February 2024 Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org/issues/february-2024/ News and Articles from the The Presbyterian Outlook Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:14:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://pres-outlook.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/outlook-logo.svg February 2024 Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres-outlook.org/issues/february-2024/ 32 32 First Presbyterian Church, Livermore — Livermore, California https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/first-presbyterian-church-livermore-livermore-california/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:56:18 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=123038 First Presbyterian Church, Livermore, partners with Kids Bike Lane each year to build bikes for under-served and at-risk youth.

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]]> Discussion guide for February 2024 issue https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/discussion-guide-for-february-2024-issue/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:03:29 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=123132 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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]]> Wounded Pastors: Navigating Burnout, Finding Healing, and Discerning the Future of Your Ministry https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/wounded-pastors-navigating-burnout-finding-healing-and-discerning-the-future-of-your-ministry/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 11:53:16 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=123032 "The authors ... beautifully model opening their lives to what God’s Spirit might be doing next, reminding us that God is never finished with us, with the church, nor with this yearning creation."  — Patti Snyder

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]]> Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/eve-how-the-female-body-drove-200-million-years-of-human-evolution/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 11:18:13 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=122806 (Bohannon’s) strength is also in the sheer compilation of the useful and the puzzling drawn from paleontology, medicine, evolutionary biology, history and anthropology. — Rebecca Davis

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]]> Deep listening dinners at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/deep-listening-dinners-at-fourth-presbyterian-church-chicago/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:24:38 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=122814 Fourth Presbyterian Church’s “Deep Listening Dinners” focus on strengthening relationships, developing conversational skills and practicing handling differences in a respectful manner.

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]]> A Matthew 18 church https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/a-matthew-18-church/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:00:22 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=122746 A Matthew 18 church is one where welcome is practiced, conflict is named, grace is extended, and God is present, writes Eliza Jaremko.

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]]> Grieving Room: Making Space for all the Hard Things After Death and Loss https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/grieving-room-making-space-for-all-the-hard-things-after-death-and-loss/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 11:28:02 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=122525 Leanne Friesen is a “wounded healer,” writing from personal experience with enough distance to share both theological reflections and practical suggestions. — Amy Pagliarella

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]]> In defense of the common congregation https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/in-defense-of-the-common-congregation/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 11:47:04 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=122470 Scott Hagley suggests small congregations as places for cultivating communities of abundance and care, as common places for social healing and spiritual renewal.

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]]> Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems and Meditations for Staying Human https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/black-liturgies-prayers-poems-and-meditations-for-staying-human/ Fri, 02 Feb 2024 12:09:55 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=122370 For anyone feeling hollowed out by the litany of grief that envelops our news cycles, family systems and church communities, there is plenty of grace to be gained from her bodily prayers ... invitations to contemplation ... and calls to an undivided life. — Emily McGinley

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]]> Taking a stand on unity https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/taking-a-stand-on-unity/ Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:24:32 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=122374 "I held the conviction that if anything could unite us amidst our differences, it had to be Jesus," writes Doug Basler.

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