The magic quilt
In 1 Corinthians 8, Paul urges the church to take care lest their liberty (the liberty to eat food offered to idols..
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Worshipping in Advent: From Darkness to Light
A 90-minute Presbyterian Outlook webinar Recorded Tuesday, October 21, 2014 featuring Kimberly Long and Eric Wall Advent is a journey from darkness to light. During..
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary mourns Professor Johannes Swart
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary is mourning the loss of the Rev. Dr. Johannes G. J. Swart, associate professor of world mission and evangelism...
InterVarsity group sanctioned at two dozen college campuses
(RNS) A well-established international Christian student group is being denied recognition at almost two dozen California college campuses because it requires leaders..
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..
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..
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..
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.”..
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..
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..
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...
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..
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..
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..
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”..
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..
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 (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,..
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..
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..
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..
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,..
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..
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..
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..
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