$150 Million Gift
You'll recall that at GA a Denver businessman was given the floor to announce a $150 million gift to the Presbyterian Church(USA). The money was... read more
2 years ago
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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
1 months ago
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218th Overtures repost
Here's some of the overtures your Commissioners will be working on at the 218th. There are 10 overtures to rescend or modify the PUP report passed in... read more
3 months ago
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300th Anniversary
October 1 will mark the 300th anniversary of American Presbyterianism because the first Presbytery meeting was held in 1706. There were seven mi... read more
1 years ago
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A Cautionary Tale
In many towns, there's no place for an intact homeless family to find shelter. Many shelters only take male or females. Interfaith Promise is a... read more
1 years ago
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A Changing Landscape
The denomination's future is becoming clearer. When I wrote the Presbyterian Prescription, my working title was "Can the Presbyterian Church be Saved... read more
11 months ago
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A charge to keep
Here is President George Bush's favorite painting which he keeps in the Oval Office. It's name is "A charge to keep" from a George Wes... read more
6 months ago
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A Ga Without S*x?
The PUP folks recommended that the rest of us emulate their discernment process and Moderator Joan Gray has repeated that. The problem is that most o... read more
11 months ago
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A Good Commissioners Resolution
One of the 185 pieces of business that we dealt with at General Assembly was a Commissioner’s resolution (#817) which directed Joan Gray to convene ... read more
1 years ago
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A good session meeting?
We examined a candidate for the ministry yesterday in the Presbytery meeting. In the polity section he was asked, "What is necessary for a ... read more
6 months ago
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