Union Presbytery movement revisited
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Film in review: “Shame”
It’s been a while since a mainline movie was rated NC-17. And this one carries that rating for very good reason.
Film in review: “Melancholia”
OK, it’s both weird and non-linear. To the point of impressionistic, what with its long introduction/foreshadowing with the classical music and the things falling out of the sky and freeze-frame images, collaged as if on a cinematic canvas.
Film in review: “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”
This series is really enjoyable to watch. Robert Downey, Jr. makes a credible and athletic Mr. Holmes, a master of disguise and observer of nearly everything.
Film in review: “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Yes, it’s a re-make. The original Swedish film was such a sensation that the English translation of the book caught on, then the two sequels, and now we make an English-language version of the Swedish film, still utilizing the cold remoteness of winter in Scandinavia, even occasionally showing newspaper clippings in Swedish, but everybody speaks English, whether or not with a Swedish accent.
Rebirth and new life: evangelism and church growth
(General Assembly Mission Council) Work crews in Haiti clear rubble from a home outside of Léogâne. Less than a decade old, Church of All Nations, a church plant out of the Korean immigrant context, has not only taken root but is already bearing fruit.
Parsons and Valentine join NCC in speaking against Islamophobia
Editor’s Note: Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and Linda Bryant Valentine, executive director of the General Assembly Mission Council, both have signed this statement of the Interfaith Commission of the National Council of Churches regarding the decision of the Lowe's home improvement chain to pull its advertising from the television program "All-American Muslim."
Mission program grants awarded
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (General Assembly Mission Council) Four new church developments and two presbyteries will receive mission program grants from Evangelism and Church Growth of the General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC).
Cuban, U.S. Councils of Churches issue joint statement
HAVANA (PNS) The National Council of Churches in the U.S. and the Council of Churches of Cuba have issued a joint statement calling for reconciliation between the two countries and committing themselves to “pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit that our churches may bear witness to God’s will for justice in economic life.”
A “blue” Christmas this year?
At this time of year many people are preparing for the joyous celebration of Christmas.
Children are excited as they see the presents under the tree.
Overtime in U.S.-Cuba normalizaton effort
(Presbyterian News Service) Dagoberto Rodriguez, Cuba’s deputy minister of external affairsHAVANA – Cuba and the United States have so much in common that despite political differences it’s “overtime” to normalize relations between the two countries, a Cuban foreign ministry official told a group of 15 visiting U.S. religious leaders here Nov. 30.
The Special Committee on the Nature of the Church for the 21st Century Report December 2011
This is an update written by the Special Committee on the Nature of the Church for the 21st Century, after its meeting in late November, and provided by the committee's moderator, Carol Howard Merritt. The committee will meet again in Louisville Feb. 1-3 and will report to the General Assembly in July.
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Responses to Questions
On Dec. 6, 2011, Jack Haberer presented a Webinar titled, “What’s to Become of Our Church? …Trajectories of Hope.” In it he..
Confidentiality
Film in review: “New Year’s Eve”
“New Year’s Eve” is one of those ensemble movies that tell the story of the same time period in the lives of many different characters, some of whom will overlap in the end.
Missing Gillespie
I’m going to miss Tom Gillespie. Now I’m going to resist getting sentimental, ‘cause sentimental wasn’t Tom’s style. I want to wax substantial, ‘cause that WAS Tom’s style.
LPTS goes tuition-free for master’s degree students
LOUISVILLE, KY.
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (LPTS) is hoping to make student indebtedness for theological education a thing of the past.
4th moderator candidate: Randy Branson
A fourth candidate has been endorsed to stand for moderator of the 220th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). All four announced so far are teaching elders.
Playing with baby Jesus
“Would you like to come upstairs and play in my room?” asked my 3-year old niece, for whom I was babysitting.
“Sure,” I said, and up we went. Within minutes we were on the floor together, playing with toys.
“The Brightest Star in the Sky”
Of all the stars who have ever hung upon the eastern sky,
There is one remembered above all the rest … no others even try.
Tom Gillespie dies at 83
Thomas W. Gillespie, retired president of Princeton Theological Seminary and for decades a key figure in Presbyterian theological education, died Nov. 5 of complications from surgery at the University Medical Center in Princeton. He was 83.
God exits stage left
In October, the public watched the debacle of poor police reaction to the “Occupy Oakland” protests.
A church can change
Gus, we read your book and would like to try what it says in our church in Atlantic..” The personnel committee had read “Service is the Point” and wanted to try it out.
Old churches — new union churches
In thinking about our declining Presbyterian Church membership, one possible way to stem the tide is to establish new union churches with other denominations.
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