Openings: A Daybook of Saints, Sages, Psalms and Prayer Practices (bookmark)

by Larry Peacock Skylight Paths, Woodstock, Vt. 418 pages Is this an encyclopedia or a prayerbook? Is this a book of prayer..

Voices

Camp is the new GA

For a long time I didn’t think I was a very creative person because most of the creative people I knew were..

Benedictory

The church being itself

WHEN YOU GO TO A MEETING of the General Assembly of our communion, as I do every other year as part of..

Outlook Horizons Studies

God will use this … (Horizons lesson 2)

HORIZONS BIBLE STUDY 2014-2015 Reconciling Paul: A Contemporary Study of 2 Corinthians “God will use this so that you can help others.”..

Multichannel Church Report

Managing money and feeding souls

Some church leaders call it a “challenge budget,” others a “faith budget.” I call it a bad idea. Faced with a gap..

He/She Said

Samuel Rodriguez

“There’s still angst in the pews, but if they listen more to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John than to Rush Limbaugh, they’ll..

Presbyterians in Action

Presbyterian Pan American School

Doug Dalglish, new president of Presbyterian Pan American School in Kingsville, Texas, reports that they just graduated largest group of seniors ever...

In This Corner

One church in Virginia…

One church in Virginia gave their food donation box the name of Gracie. One notice said, “Thanks for the food donations, but..

From the Archives

Disagreeing to agree: PC(USA) divesture vote leads to anti-semitic charges (10 years ago)

10 years ago — Sept. 13, 2004 The 216th General Assembly meeting in Richmond, Virginia, began the process of exploring divesture in..

Presbyterian News Service

Seek ways to broaden understanding of faith (Moderator’s column)

The query from the floor was, “How does the PC(USA) believe it has the privilege of changing God’s word to make it..

Religion News Service

New ‘Nuns on the Bus’ tour to tackle political ‘dark money’

(RNS) This time it’s the Catholic sisters versus the Koch brothers. That’s one way to look at the upcoming “Nuns on the Bus”..

Religion News Service

Former Ram Aeneas Williams now tending a flock in Ferguson

FERGUSON, Mo. (RNS) In a dark high school auditorium, hundreds gather every Sunday to listen to a former St. Louis Ram who..

Deaths

Deceased (from the September 1, 2014 issue)

Samuel Corchado-Ortega, 92, Mar. 13, 2009, Carolina, P.R. Thomas J. Cummins Jr., 90, Sept. 17, 2013, Pittsburgh Ricardo Diaz, 90, May 10,..

Honorably retired

Honorably retired (from the September 1, 2014 issue)

David G. Dawson, from executive presbyter, Shenango Presbytery, Pulaski, Pa. Robert L. Garrard, from pastor, First Church, Cheyenne, Wy. Eugene L. Gladney,..

Digital Issues

September 15, 2014: Digital issue for subscribers

The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s September 15, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones. Click..

Voices

Finding myself while finger painting: Making a creative mess of pastoral identity

“How big of a cardboard tree could you make for VBS this year?” I love questions like this! As a pastor, creative-type..

Outlook Features

This is not a drill: Guest commentary from Edward Koster

In 2010, the General Assembly approved an authoritative interpretation (AI) that included the following statements: “Neither the General Assembly nor the GAPJC..

Movie Reviews

Film in review – “Boyhood”

“Boyhood” is a great, big, sprawling epic of a film, with some transitions so seamless that they startle you with their opaqueness,..

Presbyterian News Service

Allan Boesak headlines one-day conference on the Belhar Confession

MONTREAT, N.C. (PNS) The Rev. Allan Boesak — an influential anti-Apartheid activist and a principal author of the Belhar Confession — will..

Outlook Reporting

Readers: You are invited to say “thank you” to Jack Haberer

Jack Haberer, editor of the Presbyterian Outlook, has accepted a call to become the pastor of Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church in Naples, Florida. On September..

Religion News Service

Al-Qaida overshadowed by Islamic State’s influence

WASHINGTON (RNS) Al-Qaida’s call Thursday (Sept. 4) for a holy war in India is the latest sign of how the terror group..

Presbyterian News Service

New hunger figures show millions of Americans continue to struggle

WASHINGTON (PNS) On Sept. 3 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its annual report, Household Food Security in the United States 2013...