April 2024 Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org/issues/april-2024/ News and Articles from the The Presbyterian Outlook Fri, 24 May 2024 13:10:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://pres-outlook.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/outlook-logo.svg April 2024 Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org/issues/april-2024/ 32 32 Strange Math https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/strange-math/ Fri, 24 May 2024 12:05:53 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125003 A poem about a man who would take walks by Andrew Taylor-Troutman.

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]]> Razor wire in the water https://pres-outlook.org/2024/04/razor-wire-in-the-water/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:00:38 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=124665 There's what we can't see, writes Dartinia Hull, and there is what we don't see.

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]]> Discussion guide for April 2024 issue https://pres-outlook.org/2024/04/discussion-guide-for-april-2024-issue/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:00:28 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=124680 In each issue of the Outlook, we include a discussion guide to further reflect on the issue. We recommend using this guide in your Bible study, small group or book club. It's our invitation into a faithful conversation.

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]]> Sacred hospitality: Have you been a stranger? https://pres-outlook.org/2024/04/sacred-hospitality-have-you-been-a-stranger/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:29:52 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=124407 Susan Hudson and Veda Shaheen Gill discuss the radical hospitality in Pakistan.

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]]> Somehow: Thoughts on Love https://pres-outlook.org/2024/04/somehow-thoughts-on-love/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:01:20 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=124395 In "Somehow," Anne Lamott gives us reason to trust in the God whose love is the greatest of all.

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]]> The hospitality of vulnerability https://pres-outlook.org/2024/04/the-hospitality-of-vulnerability/ Fri, 05 Apr 2024 10:13:53 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=124276 Becca Messman's view of hospitality changed after ministering to a young, dying woman who lived with one foot in heaven and one on earth.

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]]> What the pandemic taught Montreat about conference centers (and hospitality) https://pres-outlook.org/2024/04/what-the-pandemic-taught-montreat-about-conference-centers-and-hospitality/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:00:26 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=123910 Richard Dubose discovers the vulnerability that settled in with the pandemic allowed Montreat staffers to understand what authentic and faithful hospitality includes.

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]]> The ecumenical future of camps and conferences  https://pres-outlook.org/2024/03/the-ecumenical-future-of-camps-and-conferences/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:00:47 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=123857 Invitations to other denominations isn’t enough. Instead, Joel Winchip believes, finding the strengths – and weaknesses – we all see in our ministries can help us serve more people.

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]]> After you https://pres-outlook.org/2024/03/after-you/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 10:00:41 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=123905 While lost in the once familiar New York City, Johanna W.H. van Wijk-Bos found two women who offered guidance and protection to the wandering stranger.

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]]> The hospitality of yes  https://pres-outlook.org/2024/03/the-hospitality-of-yes/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:14:19 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=123871 Showing up and saying yes, even when – especially when – we don’t know where that answer will lead, is a major lesson in Christian hospitality, say Colleen Earp and Clayton Rascoe.

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