Presbyterian Mission Agency Presbyterian Outlook Archives

After interviewing 75 people for the ‘Leading Theologically’ broadcast, the host turns the tables on himself

Posted June 16th, 2023

In a nifty bit of role reversal, the Rev. Dr. Lee Hinson-Hasty of the Presbyterian Foundation, who has hosted 75 editions of the “Leading Theologically” broadcast, sat for an interview Thursday with the Rev. Teri Ott, editor and publisher of The Presbyterian Outlook. Listen to their half-hour conversation here or here.

World Mission Initiative panel at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary focuses on leading through disruption

Posted October 11th, 2022

Saturday’s conclusion of the W. Don McClure Lecture at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s World Mission Initiative included a thoughtful panel speaking on “Leading Through Disruption.”

Resurrection is a movement

Posted April 16th, 2022

I never really liked Easter — the pastel holiday of springtime flowers, the tired imagery of an emptied tomb, the hollow cheers of “He is risen” — until I had friends buried away in prisons. It wasn’t until I spent time in a jail as a volunteer with people awaiting actual trials that Holy Week became troubling and electric for me.

‘It is very good’

Posted July 26th, 2021

After telling the 450 or so people attending the Synod of Lakes and Prairies’ Synod School on Monday that they’re co-creators with God and, as John Calvin once said, “little manifestations of God’s glory,” the Rev. Dr. Jill Duffield proved her point by asking participants to use their cellphones to take first a selfie and then a photo of the people seated around them.

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation names Austin Seminary professor as Vice President of Publishing

Posted June 3rd, 2021

The Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC) on Thursday announced the Rev. Dr. Bridgett A. Green as the new Vice President of Publishing for PPC and Editorial Director of Westminster John Knox Press.

Presbyterian Outlook names new editor/publisher

Posted May 11th, 2021

The Rev. Dr. Teri McDowell Ott, Dean of the Chapel at Monmouth College, a Presbyterian-related institution in western Illinois, has been named editor and publisher of the Presbyterian Outlook.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) communicators garner Associated Church Press awards

Posted April 8th, 2021

Communicators with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) — those who tell Presbyterians’ stories with words, photos, videos, public relations plans and podcasts — were rewarded for their work throughout 2020 on Thursday with recognition from the Associated Church Press during its online Best of the Church Press Awards.

‘Good White Racist?’ author provides anti-racism guidance for churches

Posted September 21st, 2020

There is a significant difference between being born “white” and “whiteness,” according to author Kerry Connelly, and she discussed that and other white supremacy concepts during last week’s webinar presented by the Presbyterian Outlook and sponsored by the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation.

How the Church can become a healing force in America’s racial divide

Posted August 24th, 2020

So many white people — good intentioned, Christian white people — believe that they live outside of racism or do not see the racist system at all. In doing so, they remain complicit in it. In order to break free and to find justice for our Black siblings in Christ, white Christians must wrestle with their white identity to find their anti-racist selves beneath.

Jane Kurtz named winner of top Presbyterian Writers Guild award

Posted January 15th, 2020

Jane Kurtz, prolific author, artist, literacy advocate and a child of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) mission workers, has been named the recipient of the 2020 David Steele Distinguished Writer Award by the Presbyterian Writers Guild.