We continue the experiment of exegeting the life of a congregation in order to discern the word of God incarnated.…

What is not recorded in the minutes of the Session meetings at Highland are the many ways in which the…

Jesus challenged the religious tradition that tried to separate healing and worship when he healed on the Sabbath in the…

Whether it was a mistaken understanding or not, there was concern when the Chrismon symbols were first introduced in 1971…

Throughout Scripture, it was not merely the act of worship but the attitude with which people entered into worship which…

First the biblical story that informs us. When Jesus was with the Samaritan woman at the well, she questioned him…

But some of the seeds fall on good soil and their response is to produce the fruits of the Spirit…

Baptism is no guarantee. While many were baptized in the early years at highland, not all stayed. Like with the…

Baptism is the sign of God setting us apart for a special purpose. Presbyterians have a long tradition of the…

From the beginning of humanity and continuing through the life of Israel and the disciples who provided the base of…

We continue to exegete a congregation. From the beginning Highland planned for disobedience. In determining the size of the new…

Highland, like Israel before them, has always had a problem with obedience. If indeed Israel wanted the pharaohs of this…

Historically, on October 27,1949, a group of members of First Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem petitioned The Presbytery of Winston-Salem to…

The center of all else that happens in the human relationship with God begins in worship. Without the act of…

By reading its almost fifty years of history through the minutes of the Session, I am attempting to listen for…

To exegete Scripture is to study a passage of Scripture with the intention of understanding and interpreting it. From a…

When we have an active community of the faithful who continually seek to listen as they are addressed by Christ,…

One of the important missions of the church is to provide an “alternate world” through which people can experience their…

Even when we are part of a culture that is heavily shaped by a certain language and mindset, the presence…

Walter Brueggeman, in his book, Israel’s Praise, (Foretress Press, Philadelphia, 1988) explores the world-making task of liturgy. He suggests that…