Insights columns Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres.wxp.io/category/commentary/insights-columns/ News and Articles from the The Presbyterian Outlook Wed, 29 May 2024 20:24:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://pres-outlook.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/outlook-logo.svg Insights columns Archives - The Presbyterian Outlook https://pres.wxp.io/category/commentary/insights-columns/ 32 32 Upending Torrents: A poem https://pres-outlook.org/2024/05/upending-torrents-a-poem/ Thu, 30 May 2024 09:24:08 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=125243 Jan Bros writes about weather systems, hand wringing and freedom.

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]]> 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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]]> AI as an instrument of abolition  https://pres-outlook.org/2024/02/ai-as-an-instrument-of-abolition/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:45:07 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=123084 From a shorter work week to deeper personal growth, the implications of artificial intelligence point toward profits that are beyond simply economic, writes Chris Burton.

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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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]]> Across the miles: A tale in one photo https://pres-outlook.org/2024/01/across-the-miles-a-tale-in-one-photo/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:43:39 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=121941 "The missing never ends, nor does that love that reached from my dad to me to my daughter and back," Mary Bird Lanzavecchia.

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]]> I was made for this https://pres-outlook.org/2024/01/i-was-made-for-this/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 11:29:40 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=121787 "It feels like resurrection." Small church member Beth Bradshaw reflects on the ups and downs of attending a church in a small town.

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]]> Contra Dancing After Divorce https://pres-outlook.org/2023/11/contra-dancing-after-divorce/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:48:20 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=120448 A poem by Shuly Xóchitl Cawood.

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]]> Testify https://pres-outlook.org/2023/10/testify/ Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:41:00 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=119920 A poem by Kathryn Lester-Bacon.

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]]> Birthing wonder in a pluralistic world https://pres-outlook.org/2023/09/birthing-wonder-in-a-pluralistic-world/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 13:10:35 +0000 https://pres-outlook.org/?p=119082 When wonder awakens, so does a connection to the most intimate ways in which we identify ourselves, our relationship to one another and with the Divine.

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