loyal radicals…
SeminaryDiana Butler Bass - Marcus Borg - Brian McLaren
New Ways of Being Church
Conversations on renewal and transformation in mainline congregations
March 15-18, 2009
Yes, there are signs of hope for the Church in the post-modern and post-Christian era! In 2009, Louisville Seminary welcomes a celebrated trio of church leaders/scholars who are spreading the news that the Church of the 21st [...]
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-. [...]
The most recent issue of the Presbyterian Outlook (password only required to leave comments on articles) is filled with articles by and about presbymergent personalities:
Blogging as a Spiritual Discipline and The Case for Facebook by Bruce Reyes-Chow
Blogging 101 by Adam Walker Cleaveland
Your Own Personal Gutenberg by Neal Locke and Shawn Coons
An article by Leslie Scanlon [...]
Last April, in a string of comments on Presbymergent, some other people and I brainstormed the possibility of a special gathering for “Presbymergents” at Pittsburgh Seminary. In just three weeks, that idea will come to fruition as . . .
Always Reforming: Emergence in the Presbyterian Church
October 12th & 13th, 2007, featuring John Franke, Karen Sloan, [...]
I am in my last year at seminary, unless something goes awry. It has dawned on me that I am not too sure of what I want to do [or feel called to do] upon my assumed graduation. I am uninspired and unengaged currently. I feel called to ministry. I want [...]
Today marked one less hoop to jump through, hopefully. The Church Polity Ordination Exam was today, and it was the last of 4 (Church Polity, Theology, Worship & Sacraments, and Exegesis) ordination exams PC(USA)ers have to take - and pass - in order to get ordained. I say hopefully because I thought this exam was [...]
Today I finished reading Karen Sloan’s Flirting With Monasticism. I started reading it this past Monday, and even amidst the chaotic backdrop of VBS at our church, I just couldn’t put it down until the end. That’s because threaded throughout her exploration of the Dominican Order, its traditions, and history is a beautiful [...]
