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Dear Outlook readers,

Today, I pray that you are able to see the Spirit at work all around you — in community, in creation, in the work of the church. Know that God goes with you into all of the unknowns of this time and Christ's grace covers you.

In Christ,

Rose Schrott Taylor
Outlook interim associate editor

Editors' picks

General Assembly 225 in photos by Presbyterian Outlook

Women in clerical collars by Teri McDowell Ott

Trust Women by Kathryn Lester-Bacon

Making a place for all languages at the table by Stephanie Vasquez

In case you missed it...

Choosing our seasons
Rev. Katy Shevel processes her recent divorce through the lens of Ecclesiastes 3. Are we subject to the patterns of life? Or do we have agency in naming our own “seasons”?

You are in the Spirit!
Rev. William E. W. Robinson wonders, how is it possible to be “in” the Spirit?

Books we love: Practically Divine
Rev. Rebecca Gresham-Kesner shares how a book by Becca Stevens, founder of Thistle Farms, helped her to claim the holiness of female wisdom and arts and crafts.

This is not your backup plan – An open letter from a chaplain
"I’m called to be a chaplain. I didn’t settle for this vocation. I am not a chaplain because I couldn’t cut it in the parish. I truly believe the Holy Spirit guided me here." — Jeremy Wilhelmi

An interfaith group in Oregon is behind one of nation’s strictest gun control measures
‘Never underestimate what can come from a church basement, a synagogue, a mosque or a temple,’ said the Rev. Mark Knutson, senior pastor of Augustana Lutheran Church in Portland, Oregon.

Did you hear?
The Rev. Brent Anderson has accepted a new call to serve as Senior Pastor at Community Presbyterian Church in Lombard, Il.