2019-3 May June Outlook Digital - Volume 69 Issue 3

In a Few Words Rev. Jerome M. Julien Do You Hear His Footsteps? Elders and Deacons Are Hospitality Leaders Rev. William Boekestein Hospitality is the privilege and responsibility of all God’s children. So how should elders and deacons serve as leaders and exemplars in this high calling? A Spiritual Checkup for the URCNA (8) Why Are Our Children Leaving? Rev. Paul T. Murphy  In my last article I asked the question “Where are our children going?” Then I noted the current phenomenon of losing our covenant youth to non-Reformed churches. This time I want to explore the question “Why?”  Faith and Fruit in a Post-Christian World: Identity Mr. Michael R. Kearney It is time to re-examine the beauty of the Christian doctrine of identity so that we might invite wanderers in the desert of self-definition to drink from the river of life. Three Ways Adult Children Can Honor Their Mothers Rev. Brian G. Najapfour What does it mean to honor our mothers and how c