Benedictory Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres.wxp.io/category/commentary/benedictory/ News and Articles from the The Presbyterian Outlook Wed, 22 May 2024 13:48:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://pres-outlook.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/outlook-logo.svg Benedictory Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres.wxp.io/category/commentary/benedictory/ 32 32 The grace in innovation https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/the-grace-in-innovation/ Thu, 23 May 2024 10:05:54 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125240 "The practical necessity of innovation in our increasingly post-Christian country is an opportunity, perhaps even a movement of grace," writes Chris Dela Cruz.

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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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]]> If the tool becomes the master, the greatest commandment remains https://pres-outlook.org/2024/03/if-the-tool-becomes-the-master-the-greatest-commandment-remains/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:00:12 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=123498 "We do not have to solve the world’s problems, but we do have to love our neighbor," writes Jay Blossom.

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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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]]> Being a mustard-seed church https://pres-outlook.org/2024/01/being-a-mustard-seed-church/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:32:42 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=121946 "Nothing is wrong with smallness if that smallness is chock-full of faithfulness," writes Whitney Wilkinson Arreche.

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]]> Where is Jesus? https://pres-outlook.org/2023/12/where-is-jesus/ Wed, 27 Dec 2023 11:22:41 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=121202 Asking "Where is Jesus?" can help us find love and light in unexpected places and people, writes Bobby Hulme-Lippert.

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]]> A more profound Alleluia … https://pres-outlook.org/2023/11/a-more-profound-alleluia/ Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:38:06 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=120402 Michael Waschevski, who served on the committee that produced Glory to God, shares some thoughts on the art of worship.

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]]> Common humanity and courageous humility https://pres-outlook.org/2023/10/common-humanity-and-courageous-humility/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 12:22:47 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=119611 Drawing on her decades of ministry experience, Joanna Adams shares several memorable lessons, including one from Bishop Desmond Tutu.

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]]> We must hope well of all https://pres-outlook.org/2023/09/we-must-hope-well-of-all/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 13:16:08 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=119033 The Bible offers a key to how to live faithfully and lovingly in a world full of diverse opinions, writes John Williams.

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]]> Read a book! https://pres-outlook.org/2023/07/read-a-book/ Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:57:47 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=117783 "Books ... are the written words that guide us, walk alongside us, encourage, and challenge us to think compassionately, to think bigger, to think in a way that includes the 'other.'" — Nadine Ellsworth-Moran

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