June 2024 Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org/issues/june-2024/ News and Articles from the The Presbyterian Outlook Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:57:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://pres-outlook.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/outlook-logo.svg June 2024 Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org/issues/june-2024/ 32 32 Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair https://pres-outlook.org/2024/06/zero-at-the-bone-fifty-entries-against-despair/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:00:09 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125955 "Here is a writer applying his personal experience, academic training, as well as his doubts and longing against despair, and finding hope." — Andrew Taylor-Troutman

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]]> Reader’s opinions: “A call to reform the PC(USA) ordination process” https://pres-outlook.org/2024/06/readers-opinions-a-call-to-reform-the-pcusa-ordination-process/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:00:51 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125833 Readers respond to David Wigger's "A call to reform the PC(USA) ordination process.”

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]]> The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church https://pres-outlook.org/2024/06/the-exvangelicals-loving-living-and-leaving-the-white-evangelical-church/ Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:00:18 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125836 Sarah McCammon is a compassionate companion as well as a reliable teacher for pastors, therapists and friends wondering how to better understand and support exvangelicals on the journey. — Amy Pagliarella

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]]> How can we best serve small and rural congregations?  https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/how-can-we-best-serve-small-and-rural-congregations/ Fri, 31 May 2024 10:02:56 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125515 The majority of PC(USA) congregations are small. Phil Blackburn, Daniel Lee and Caroline Dennis talk about important denominational issues from this perspective.

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]]> Read to leave home https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/read-to-leave-home/ Fri, 31 May 2024 09:43:40 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125511 To grow, we need to “leave home” physically, psychologically or spiritually, writes Teri McDowell Ott.

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]]> What we’re reading: Summer 2024 https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/what-were-reading-summer-2024/ Thu, 30 May 2024 10:20:51 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125450 The Outlook staff shares some of their summer reads including Laruen Groff, Christian Wiman, and Richard Haas.

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]]> Ordination exams: “The time for review is now.” https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/exegesis-exams-the-time-for-review-is-now/ Wed, 22 May 2024 10:33:20 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125277 Rob Lowry, the chair of the Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee for the Examination of Candidates, writes about revamping the PC(USA) ordination process.

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]]> Your summer reading guide — bonus content https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/your-summer-reading-guide-bonus-content/ Wed, 22 May 2024 10:00:50 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125294 Outlook Social Media Producer Jesy Littlejohn and Book Review Editor Amy Pagliarella offer a deeper look into the minds that curate our reading lists. Plus: all the books you should read this summer.

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]]> Meet Marian McClure Taylor and Danny Morales: #GA226 co-moderator candidates https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/meet-marian-mcclure-taylor-and-danny-morales-ga226-co-moderator-candidates/ Thu, 16 May 2024 12:07:10 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125182 Get to know two of the candidates standing for co-moderator, Marian McClure Taylor and Danny Morales, in an Outlook-exclusive video.

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]]> #GA226 environmental and climate justice committee preview https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/ga226-environmental-and-climate-justice-committee-preview/ Tue, 14 May 2024 10:07:19 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=124974 Fossil fuel divestment, single use plastics, lithium mining to be considered at this summer’s national meeting.

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