About Me
I was an Elder Commissioner to the 217th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, USA. This blog is a discussion of what happened there, what I learned, and what is happening now.Recent Entries
Leaving in place
On Tuesday coming the Presbytery of San Diego will vote on an overture to the 219th GA. Of course these folks had a shorter ride home than the r... read more
Requiem
Lucious died yesterday. You probably don't know him. He was a working guy, member of our church, dedicated to his family. Pretty ordinary... read more
Spam overtures
Our Presbytery has been struggling with whether to be agressive about talking about the issues the 218th GA dealt with or let sleeping dogs lie. I'm ... read more
Filling the pastor void
At our country's beginning, Presbyterians were the second largest denomination. By 1860, the Baptists had gone from a third our size to twice ou... read more
Funerals
Here's something that seems to be common knowledge but somehow got by me. A friend said that she wanted an "Episcopalian funeral" in a Presbyter... read more
Finding a strategy
Here's something else Vic Pentz, the pastor of the Presbyterian USA's biggest church said: "The battle is lost for evangelical renewal groups wi... read more
Messages stirring the pot
We're going to have our commissioner over to tell about the 218th GA. He asked what people are concerned about. Truth is, we lead a sheltered l... read more
The disappearing denomination
Conservative Presbyterians are steaming. I recognized that the attempt to delete the fidelity and chastity clause and the AI was going to stir t... read more
Celebrating Easter
We celebrate our savior's birth by going out and spending all our money on gifts. We celebrate His resurrection by hunting for colored eggs.&nbs... read more
218th Controversies
I saw the 218th GA as not having caused as much trouble as I thought they would. In fact, I wrote to our Presbytery that the only troublesome is... read more
