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Feeding the hungry who could pay
Our town is a planned city. About 1830 the planners took a two block area and gave lots to what are now the four tall steeple churches in town-P... read more
The natives are restless
The 218th General Assembly got a lot of people's attention. The Presbyterian Global Fellowship meeting in California had a lot of grumbling and ... read more
Listening
For about six months the code word in Louisville has been "listen" as in we want to listen to you. Our new Moderator, Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow's mo... read more
Picking a religion
One of the theology issues that has always troubled me is the fact of where and to whom you are born most likely determines your faith. Think of... read more
Olympics
Fair warning...this post isn't about being Presbyterian or religion. And it's not even very Christian. I was living in Atlanta with the Olympic... read more
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
