When we embrace visibility and vulnerability, we can find a God-given sense of belonging in the make-up aisle, at a civil protest, and – if we allow it – in the church, writes trans woman and pastor Lucinda Isaacs.
‘We gladly welcome Carl Lentz to our Transformation Church staff, helping TC with strategy as we continue to move forward in our vast vision,’ said one pastor of the predominantly Black megachurch.
"By letting chaplains tell their stories, Cadge allows readers to understand their motivations, individual approaches and perceptions of the significance of their service."
Barbara Wood Gray on opening the gate of the heart.
A Nashville pastor contemplates the ‘why?’ of this week’s shooting.
Eric Barreto interviews Willie James Jennings on what it means to belong.
When Phillip Blackburn began as the director of the University of the Ozarks’ Thriving in Rural Ministry Program, he expected to serve small, dying churches. Instead, he has found livelihood and wisdom.
Editor Teri McDowell Ott offers a lament in the style of Psalm 13.
What does belonging feel like? Teri McDowell Ott ponders this as she introduces the April issue of Presbyterian Outlook.
‘I look forward to building on the strong foundation that Emilie Townes and others have established to form this treasured community,’ Pierce said.
‘We have this chance to build something new,’ said the Rev. Fritz Nelson, pastor of First United Presbyterian Church in East Palestine.
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina held a leadership forum to help pastors figure out how to speak out without alienating half of their members.
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
On Easter morning, we’re encouraging caregivers and children to "play" through the Easter story at home.
In a world that seems so confused, Easter can ground us and give us hope, writes editor Teri McDowell Ott.
A uniform lesson for April 9, 2023.
The majority of the incidents reported in the 2022 audit constituted antisemitic harassment.
The new report from PRRI also found that many religious Americans support LGBTQ nondiscrimination rights, even those who oppose same-sex marriage.
Karie Charlton writes about grief, dementia. and love.
Julie Raffety confesses her appreciation for "Dateline" and what it teaches her about how to comfort those who mourn.
During his days interning as a hospital chaplain, Eric Nolin found a new understanding of life in Christ, even though it felt like death to get there.
Opponents of the new ‘doctrinal note’ such as New Ways Ministry, a Catholic LGBTQ outreach organization, blasted the bishops’ statement as ‘neither good theology nor acceptable pastoral care.’
"Everyone else was grieving, but I was busy."
"Everything Everywhere All at Once" may be absurd and dance with nihilism, but it also contains important lessons connected to the Christian faith, writes Brendan McLean.
‘The seminary needs a deeper reckoning,’ they wrote, ‘with its current relationship to and investment in modern systems of enslavement.’
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