Columbia president affirms faith despite spreading cancer

The news was not what anyone wanted to hear: despite aggressive treatment, the pancreatic cancer has spread in the body of Steve..

From the Archives

Unbar the door! (50 years ago)

50 years ago — June 29, 1964 The issue of race rocked our nation and the church. “Let each one of us..

He/She Said

Archbishop Bashar Warda

“It’s chaotic, really chaotic. People are not just worried and afraid, but they are really depressed about what will be the future, if..

Presbyterians in Action

Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship

The Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship points out, “Our Lord Jesus, a Jew, spoke Aramaic. So did his twelve disciples, but the first New..

In This Corner

In a church in Montana…

In a church in Montana, a preacher was explaining communion in a children’s sermon. He said, “We sometimes use wine, but now..

Deaths

Deceased (from July 21, 2014 issue)

Dick F. Harberts, 93, Apr. 21, Cedar Falls, Iowa

Honorably retired

Retirements (from July 21, 2014 issue)

Paul Duncan, from member-at-large, Eastern Oklahoma Presbytery Dan Rabovsky, from executive director, Meals on Wheels, Tulsa, Okla.

Transitions

Transitions (from July 21, 2014 issue)

David (DC) Adams, from associate pastor, Newnan Church, Newnan, Ga., to pastor, First Church, Harrison Ark. Heong Seok Cho, from pastor, Atlanta..

Ordinations

Ordinations (from July 21, 2014 issue)

Bobbie Wrenn Banks, to contract call pastor, First Breman Church, Breman, Ga., by Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Aaron Frank, to pastor, Hope..

Anniversaries

Anniversaries (from July 21, 2014 issue)

Central Church, Nevada, Iowa, 150 years Dexter Church, Dexter, N.Y., 175 years First Church of Kensington, Philadelphia, 200 years

Religion News Service

Ground Zero cross can stay at 9/11 museum, appeals court rules

NEW YORK (RNS) A cross-shaped beam from the wreckage of the World Trade Center can remain on display in the National Sept...

Religion News Service

Pope Francis apologizes for persecution of Pentecostals

CASERTA, Italy (RNS) Pope Francis sought forgiveness for decades of persecution of Italian Pentecostals when he met with around 300 evangelicals from the..

Transitions

Transitions (from the August 4, 2014 issue)

Donald P. Hammond, from associate director for enrollment, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, Calif., to interim pastor, The Presbyterian Church, Needham,..

Digital Issues

August 4, 2014: Digital issue for subscribers

The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s August 4, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones...

Religion News Service

Rabbi David Saperstein will be first non-Christian to serve as U.S. ambassador for religious freedom

WASHINGTON (RNS) President Obama on Monday (July 28) said he plans to tap Rabbi David Saperstein as the next Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious..

Voices

Campus edge: Conversations about millennials and ministry

The hope in this ministry is to view the college as a ‘mission field.’ • It’s not about getting PEOPLE to fill..

Movie Reviews

Film in review – “Obvious Child”

I share a parking lot with a Catholic school. All during the school year, I park next to cars with bumper stickers..

Movie Reviews

Films in review – “Edge of Tomorrow” & “How To Train Your Dragon 2”

The problem with time travel movies is that somewhere along the way, the logic always breaks down. The problem with animated films..

Movie Reviews

Film in review – “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”

The motion-capture technology is really astounding, especially in 3-D. However, there are many genteel moviegoers who will not go see either sci-fi..

Religion News Service

With Mosul’s Christians gone, Islamic State troops take over 4th-century monastery

ERBIL, Iraq (RNS) A day after most of Mosul’s Christians fled, Islamic State fighters stormed the fourth-century Mar Behnam Monastery near the city...