Author: Steve

  • December 14, 2011
    As presbyteries confront their new reality, it is important that they take seriously their own connectionalism. Usually when we speak…
  • December 13, 2011
    As we face the financial challenges mentioned yesterday, we need to explore the alternatives for presbyteries as they face the…
  • December 12, 2011
    The connectional church about which Presbyterians are so fond of talking, is going through a major transformation. Like many denominations,…
  • December 9, 2011
    Pick out five biblical characters, at least two from the Hebrew Scriptures and do not choose Jesus but some others…
  • December 8, 2011
    Yesterday we spoke of eschatology or viewing things from the perspective of how it will all end. I used the…
  • December 7, 2011
    Yesterday I asked you to think about whether you thought God had a purpose for creation and whether you believed…
  • December 6, 2011
    If, as I said yesterday, spirituality is based on the assumption that God's Spirit is actively and purposely involved in…
  • December 5, 2011
    Someone recently asked me for a definition of spirituality. Here is what I came up with. Spirituality is the belief…
  • December 2, 2011
    I remember reading a book in college that suggested that the Greek civilization came up to the brink of a…
  • December 1, 2011
    You probably noticed that in sketching out these experiences, I did not begin with the first petition, "Hallowed be thy…