News & Stories

May your lives be filled with gratitude ... and good books. Stories from our Winter books issue and Gratitude issue are included in today's newsletter, as well as the latest PC(USA) news and some theological thinking about online church.

In Christ,

Rose Schrott Taylor
Outlook interim associate editor

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Editors' picks

Gratitude for the mundane by Rebecca Gresham-Kesner

The danger of the preference for presence by Baron Mullis

Criticism continues over statements Presbyterian stated clerk made about Israel by Leslie Scanlon

Dear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace by Abbi Heimach-Snipes

In case you missed it...

Princeton Seminary president set to retire in 2023
The Rev. Dr. M. Craig Barnes, seventh president of Princeton Theological Seminary, has announced his intention to retire in 2023. — Presbyterian News Service

Cultivating gratitude through awareness
Aaron Neff shares his wheel of awareness practice.

In defense of an online ministry presence
Andrew Taylor-Troutman responds to Tish Harrison Warren's New York Times column, "Why churches should drop their online services."

Spirit Tech: The Brave New World of Consciousness Hacking and Enlightenment Engineering
"We hear a great deal about technology's dangers, but the authors of Spirit Tech believe tech to be a tool that can help us create a better world." — Brandon Ouellette

Parting word: A poem
"Gratitude is the way to go," says J. Barrie Shepherd.

Dutiful Love: Empowering Individuals and Families Affected by Mental Illness
"If all are made in God's image, then those with mental illness are essential. This is not new, but Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty describes communities that center people with addictions and disabilities, inviting others alongside." — Amy Pagliarella