Category: Church in an Evolving World

  • October 16, 2008
    Historically, on October 27,1949, a group of members of First Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem petitioned The Presbytery of Winston-Salem to…

  • October 15, 2008
    The center of all else that happens in the human relationship with God begins in worship. Without the act of…

  • October 14, 2008
    By reading its almost fifty years of history through the minutes of the Session, I am attempting to listen for…

  • October 13, 2008
    To exegete Scripture is to study a passage of Scripture with the intention of understanding and interpreting it. From a…
  • October 10, 2008
    When we have an active community of the faithful who continually seek to listen as they are addressed by Christ,…

  • October 9, 2008
    One of the important missions of the church is to provide an “alternate world” through which people can experience their…

  • October 8, 2008
    Even when we are part of a culture that is heavily shaped by a certain language and mindset, the presence…

  • September 29, 2008
    Walter Brueggeman, in his book, Israel’s Praise, (Foretress Press, Philadelphia, 1988) explores the world-making task of liturgy. He suggests that…

  • September 26, 2008
    The members, who experience the address of Christ when they are called together as the Body, give testimony to that…

  • September 25, 2008
    In a less radical vein, the church accompanies all of its members as they move out into their world of…