Advent for Everyone: Luke (A Daily Devotional)
Roy Howard reviews N.T. Wright's book.
After the Longest Night (album & songbook)
Steve Thorngate Reviewed by Luke Hyder After the Longest Night (album & songbook) by Steve Thorngate Advent can be a season of..
Advent devotions – Year C (2018)
Are you looking for theologically sound, inspiring and affordable Advent devotions for the congregation? The Presbyterian Outlook is once again offering accessible..
Advent politics
They almost seem to come around together: Election Day and Advent. A secular moment and a sacred moment, moving in tandem, as..
Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ
Fleming Rutledge Eerdmans, 426 pages Fleming Rutledge has gathered from her repertoire of (mostly) unpublished materials a number of sermons and writings..
Waiting as a spiritual practice
I think it would be accurate to say that most of life is lived and experienced in the in-between. While it may..
Seasonal hymns by J. Barrie Shepherd
Beloved Presbyterian poet J. Barrie Shepherd has crafted hymns for Advent, Christmas and welcoming in the new year set to familiar Christmas tunes..
Silence Falls – Advent hymn
A new hymn for Advent by Paul Hooker. Your hymn purchase includes downloads of a PDF of the lyrics scored with the..
Responsive Advent prayer of confession
As Advent dawns again, O God, we lament that hateful chants, violence, and death have marked our streets. Lord, have mercy! God..
Advent devotions – Year B (2017)
Are you looking for theologically sound, inspiring and affordable Advent devotions for the congregation? This year, for the first time, the Presbyterian..
Meandering hope
I was on my way to class, driving down Burnet Road toward Austin Seminary in Texas. Burnet (pronounced “burn-it”) is classic Austin...
How to prepare for Christmas
Advent is not for the faint of heart. Advent marks the period before Christmas when we wait for Jesus’ arrival as a..
Advent: The waiting place
I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the desolate pit,..
Lux plus Veritas
We try to drive the dark away this shining season, string twining cords around our shrubs and trees, doors, windows, porches too,..
Luke 2 needs a better opener – and I can help!
Luke 2:1 – “In those days ...” These are the first three words of Luke’s version of the Christmas story. Luke records..
When life imitates Advent
Even outside the church, I think people know what it means to live with Advent hope. Advent means expectant waiting. It means..
Faith calls me to see hope: An Advent reflection
“Nostalgia is memory filtered through disproportionate emotion. Faith is memory filtered through appropriate gratitude” (David Bartlett, “Feasting on the Word Year A”)...
Expecting
For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. -..
Advent stirs deep longings
As we turn toward Thanksgiving and Christmas, there are cultural rituals that we enact. White lights line roofs and store windows...
Come, Lord Jesus
I am tired of waiting for Jesus. The wrangling of a national election that had the tenor of a raunchy reality show,..
The right group-study curriculum can enrich the meaning of Advent
By Nina Simone With fall in full swing, Advent will soon be upon us. Busy as December is, Advent invites people into..
Santa’s helpers, God’s helpers
I love Santa. Every year my wife gets me a new Santa ornament to put on our tree. It’s pretty much a..
I have a problem with elves
by Julie Coffman Hester I have a problem with elves. Apart from Will Ferrell in the movie “Elf,” and Hermey the dentist..
Advent, Christmas resources for families
By Julie Coffman Hester Read her related Outlook feature article “I have a problem with elves” Hope4CE – Columbia Seminary professor Kathy Dawson’s..
I met Jesus in the paint aisle at Home Depot: Finding grace in the season of Advent
I'm starting a new call as the director of global mission at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. This means uprooting my family..
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