American Bible Society to sell 12-story NYC building

by Sarah Pulliam Bailey NEW YORK (RNS) The American Bible Society will sell its 12-story building on Broadway, vacating prime real estate..

Benedictory

A whisper, then a shout

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PIECES OF ART is a bronze sculpture in my office — the gift of a well-known sculptor in..

Outlook Horizons Studies

God’s way is possible (Horizons 9)

Lesson 9 — Deuteronomy 30 B.J. is 6 years old, shy and cute as a button. He likes to hide just ahead..

Insights columns

Seeing things clearly

People of faith often use metaphors related to eyesight. We’ve seen the light. We get the gift of new eyes. We see..

He/She Said

Cardinal Timothy Dolan

“Look, the same Bible that tells us, that teaches us well about the virtues of chastity and the virtue of fidelity and..

Presbyterians in Action

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Topeka

At Trinity Presbyterian Church in Topeka, Kan., two generous donors offered to double all donations to support mission personnel through a certain..

In This Corner

A discussion of dinosaurs….

Somehow a fifth-grade Sunday school class wandered into a discussion of dinosaurs. One youth stopped the conversation when he said, “Well, I’m..

Calendar Check

Calendar Check May 2014

May 1 2:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. PDT Children in the Sanctuary: Including Children in the Congregation’s Worship featuring Carolyn Brown, a 90-minute..

Calendar Check

Calendar Check April 2014

March 30-April 4 Decatur, Ga.: Teaching Spiritual Formation in the Congregation, featuring Jane Vennard. Columbia Theological Seminary. ctsnet.edu March 31-April 2 Austin, Texas:..

From the Archives

“ERA and the Church’s Role”

40 Years Ago — March 11, 1974 The Equal Rights Amendment had gone to the states for ratification and the church was..

Honorably retired

Honorably retired (from the March 31, 2014 issue)

Frederick A. Beck, from pastor, Community in Christ Church, Greensboro, N.C. Lynda Clements, from pastor, First Church, Ossining, N.Y. Brent Coffin, from..

Transitions

Transitions (from the March 31, 2014 issue)

Douglas Brouwer, from pastor, First Church, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to pastor, International Protestant Church, Zurich, Switzerland Robert Crall, from pastor, Kirk of..

Anniversaries

Anniversaries (from the March 31, 2014 issue)

First Church, Pleasanton, Texas, 100 years Front Royal Church, Front Royal, Va., 175 years Second Church, Saginaw Township, Mich., 150 years

Religion News Service

Supreme Court takes up Hobby Lobby’s challenge to the contraception mandate

by Lauren Markoe WASHINGTON (RNS) When two corporations — one owned by evangelicals and one owned by Mennonites — filed suit over..

Webinar Replay

Unsettling Leaders: Why Would We Follow?

For years, we have participated in conversations about leadership—a desire for better leaders, more entrepreneurial leaders, adaptive leaders. Too often, our conversations..

Religion News Service

World Vision to recognize employees’ same-sex marriages

by Sarah Pulliam Bailey (RNS) Christian relief organization World Vision has announced that it will no longer define marriage as between a man..

Presbyterian News Service

Pew research: Pope Francis hugely popular with U.S. Catholics

by Jim Nedelka NEW YORK (PNS) A key Roman Catholic tenet holds that the Pope is the head of their church on Earth,..

Outlook Features

Philadelphia Presbytery breaks the mold

After two rejections, presbytery looked inward — and found a candidate who sensed God’s call. When Ruth Santana-Grace looked across the room..

Digital Issues

March 31, 2014: Digital issue for subscribers

The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook's March 31, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones...

Book Reviews