For all the talk of changing the church, improving the church, and shifting the paradigm of the church, most leaders and members do not want the church to be any different than it is right now. Most people are generally content with the status quo.
On Reformation Sunday this year (October 25) many of us will happily sing Luther’s famous hymn, “A Mighty Fortress.”
On a recent trip to Italy, I modestly posed as the prop for the famous “leaning” tower. From this perspective it has an obvious lean, but if I stood on the other side, I would be propping it up in the opposite direction.
At age 16, Paul McCartney wrote a love song about two lovers growing old together. Eight years later, as his own father turned 64, McCartney included “When I’m 64” in the list for “Sgt. Pepper,” the Beatles’ 1967 album.
(ENI) — A Swiss-based Zimbabwe human rights alliance has deplored attempts by Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, to abuse United Nations platforms for "political grandstanding and evading international restrictive measures."
Read more about it in a new blog from Jeffrey Myers on the OUTLOOK blog page.
October 1989 / 2009Today is a special day in Germany - the "Day of Decision" (Tag der Entscheidung), recalling the start of..
Buried among the books Michael Jinkins took to the beach this summer (and back) was one that got his attention. Let him..
This summer, among the piles of lesser literature I hauled on vacation, was one of those books I had been intending to..
Meet His Royal Highness Prince El-Hassan bin Talal as Jack Habererinterviews him in the Royal Palace of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. ..
TAYBEH, West Bank (ENI) — There was barely a knackwurst sausage, Wiener schnitzel, sauerkraut, or accordion and tuba in sight.
(ENI) — Leipzig Protestant pastor Christian Führer has been honored for his autobiography that recounts how the weekly peace prayers in his parish led to the 1989 protests that contributed to the fall of communism in East Germany.
(ENI/RNS) — Leaders of two U.S. Lutheran denominations have pledged to continue working together on ministry projects despite deep disagreements over the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's recent decision to permit non-celibate gay clergy.
Within a day or two of moving into the editor’s office of the Presbyterian Outlook in January, 2006, I realized what overwhelming..
Background Within a day or two of moving into the editor’s office of the Presbyterian Outlook in January, 2006, I realized what overwhelming..
I couldn’t say it better, so I share with you the commentary of our Church Wellness columnist, Tom Ehrich, as he addresses these troubled times …
It’s not uncommon for Presbyterian churches located in the same neck of the woods to interact little, if at all — to go about their life and worship fairly independently.
When the couple came to Jean Southard and asked if she would marry them, that was not, for her, a difficult decision.
Church growth now into the future will be more about adapting and meeting local needs than policy and process, according to presenters at the “Moving Back into our Neighborhoods” conference held recently near San Diego, Calif.
As reports on the Big Tent event appeared in The Presbyterian Outlook and other sources, I like much of what happened there and regret that I wasn’t there.
When Hurricane Ike blew through Southeast Texas a year ago, thousands of Americans were forever impacted.
(ABP) — The national debate raging over health-care reform has become a maelstrom of competing claims and counterclaims.
Last month, the White House began recruiting “faith” leaders to help make the case for health-care reform.
My 92-year-old friend and I were visiting. She had terminal cancer, and the discussion turned to her final wishes.
If you’ve ever driven across the United States, you know that there is more than one way to make the trip.
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