Fourth Sunday of Lent — March 10, 2024
"In life, we will be bitten, but we will also be healed," writes Baron Mullis of Numbers 21.
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Order of worship — March 10, 2024
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
Why Jesus? — Weekly Christian ed lesson
In this lesson, children will read John 3:17-21 and will consider why Jesus came to be God on Earth living amongst us.
Testing our faith (March 10, 2024)
Self-examination is needed to be in community, for in community you will need to ask for and offer forgiveness, writes Naomi McQuiller.
First Presbyterian Church, Livermore — Livermore, California
First Presbyterian Church, Livermore, partners with Kids Bike Lane each year to build bikes for under-served and at-risk youth.
A quartet of PC(USA) scholars and preachers offers up a how-to on preaching hope this Easter
Elizabeth Caldwell, Cynthia Campbell, Thomas Long and Brian K. Blount engage in a lively and helpful discussion.
Committee on the Office of the General Assembly recommends Milwaukee as site for 227th General Assembly
Recommendation to go before 226th General Assembly this summer.
Discussion guide for February 2024 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.
Teaching AI about ethics and the Gospel
Jacob Alan Cook asks: Can we train artificial intelligence to coach us into deeper honesty so we can help others — whose lives it might know more intimately than we do?
AI as an instrument of abolition
From a shorter work week to deeper personal growth, the implications of artificial intelligence point toward profits that are beyond simply economic, writes Chris Burton.
Wounded Pastors: Navigating Burnout, Finding Healing, and Discerning the Future of Your Ministry
"The authors ... beautifully model opening their lives to what God’s Spirit might be doing next, reminding us that God is never finished with us, with the church, nor with this yearning creation." — Patti Snyder
As Israel-Hamas War rages on, students in Ohio revived a kosher-halal co-op
In January, a group of Oberlin College students and alumni decided to bring Jewish and Muslim students together for breakfast, lunch and dinner through a kosher-halal co-op.
How did Christian atonement theory get so pagan?
Fred R. Anderson argues that predominate Christian understandings of atonement have been more influenced by culture than the Bible.
A Jane Austen Lent: Archdeacon explores the novelist’s spiritual lessons
Rachel Mann’s book, ‘A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 40 Days With Jane Austen,’ pairs excerpts from Austen’s novels with reflections on virtues and vices.
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) delegation to Palestine and Israel
A group of more than 30 people, mostly Presbyterians, is currently in Israel/Palestine. The trip, sponsored by the Israel/Palestine Mission Network, seeks to show solidarity with the suffering through their physical presence.
PC(USA) discourages certain gatherings in Texas
Texas’ immigration bill targeting immigrants and asylum seekers could also put others at risk.
Third Sunday of Lent — March 3, 2024
Jesus teaches that his body is the new temple in which God’s presence dwells. If the church is called to be Christ’s body, where does that mean we should be? — Ginna Bairby
Discerning false teachers (March 3, 2024)
How do we know what is true, Naomi McQuiller asks?
Order of worship — March 3, 2024
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
What was church made for? — Weekly Christian ed lesson
In this lesson, children will explore Mark 11:15-19 noticing what Jesus says the Temple is meant to be. Then, they will wonder about the relationship between Jesus’ words and the church of today.
Lenten cease-fire campaign includes Ash Wednesday Mass outside White House
‘As there’s ashes on our head, there’s also blood on our hands because we cannot exempt ourselves from what this country is doing,’ said the Rev. Graylan Hagler, pastor emeritus of Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ.
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
(Bohannon’s) strength is also in the sheer compilation of the useful and the puzzling drawn from paleontology, medicine, evolutionary biology, history and anthropology. — Rebecca Davis
Children’s books to celebrate Black History
For intentional caregivers who desire to instill values like diversity, courage, self-worth and compassion, books can open the door to important discussions and questions.
Deep listening dinners at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago
Fourth Presbyterian Church’s “Deep Listening Dinners” focus on strengthening relationships, developing conversational skills and practicing handling differences in a respectful manner.
Sex is ‘divine’: How Pope Francis is recasting Catholic Church’s views on intimacy
A book on sexuality by the Vatican’s doctrinal chief may have raised eyebrows, but Pope Francis has long been calling for the church to offer more robust teaching on sex.
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