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- June 27, 2018
CAN YOU SAVE THE CHURCH? As the early church discovered, you can’t do it alone and you can’t do it…
- June 22, 2018
THE COST OF LISTENING Most churches would agree that they value a pastor who can listen with sensitivity to people…
, - June 20, 2018
DIFFERENT GIFTS BUT SAME SPIRIT As part of Presbytery’s support of our pastor’s spiritual journey, we can build on…
- June 15, 2018
A Sabbath Presbytery Pause in the normal work of a presbytery meeting and ask people to spontaneously respond with a…
- June 13, 2018
Think about how a human church does evangelism. UNASHAMED OF GRACE The Gospels never celebrate the failed behaviors of Peter…
- June 8, 2018
BEGIN WITH THE WISDOM OF JESUS Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount with an image of the type…
- June 6, 2018
A slightly revised version of a joke sent to me by my cousin The Presbyterian church called a meeting…
- June 1, 2018
my theological rant NOT ALL TRUTHS ARE TRUTHFUL In an era of increased individualism and the ease of broadcasting hyperbole…
- May 30, 2018
COMPARE MY LIST TO YOURS In a world that only listens to others make music; the church invites us to…
- May 25, 2018
YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE EXCUSES AM I MISSING SOME? Once when I was sick, the church didn’t visit me,…
- May 23, 2018
WHY INVITE PEOPLE TO WORSHIP We are inviting people to step aside from their daily routines to touch and be…
- May 18, 2018
BOOK CLUBS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR SOCIETY Back in the late 60’s, James Naisbitt wrote a book, Megatrends,…
- May 16, 2018
CONSIDER USING FICTION AS A MEANS OF WRESTLING WITH REAL ISSUES THAT FACE THE CHURCH. clergy or lay people can…
- May 11, 2018
THE SESSION LEADS Having discussed this together as a session and with the pastor, on a given Sunday an elder…
- May 9, 2018
GATHERING AS A SPIRIT LED PRESBYTERY I think it is important that we have experiences at our presbytery meetings…
- May 4, 2018
excerpt 2 from "Is There Salvation in the Church?" to be published in May. Facing the Sinfulness of the Church…