Film in review – “Labor Day”
Adele (Kate Winslet) is one of those emotionally wounded single moms who’s clinging to her only child, a pre-pubescent boy named Henry..
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Reactions to Zionism and the PC(USA)
Relations between the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Jewish groups – difficult for some years now – have slid into acrimony again involving..
Book review – Who Is the Church? An Ecclesiology for the Twenty-First Century
by Cheryl Peterson Fortress Press, Minneapolis. 176 pages. Reformations are about identity. The foundation is the same across every reformation,..
Book review – The Westminster Handbook to Karl Barth
Edited by Richard E. Burnett Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 242 pages. Karl Barth was the twentieth century’s greatest..
Rick Warren, others, rent theaters for premiere of ‘Son of God’
(RNS) Christian leaders, including megachurch pastor Rick Warren, plan to rent every screen in numerous multiplex theaters across 10 cities for the..
World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) project strengthens communication rights in Bolivia
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – A two-year project in Bolivia coordinated by the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) that concluded in 2013..
Unbound: The transformative power of youth mission trips
Hundreds of churches offer short term youth mission trips as a way to express one of the essentials of our faith: reaching..
Evangelical women look beyond Bible study to new causes
AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) If past conferences such as Women of Faith drew thousands of evangelical women to indoor stadiums for devotional Bible..
In the case of Michael Sam, youth lead the way (commentary)
(RNS) Michael Sam’s coming out party was no surprise to those who know him. Members of the University of Missouri football team..
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Living waters flowing from a living forest
Mission goes to camp. Camp goes to mission. Each statement sounds neither compelling nor poetic. But over the past 20 years, both..
‘Comparative Statistics 2012’ now available
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Research Services, an office of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, has recently released the 2012 edition of its annual publication, Comparative Statistics...
Living river: Learning laboratory
The short, saucy version is this: on November 20, 2012, an 81-year-old widow named Bette Wilson died in Birmingham, Ala. She had..
Conscientious commenting
I knew something fascinating was coming when my friend and co-author, Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn, sent me an e-mail saying, “Gentiles do not..
United Methodists postpone Thomas Ogletree’s church trial
(RNS) The trial of a retired United Methodist pastor and former Yale Divinity School dean accused of breaking church law by performing..
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board elects new chair, vice chair
LOUISVILLE (PNS) With no new nominations from the floor and a unanimous vote, the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board elected its new chair..
February 17, 2014: Digital issue for subscribers
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook's February 17, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones...
Film in review – “Gloria”
It’s not easy being an empty-nester divorcee when there’s no “significant other.” You can just go to work, then go home to..
Presbyterian Mission Agency Board approves recommendations for 1001
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Amid recommendations that the 221st General Assembly (2014) encourage and challenge mid-councils and congregations to get involved in the 1001 movement,..
God’s salad bowl: Where are you in the salad? Armstrong asks Presbyterian Mission Agency Board
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Rev. CeCe Armstrong, pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Lantana, Fla., opened the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board meeting here..
Proposed revisions to Directory for Worship will move forward as study document, not constitutional amendment
LOUISVILLE – A proposed revision of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Directory for Worship – 10 years in the making – will go..
Special committee recommends Belhar be added to Book of Confessions: Accompanying letter places confession in context for PC(USA)
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Confession of Belhar has particular relevance to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), which continues to struggle with its history of..
Stony Point to take another two months to explore future direction
LOUISVILLE – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board will wait until April to figure out what will come next for Stony Point Conference..
Kathy Bostrom named winner of top writing prize
LOUISVILLE (PNS) The Rev. Kathleen Bostrom, a prolific writer whose works have been translated into 17 languages around the world, has..
MRTI recommends divestment from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions
LOUISVILLE – The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board voted Feb. 6 to send to the 2014 General Assembly a controversial recommendation that the..
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