News & Analysis
LOUISVILLE — The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study, which dates back to 1892, is now available in formats never dreamed of... Susan E. Lindsey, Senior Communications Associate - Monday, 5 January 2009 Read more... |
(ENI)--Supporters of a strict interpretation of the separation of church and state in the United States have filed a lawsuit seeking an end of the... ENI - Monday, 5 January 2009 Read more... |
SINGAPORE (ENI) — Christians in Malaysia have urged the government to lift restrictions to allow the distribution of Bibles in the local Bahasa Malaysia language... Michele Green - Monday, 5 January 2009 Read more... |
 MONTREAT, N.C.—Rep. John Lewis, the Democratic congressman elected by the state of Georgia, felt his calling early in life. When he was 8 or 9... Catherine Williams, OUTLOOK special correspondent - Monday, 5 January 2009 Read more... |
 MONTREAT, N.C.—After months of planning meetings, Facebook campaigns, video blog posts and eager anticipation, the 2009 College Conference at Montreat Conference Center kicked off Friday... Catherine Williams, special Outlook correspondent - Monday, 5 January 2009 Read more... |
 MONTREAT, N.C.—Friends, co-workers and roommates Jenny Mavity and Lisa Dougan joined the Invisible Children movement as road crew members on the 2007 National Tour.Since then... Catherine Williams - Monday, 5 January 2009 Read more... |
(ENI) — A coalition of U.S. Christian leaders is calling on president-elect Barack Obama to “make achievement of Israeli-Palestinian peace an immediate priority” during his... Chris Herlinger - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
(ENI) — Global faith leaders at a meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, have signed a document calling for an extensive and rapid reduction of carbon dioxide... Peter Kenny - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
NEW YORK — (RNS) Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, who shepherded his church through the rubble of communism but was unable or unwilling to heal... Nicole Neroulias and Adelle M. Banks - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
The Presbyterian Writers Guild and author Cecil Murphey are sponsoring a Presbyterian Writers Conference April 23-24, 2009, at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga. Bill Lancaster - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
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Opinion
She was birdlike and petite, with a hawk nose and an attractive smile. She was routinely mocked in parliament by big angry men shouting "Go back to Moscow" or "Go back to Israel." Yet this indomitable Jewish woman could make strong men tremble. Oh, and she helped break down the walls of apartheid in South Africa. Ron Ferguson - Monday, 5 January 2009 Read more... |
The cover of your January 5 issue carries the banner headline “Reducing Emissions” and a picture of an industrial site with billowing clouds of “pollution.” Based on a lifetime of working on chemical plants, I believe you are picturing the exhaust from a cooling tower, which contains only air and water vapor, surely not a source of pollution. The stack on the right-hand side of the picture is probably from a furnace and contains only air, water vapor, and carbon dioxide. There might be other compounds, depending on what fuel is being burned, but at least the operators have... Miles Julian - Monday, 5 January 2009 Read more... |
During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama affirmed directly that Jesus Christ is his Lord and Savior. Will his profession be demonstrated in the legislation he promotes and in the leadership he exerts? Jack Haberer, Outlook Editor - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
So how was your 2008? On many fronts it looked bleak: the collapse of the financial markets, an often ugly political race that turned incendiary on religious issues, continuing conflicts among the world’s religions — including stepped up persecution of Christians in some mostly Muslim and Hindu countries. Jack Haberer, Outlook Editor - Sunday, 28 December 2008 Read more... |
Dear Richard: We met this past summer at Envision 08, the Evangelical Social Justice Conference at Princeton University and Princeton Seminary. I applauded your speech then, and have admired your work for several years. I write now in response to word that you have resigned from your post as chief for governmental affairs at the National Association of Evangelicals. Chris Iosso - Tuesday, 23 December 2008 Read more... |
A 10-minute preview of “Voices of Christmas from the National Council of Churches,” the CBS Christmas Eve special celebrating the 100th anniversary of the NCC, can be found on YouTube. Jerry L. Van Marter, Presbyterian News Service - Tuesday, 23 December 2008 Read more... |
It’s a tradition that many Presbyterian churches don’t follow – but one with a strong theological vision. While many folks celebrate New Year’s Eve with champagne and parties, or an evening around the TV with a bowl of popcorn, some Christians choose to wave in the New Year at church. Leslie Scanlon, OUTLOOK national reporter - Tuesday, 23 December 2008 Read more... |
So how was your 2008? On many fronts it looked bleak: the collapse of the financial markets, an often ugly political race that turned incendiary on religious issues, continuing conflicts among the world’s religions — including stepped up persecution of Christians in some mostly Muslim and Hindu countries. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) suffered, too. Ordination standards battles heated up again as our top court handed down a ruling that precluded ordaining bodies from allowing behavioral scrupling of the fidelity-chastity requirement; then the San Jose General Assembly edited that ruling and canceled other existing constitutional interpretations and sent to the... Jack Haberer Editor - Tuesday, 23 December 2008 Read more... |
it's getting pretty late,at the bottom of the drivewaysthe naked trees await,the tinsel has been vacuumedfrom the carpet and the chair, J. Barrie Shepherd - Tuesday, 23 December 2008 Read more... |
BETHLEHEM (ENI) — Unemployment has shrunk to 23 percent and hotel capacity is often around 100 percent these days, so things are looking up for Bethlehem says the head of the city's chamber of commerce and industry board."While some may gasp at the mention of 23 percent unemployment, when we have witnessed 45 percent unemployment, 23 percent is an improvement," said Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce and Industry chairperson, Samir Hazboun, at a recent meeting with journalists. Judith Sudilovsky - Monday, 22 December 2008 Read more... |
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Reports & Resources
(ENI) — Why should the environmental movement be involved with religions? That is a question Martin Palmer, secretary general of the Alliance of Religions and... Peter Kenny - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
“Recreation Express” is a new software resource created by H. Lee Cross and Beth Bannerman Gunn, two experienced Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) recreation leaders. reviewed by Nelle McCorkle Bordeaux - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
Churches are already planning for their Vacation Bible Schools this summer. Publishers of VBS material have provided the following synopses of their curricula for 2009.... - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
In the Dec. 2 edition of the Outlook we published the personal story of Ray Bagnuolo, an ordained, openly gay minister of Word and Sacrament. ... Kristin J. Tremba - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
Christian churches and organizations are obligated at all levels to observe the highest standards in their employment recruitment policies. When Presbyterian institutions take the low... Earl S. Johnson Jr. - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
I belong to an e-mail discussion group created by people who care about the work of theologian Jürgen Moltmann. Bill Tammeus - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
We were gathering in the chapel of the Heifer Project retreat center just north of Tegucigalpa. The Honduran pastors mingled around and started discussing the... Mark Englund-Krieger - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
My future is to do God’s will. For a long time I had felt out of touch with God. I felt that I am not... Cindy Rouse-Baird - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
In addition to the New Year’s resolutions being thrust upon us by challenging times, let’s make some resolutions for our congregations. Tom Ehrich - Sunday, 4 January 2009 Read more... |
O Jesus, you were born to beGod’s gift to save humanity; Carolyn Winfrey Gillette - Sunday, 28 December 2008 Read more... |
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