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InSights Opinions
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Written by John G. Hamilton
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Monday, 05 April 2010 02:23 |
Have you ever had one of those moments when you knew, you KNEW, God was present? I did recently.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Tom Ehrich
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Monday, 22 March 2010 01:51 |
As faith communities venture into a new era, they face rethinking "membership."
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InSights Opinions
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Written by bill tammeus
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Monday, 22 March 2010 01:43 |
Much of pop culture both astonishes and appalls me. But perhaps nothing does that more than the run-amok habit of celebrities to reveal their bad decisions, transgressions, and destructive impulses to the whole world. And worse than just revealing, they revel.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Derek Maul
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Monday, 22 March 2010 01:36 |
Recently, I sat in a pastor’s office and asked this question: “Why is it important to have a Presbyterian Church in this community?”
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Earl S. Johnson Jr.
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Monday, 22 March 2010 01:16 |
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Gambling is a pervasive part of our culture in every state of the union.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Kazimierz Bern
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Monday, 08 March 2010 23:30 |
A guest commentary by Kazimierz Bern
Gay marriage will not undermine families or the institution of marriage.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Janet Edwards
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Monday, 30 November 2009 05:37 |
In the Gospel of Luke, an expert in religious law stands up to test Jesus, asking what he must do to earn eternal life.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by John Galloway
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Monday, 30 November 2009 05:32 |
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It seems we have unofficially added a new season to our liturgical calendars.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Kristin J. Tremba
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:43 |
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A Response to P. Mark Achtemeier’s And Grace Will Lead Me Home Address to the Covenant Network Of Presbyterians on November 5, 2009
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Lawton W. Posey
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Monday, 20 July 2009 14:31 |
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While watching a recent tribute to Michael Jackson, referred to by many as the King of Pop, I realized that Jackson bore, in his life, much resemblance to King David of the Bible.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by DAVID GUSHEE
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Thursday, 07 May 2009 00:29 |
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(ABP) -- Dear Jesus, Everyone seems to be talking about the poll put out last week by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Samuel A. Schreiner III
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Sunday, 05 April 2009 16:54 |
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I went to the movies recently to be entertained and I ended up being spiritually inspired.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by David Gushee
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Friday, 13 March 2009 16:14 |
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Editor’s Note: The OUTLOOK reported recently that the membership losses that have been shrinking mainline denominations now appear to be impacting the Roman Catholics and Southern Baptists.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Richard S. McConnell
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Friday, 27 February 2009 19:51 |
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The presbyteries are beginning to debate and vote again on the controversial “fidelity-and-chastity statement” in our Book of Order (G-6.0106b).
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Robert D. Gillette
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Thursday, 29 January 2009 21:43 |
Reading and reflecting on Erwin C. Barron’s three-part essay on the perennial controversy over ordination of gay and lesbian pastors — (November 10, 17 and 24, 2008 issues of The Presbyterian Outlook), as well as subsequent related letters from readers — has been a discouraging experience for this observer. A highly contentious vote of the presbyteries is coming, and a basis for genuine consensus does not exist. No matter which side “wins” the presbytery balloting in coming months, the issue will not be settled and will not go away. It seems probable that continuing contention in the short term will only delay the adoption of a widely accepted way forward, but that forbearance in the short term could favor success over time.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Mieke Vandersall
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Thursday, 29 January 2009 21:39 |
I was five when I was baptized. I don't know why they waited, but one Sunday my parents took me and my little brother to the local Presbyterian Church. I vividly remember standing in front of the congregation, excited, knowing something very special was happening but entirely unsure of what it was. An elder from the Session gave us each a tiny embroidered rainbow as a reminder of God’s Covenant. It still hangs in my childhood room in my parents’ home.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Case Thorp
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Monday, 12 January 2009 22:06 |
Richard John Neuhaus (1936-2009) was a Canadian become American, a Lutheran pastor become Catholic priest, a political liberal become conservative, and an all-around intellectual. His life journey made for an interesting mix of convictions and perspectives that, frankly, speak the language of so many post-moderns being dubbed the “O-generation” (hint: “O” for Obama).
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Ron Ferguson
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Monday, 05 January 2009 19:25 |
She was birdlike and petite, with a hawk nose and an attractive smile. She was routinely mocked in parliament by big angry men shouting "Go back to Moscow" or "Go back to Israel." Yet this indomitable Jewish woman could make strong men tremble. Oh, and she helped break down the walls of apartheid in South Africa.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Ronald P. Salfen
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Friday, 12 December 2008 20:07 |
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“Doubt” opens with the parish priest, Father Flynn (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) delivering a brief, eloquent homily about doubt. This is the 1950s, and the well-dressed, clean-scrubbed congregation sits in rapt attention, in part because Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep) is the self-appointed behavior modifier.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by David Gushee
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Friday, 21 November 2008 20:41 |
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(ABP) -- On Nov. 12, in a front-page story, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution broke the news that the Georgia Baptist Convention has approved a new policy giving GBC executives the freedom to refuse donations from churches it finds to be out of step with Southern Baptist beliefs. The policy move is aimed (for now) at First Baptist Church Decatur, because it called a woman, Julie Pennington-Russell, to serve as pastor.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Tom Ehrich
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Sunday, 05 October 2008 00:00 |
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(RNS) NEW YORK — Here in America’s financial capital, Sunday (Sept. 14) was normal in most respects. Streets were filled with shoppers, parks with strollers and picnickers, and homes with people watching the Jets lose and the Giants win. But our always-on communications brought a steady stream of sobering news from emergency talks on Wall Street.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by J. Bruce Coleman, honorably retired
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Friday, 01 August 2008 20:21 |
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Have you ever walked arm-in-arm with one of our denomination’s greatest orators? I have. It was with a friend of many years, Clinton Marsh, when South and North marched together again.
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Dr. Rusty Douglas
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Friday, 25 July 2008 19:36 |
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I think the 218th General Assembly which met in California should be called “The Oprah Assembly.” It was so postmodern. So open. So culturally attuned. So worldly. So tolerant. Just so “Oprah.”
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InSights Opinions
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Written by Rev. Dr. Randall C. McGrady-Beach
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Wednesday, 23 July 2008 20:50 |
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June was a month of excitement for me. I was excited about the new call I received, I was excited about returning to California, for I had been in Iowa for the last seventeen years, and I was excited because the timing of my move coincided with the General Assembly in San Jose.
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