loyal radicals…
PolityTwo days ago, I opened an envelope from Louisville to find a copy of a new occasional paper from the Office of Theology and Worship: William Weston’s Rebuilding the Presbyterian Establishment. I cringed. Rebuilding the Presbyterian Establishment? So I began to read, and my fears were confirmed. “It is time to rebuild the church’s Establishment,” [...]
Shawn Coons raises an important question or two about membership and mission that seemed to dovetail with a couple of emails that have gone around my own session.
This past Sunday I had the pleasure and challenge of filling in for the pastor of my church to preach and lead worship (putting that M.Div. to work). [...]
Awhile ago while looking through the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order (BOO), I ran across this section:
G-3.0401 Called to Openness: The Church is called
to a new openness to the presence of God in the Church and in the world, to more fundamental obedience, and to a more joyous celebration in worship and work;
to a [...]
Mark Brantley-Gearhart recently posted this comment in the discussion about Clerks of Session. It’s a great start for beginning a conversation about Session committees:
“Last night our Session did something different. Instead of the annual assignment of committee chairpersons, we talked about options to committees. With the exception of the Nominating Committee (which is mandated [...]
Once again, I’ll dip into the presbymergent brain trust with a question about the changing dynamics within my own congregation.
I love my “wee kirk,” which when I arrived back in 2003 was a group of about 17 stalwarts, the last folks standing in a suburban congregation that began it’s archetypal mainline deathspiral back in the [...]
I share this in hopes of gaining more insight from this collective wisdom. This morning Carol Howard Merritt, alumni from APTS, discussed the financial disparity that exists out there in ChurchWorldLand. She says, “I wish that each pastor had a set amount, based on cost of living, housing, experience, and education. A set salary, [...]
I have been working on a project for a few months now. I am finally putting it together. I apologize for the cross pollination from my site. I wanted to get some feed back from y’all before I finalize anything. I am shooting for a C or maybe a B-. [...]
Many Presby-types may recently have gotten a missive in the mail from the Form of Government Task Force, which was charged by the 217th General Assembly with the considerable task of re-writing and restructuring our somewhat convoluted constitution. Well, they’ve completed their draft re-write of the Form of Government, which is now available for [...]
I was reading the Onion this morning and came across this article.
I’m In An Open Relationship With The Lord
“With Jesus as my personal Savior, I felt like I had it all. But then we hit a rough patch, and before long, I was beginning to question both my…”
I wonder if all of the arguments and [...]
The presbymergent site has upgraded to the newest version of WordPress (2.3) so you might notice a few minor changes.
One of these affects the posting procedure. It is only a minor change. When you login, you will still go to the Write menu and choose Write Post from the dropdown. Simply type in your Title [...]
