Riders on the storm: PC(USA) supports Philippines partners in Typhoon Haiyan recovery
LOUISVILLE (PNS) About two months after he began his yearlong term as a Young Adult Volunteer in the Philippines, Duncan Kirk found himself in an unforeseen..
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Overview of “Reconciling Paul: A Contemporary Study of 2 Corinthians”
Preview of 2014-2015 Horizons Bible study Have you ever been copied on an email that was only part of a conversation? It..
Re-examining, re-purposing
Church development is about many things — best practices, capable leadership, listening to the world — but the most difficult to grasp,..
Learning to Walk in the Dark
by Barbara Brown Taylor HarperOne, San Francisco, Calif. 200 pages Reviewed by MaryAnn McKibben-Dana When I mentioned to a friend that I was..
So, what about the YACs?
The 221st General Assembly will have a plateful of potentially explosive matters when it convenes in Detroit in June. It is possible..
Important message to all print subscribers – revised and enlarged from Jack Haberer, editor
I have heard today expressions of deep distress from a number of Outlook friends over the inclusion with the June 9 edition..
Shall the fundamentalists win?
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) experienced a painful split and divide in the 1920s and 1930s in the midst of the Scopes Trial..
Are you sure you want to bring the confirmation class to GA?
I’VE DONE IT MYSELF — dragged the nine members of the confirmation class to a Saturday presbytery meeting so that 13-year olds..
On the verge of a 3rd term? Valentine looks back, around, ahead
Interview by Leslie Scanlon, Outlook national reporter The 2014 General Assembly is being asked to confirm Linda Valentine for another four-year term..
The General Assembly in Detroit, 1954: A personal retrospective by David M. Evans
In the fall of 1953, General Dwight David Eisenhower was president of the United States. I was six years old and completely..
Controversy? Please!
It was early summer 2012, just before the 220th General Assembly. Standing in the kitchen with my mother, I found myself somewhat..
What’s in a Phrase? Pausing where Scripture Gives You Pause (bookmark)
By Marilyn Chandler McEntyre Wm. B. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Mich. 112 pages This is a lovely book. I say that in the..
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Ron Stief
(RNS) “Equating baptism to an act of torture like waterboarding is sacrilegious — and particularly surprising coming from you as someone who..
Health center and cholera clinic in Haiti
An American doctor from Ohio installed a community health center and cholera clinic in Haiti. Dr. Tracee Laing and her husband, Paul..
There’s a sign….
There’s a sign in a Presbyterian Church whose lot was often filled with Baptists from across the street. The sign read, “Church..
Deceased (from the June 9, 2014 issue)
John W. Ackerman, 80, Nov. 22, Minneapolis Alfred E. Brough, 85, Dec. 22, Jacksonville, N.C. Glen H. Burrows, 79, Nov. 29, Delmont,..
Retirements (from the June 9, 2014 issue)
Emily B. Barker, from temporary supply, First Church, Mount Pleasant, Tenn. David Bremer, from pastor, United Church, Bloomington, Ind. Claire Vonk Brooks,..
Transitions (from the June 9, 2014 issue)
Paul Gaug, from member-at-large, Chicago Presbytery, to interim pastor, First Church, Babylon, N.Y. Ian McMullen, from temporary supply to installed pastor, First..
Ordinations (from the June 9, 2014 issue)
Jennifer Suydam, to pastor, First Church, Greene, Iowa, by Presbytery of North Central Iowa Caleb Suydam, to pastor, Central Church, Nevada, Iowa,..
Anniversaries (from the June 9, 2014 issue)
Central Church, Nevada, Iowa, 150 years
General Assembly backgrounder: BOP, PILP, PPC, Foundation
An Assembly Committee that only acronym maniacs could love will address items of business related to four of the six national agencies..
General Assembly backgrounder: congregational vitality
Three initiatives aimed at unifying Presbyterians around ambitious goals in mission and evangelism will receive docket time at the 221st General Assembly of the..
Pope Francis calls for ‘courage’ toward peace between Israel, Palestine
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis dived into the Middle East peace process on Sunday (June 8), urging the Israeli and Palestinian presidents..
GA to celebrate New Worshipping Communities and Young Adult Volunteers
When the General Assembly convenes Saturday in Detroit, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be celebrating at least two accomplishments – a constellation..
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