways churches can help stop the Ebola hysteria (COMMENTARY)
(RNS) Once the first person in America died from Ebola, the usual bigots and ideologues blamed it on President Obama, whom they loathe...
The place God calls you (Outlook college partnership essay)
OUTLOOK COLLEGE PARTNERSHIP AWARD WINNING ESSAY BY HANNAH RASMUSSEN FAMILY MEMBERS WARNED ME of Macalester’s secular reputation. It’s true that the religious..
The dying church: Not an end of ministry, but a beginning
As I finish my Clinical Pastoral Education residency, I've been working as a pulpit supply preacher for Park View Christian Church, a..
7 lessons from the Vatican’s wild and crazy Synod on the Family
(RNS) Pope Francis and senior Catholic leaders wrapped up their two-week Vatican summit on the challenges of modern family life on Sunday..
Greek Orthodox launch rebuilding of St. Nicholas, the only church destroyed on 9/11
NEW YORK (RNS) Leaders of a Greek Orthodox church that was destroyed during the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center broke..
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