Campbell announces 2011 retirement plans
Cynthia Campbell, the president of McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago for the past 15 years, has announced that she will retire by the end of 2011.
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OVERTURES TO THE 219TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Continued from June 14 (p. 9)
Ovt 114 » Pby of Baltimore: Call upon Israeli leaders and Hamas leaders to form independent commissions to study Goldstone Report, and for them and US government to pursue peacemaking actions for the Middle East.
Wrestling With Scripture in the Midst of Church Conflict
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15 overtures, years of debate; gay ordination on GA agenda
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The future of presbyteries, synods part of GA debate
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Forgiveness lesson for General Assembly
On April 21, 2010, facing the mayor of Rome and a room full of civic leaders, the press, and scholars, a series of former victims of horrific crimes came forward and testified that they had forgiven their tormentors.
The connectional church: blogging General Assembly
A blogger in many people’s minds is a disheveled geek who bypasses correct grammar and punctuation, sees life narcissistically, overly focuses on Web stats and writing the next post.
Water, water everywhere …
The rain is falling in torrents so heavy that I cannot see the end of my street (May 1, 2010, the weekend of the Middle Tennessee flood).
Open up or shut down
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Where is thy sting?
I saw my father dead once. He was in his casket, but the undertaker had put the wrong face on him. In death Dad wore an odd smirk that I never saw in life.
I would be honored
Not long ago I was dashing from a lunch meeting in Lower Manhattan to the nearest subway station when two well-dressed young men approached me, both with side-locks and the broad-brimmed hats that some Orthodox Jewish men wear.
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Native American tells churches, “It’s time for a truth commission”
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U.S. faith groups give G20 nations failing grade on poverty
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Guest Blog: Warring Parents
Think of the church leadership as parents, and the folks in the pews. Think of children overhearing their parents’ late night arguments,..
Warring Parents…
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Pre-GA blog
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Reflections on The Presbyterian Church Middle East Study Committee’s report
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Smaller-membership churches explore cooperative ministry
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15 new PC(USA) mission workers to be commissioned
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New Reformed communion explores realities of its tasks in “defining moment”
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