Blog
Preconscious Experiences of Grace
July 21, 2008
A central task of the liturgy is the lifting up of the work of the people of God in praise.…
The Politics of Fear and the Ordination Debate
July 18, 2008
It was interesting to watch the recent General Assembly respond to the politics of fear. I was recently talking to…
Can the Church Hold Two Opposing Standards?
July 15, 2008
When the original Peace, Unity, and Purity report of the PC(USA) came out in 2006, the emphasis was on pushing…
Discerning Whether a Person has Received God’s Call
July 11, 2008
If we are willing to say that God can call whomever God chooses and our task is to affirm God’s…
Responding to God’s Call
July 10, 2008
The first issue that any Christian body has to resolve with respect to the ordination of either gay or straight,…
Why Presbyterians keep talking about sex
July 8, 2008
Some will ask why the General Assembly keeps discussing these issues when previous assemblies have already responded to them. The…
An Invitation to Touch the Eternal
July 7, 2008
We are inviting people to step aside from their daily routines to touch and be touched by the eternal. Yet…
The Dilution of Praise
July 3, 2008
In our lives of faith, it is important to rehearse the many and often mysterious ways in which God has…
The Centrality of Praise
July 2, 2008
Worship becomes the people’s response to that incredible reality that the author of all the universes, creator of all time,…
Worship as the Body of Christ
July 1, 2008
Let us look at the place of worship in our contemporary society. Consider that most of the activities that take…