Registration for the Atwood Institute for Congregational Courage now open
The Rev. Sharon Risher will keynote the Sept. 24-27 training at Massanetta Springs Camp & Conference Center.
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Set apart (March 16, 2025)
Eric Nolin explores the sacred role of ordination in Exodus 29 and its relevance today. How do rituals shape faith, and what does it mean to be set apart for God?
Second Sunday in Lent — March 16, 2025
Psalm 27 invites us to explore faith, fear, and the ways we hide — only to be called out into courage, writes Teri McDowell Ott. How do we move from hiding to trusting God?
Order of worship — March 16, 2025
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
Horizons — Economic climate change
Rosalind Banbury's seventh reflection on the 2024-2025 Presbyterian Women/Horizons Bible Study.
Faith groups claim legal victories on refugees, ICE raids at houses of worship
‘The courts are still working in this country,’ said Mark Hetfield, head of HIAS, a Jewish organization that works with refugees. ‘Thank God.’
Discussion guide for February 2025 issue
In each issue of the Outlook, we include a discussion guide to further reflect on the issue. We recommend using this guide in your Bible study, small group or book club. It's our invitation into a faithful conversation.
The power of the pilgrim
Keatan King and Omar Rouchon hope secular sites of racial justice work can become the grounds where future church leaders find their lives' work.
Love’s Braided Dance: Hope in a Time of Crisis
Norman Wirzba offers a theology of hope in “a time of crisis.” Amy Pagliarella reviews Wirzba's latest book.
Breaking my silence: A pastor’s journey with HIV
Andries Coetzee shares his journey of living with HIV, confronting stigma in the church, and embracing his God-given identity with courage and dignity.
Dear Aunt Osibe and Uncle Ernest: A letter to my ancestors
Gail Henderson-Belsito remembers two people who embodied all that is civil and right.
Rev. John Buchanan, former pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church, dies at 87
John Buchanan preached at Fourth Presbyterian Church from 1985 to 2012. He would end each message to his congregation with the message, “Hold to the good.”
Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos
Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum make a compelling case that America’s “ungoverning” may lead to a national government so weak that no party or leader can govern. Paul B. Dornan reviews their new book.
Bridging generations for racial justice
Colleen Bell explores how intergenerational collaboration strengthens the fight against racism, drawing lessons from past movements.
Order of worship — March 9, 2025
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
First Sunday in Lent — March 9, 2025
What forces pull our communal motives and loyalties away from God’s heart, asks Kyle Walker?
Beings worth being around (March 9, 2025)
Exodus 25-26 reveals God's desire for intentional relationship, writes Chris Burton.
ASPIRE Faith Advisory Council holds retreat at Hastings College
ASPIRE is currently accepting applications for Open Call, its summer program for high school students, and registrations for its Compelling Preaching Conference.
Invested Faith Awards 14th Class of Fellows
These five social innovators are working to address systemic issues of injustice in their communities while building sustainable financial models.
What Donald Trump and I have in common
A felony lurks in our past. But Trump is now president, and, 54 years after my conviction, legal discrimination continues to haunt me, writes Patrice Gaines.
Black churchwomen on the front lines
A broken-hearted mother’s decision became one of the most galvanizing acts of the Civil Rights Movement, writes Dartinia Hull.
South Pittsburgh pastor takes the long view of service to the community
Neighborhood connections have fueled ministry and relationships over three decades.
Faith groups’ environmental projects halted by Trump’s climate funding freeze
More than 300 faith communities have lost access to grant funds that were intended to plant trees in disadvantaged urban communities, environmental faith leaders who managed the grants told RNS.
Performance as prophecy and protest
Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl halftime show was a prophetic pronouncement — and an invitation for Christians, writes Shea Watts.
Members of the Zo tribe of Myanmar find sanctuary as PC(USA) church
First Zo woman ordained as a teaching elder calls it ‘a tree of life.’
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