Documents obtained by the Presbyterian Outlook show warnings of possible disciplinary action and potential termination in a covenant mission co-workers were asked to sign — contradicting testimony that the document carried no punitive elements.
Roger and Mary Clare Owens share how writing a book on prayer together taught them there are no experts — just curious souls learning to connect with God in their own way.
Winterbourne Harrison-Jones reimagines prayer as activism, insisting that true communion with God must move beyond the sanctuary and into the streets.
Poetry is not proclaimed in a vacuum. Neither is prayer. Both teach us to construct our words with care and intention. — Kathryn Lester-Bacon
Quincy Worthington recounts witnessing protest and brutality outside an ICE detention center in Broadview, Illinois — and how that moment reshaped his understanding of faith, power and public discipleship.
Jacob and Esau’s rivalry reveals a God who works through unlikely people, overturns expectations, and calls us to trust grace over human ideas of righteousness, writes Aaron Pratt Shepherd.
You are welcome to use this liturgy in your online worship services and distribute it to your congregation.
Two proposals blasting the idea are recommended, while one commemorating Presbyterian role in American Revolution was rejected.
The recommendations would establish dedicated funding for a biennial LGBTQIA+ gathering and affirm access to medically necessary, evidence-based gender-affirming healthcare.
Commissioners voted to express solidarity with the PC(USA)'s long-time Cuban partner church and urged U.S. advocacy staff to push for diplomatic relief.
The “matter requires immediate institutional attention,” writes the General Assembly Operations Committee.
After nearly four hours of discussion, commissioners approved a measure that PC(USA) staff said would free them to advocate ‘in a much stronger way.’
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