Over a decade ago now (and yes, I do feel old now that I can actually count in decades!), I attended a..
The great Baptist theologian Carlyle Marney used the phrase “a priest at every elbow.” Marney was emphasizing a key theological insight in..
At its heart, the meeting of our General Assembly is an opportunity to practice stewardship. Commissioners and leaders of the assembly consider..
One thing I am certain of is this: in the creation epic, God worked. Perhaps not literally in the dirty hands, aching back..
Scheduled to give a lecture at the 2018 Festival of Homiletics, I arrived at the designated venue well before my slotted time...
Somehow you forget what it was like. Your baby eventually does rip off five, six hours of sleep in a row and..
Guest commentary by Chip Hardwick The news earlier this summer came almost too quickly to digest. Upscale handbag designer Kate Spade, fresh..
Yesterday I was back in church. For weeks, I have been traveling here and there doing what I do, so it was..
Every morning at the 223rd General Assembly in St. Louis last week, I jogged to the silvery arch perched on the banks..
The year was 2008. The city was San Jose, California. The hashtag was #GA218. That was the last time I attended General Assembly. I..
You can’t attend any General Assembly without noticing the vast array of bowties worn by Presbyterian men. But today about 200 Presbyterians,..
Guest blog from General Assembly The great Presbyterian reunion that is General Assembly is an opportunity not only to catch up with your..
It’s not every day that the moderators for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) lead the General Assembly in a five-minute salsa break. And..
It all started when I was in seminary with the 219th General Assembly (held in Minneapolis in 2010). I knew I wanted to..
ST. LOUIS — Families who have suffered detention and separation from their children upon reaching the southern U.S. border have typically left..
I did not get to watch Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri speak in Spanish as the newly elected co-moderator of the 223rdGeneral Assembly, being held..
This is Stanley Kessler. He’s a teaching elder commissioner from the Presbytery of Wabash Valley in Indiana. He is wearing a Levine..
Rebecca Wind was at General Assembly four years ago as a Young Adult Advisory Delegate (YAAD). This year, she returns to the assembly..
I typically consider it luck when all tables in a room are taken, and I have to take a seat with..
At the opening worship of General Assembly, I sat down next to Kristie Wagner, a ruling elder commissioner from Kendall Presbytery in..
Did you know that, but for the commissioners’ vote on the floor of a plenary session at General Assembly, our Presbyterian Church..
In preparing to write this blog, I spent considerable time on the ineffable PC-Biz website for this year’s upcoming General Assembly. If..
Motel 6 famously advertises, “We’ll leave the light on for you.” A clever slogan that embodies a sense of hospitality and home,..
To work for the transformation of society The two of us have spent the last two years (and longer) working in the..
The 223rd General Assembly will address issues of racial justice in the convention hall and on the streets. Look for it, weaving..
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