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..
As much as anyone can miss eight solid days of meetings, I’m going to miss General Assembly this year. General Assembly is..
June 18, 2016, was the beginning of an excellent adventure. On election night at the 222nd General Assembly in Portland, Oregon, we..
Guest commentary by Alison Wood, written for the Presbyterian Outlook in the midst of the PC(USA) Walk for a Fossil-Free World from Louisville,..
If a vote takes place in a convention center and no one notices, was a vote cast? Several times in recent months..
Guest commentary by Kerri Allen We live in times where moral ambiguity can have devastating and even deadly consequences. When it comes..
Who remembers Benjamin Harrison? The 23rd U.S. president, Republican Benjamin Harrison served one term (1888-1893), wedged between Grover Cleveland’s two terms. The..
As the worship planning for the 223rd General Assembly has moved through the past two years, I have had the unique vantage..
Living on Puget Sound, my husband, Rick, and I love putt-putting around on the Willie C, our 45-year-old, 25-foot Swedish troller boat...
Guest commentary by Angela Williams, written for the Presbyterian Outlook in the midst of the PC(USA) Walk for a Fossil-Free World from..
“Go in peace, go in love, go with blessings from above. Help a friend, say a prayer for the children everywhere. Amen...
The gospel of Jesus Christ, our faith and the pronouncements of the church calls us to be inclusive — and to not just..
Did you hear the one about the dad (or pastor) who was well rested, settled, knew what he was doing and managed..
I’m single, and I still find it challenging to write about being single in ministry. But I am going to do it..
The Presbyterian Outlook asked those standing for co-moderator or moderator and vice moderator to share their sense of call as well as..
I received an email after Easter with the subject line “Too cute and a distraction.” The church member was talking about my..
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