Responding to first responders —Is it the church’s role?
Police officers. We drive past them on the street, hoping we are not violating the speed limit.
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Servetus
Thirty-five years ago, on a New Year’s holiday from my divinity studies at St. Andrews, I made a pilgrimage to Geneva.
Saul or Samuel?
Saul, the son of Kish, was the kind of a young man who smiles out at you from catalogue covers.
Baptism by crier
As I opened “My Pastoral Record” I first turned to the section listing baptisms. There it was, my first baptism, November 13, 1977.
Bible belters drown out voices of reason
Now here’s an interesting piece of theology.
All for God’s Glory:Redeeming Church Scutwork
By Louis B. Weeks Alban, 2009. Pb.,170 pp. $18.
Pastor appreciation from their congregations:
Pastor Appreciation
There is none so blind
In the gospels it seems as if Jesus saw blindness everywhere he looked. And time and again, we are told, he healed sightless people.
Should you be using Facebook or Twitter
Social networking tools are all the rage, but do they hold promise for faith communities?
Movie Reviews -“Whip It” – “Zombieland” – “The Boys Are Back”
New movie reviews by Ronald Salfen,
“The Boys Are Back”
It doesn’t sound very interesting: guy’s wife dies, he finds himself raising their six-year-old son.
“Zombieland”
Is it possible to stage a horror comedy?
“Whip It”
What, a serious movie about women in a roller derby?
Truth be told
Telling the truth is a hard thing to do. The preliminary report of the Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage (S.C.) tells the truth with stunning, spectacular clarity.
Civil unions, marriage committee drafts report, does not recommend
LOUISVILLE – The special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Unions and Christian Marriage unanimously approved on September 17 a draft of its report to the 2010 General Assembly – minus any recommendations.
Presbyterian pastor slain in quadruple homicide
APPOMATTOX COUNTY, VA. — The murdered body of Mark Niederbrock, 50, pastor of Walker’s Presbyterian Church in Hixburg, Va., was found on September 18, along with three other bodies.
Lectionary installment of “Feasting” available
LOUISVILLE — Fans of Westminster John Knox Press’ “Feasting on the Word” series can now to take a bite out of the latest installment. The sixth volume was released Oct. 1.
Renowned theologian, ecumenist Lew Mudge dies
Lewis S. Mudge, a scholar and theologian whose breadth of interests and expertise enriched virtually every corner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the global ecumenical movement, died in his sleep Sept. 11 at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He would have turned 80 on Oct. 22.
How to enter the future: Five practices for the Church
A steep membership decline. A state of theological impasse. A dysfunctional debate over ordination. Congregations leaving the denomination, splintering our fragile unity. With these realities in mind, people ask me if the Presbyterian Church has a future.
Afterthoughts on authority
Transylvania Presbytery’s preparation for the vote on “New Amendment B” offered seven regional gatherings that included ten-minute presentations by an advocate of each position.
The clear meaning of Scripture
Some decades ago philosopher Michael Polanyi said that in order to make a critique, one must stand on certain assumptions as the basis for that critique.
We already have the church we want
For all the talk of changing the church, improving the church, and shifting the paradigm of the church, most leaders and members do not want the church to be any different than it is right now. Most people are generally content with the status quo.
Reformation Day reflections
On Reformation Sunday this year (October 25) many of us will happily sing Luther’s famous hymn, “A Mighty Fortress.”
Left or right?
On a recent trip to Italy, I modestly posed as the prop for the famous “leaning” tower. From this perspective it has an obvious lean, but if I stood on the other side, I would be propping it up in the opposite direction.
“When I’m 64”
At age 16, Paul McCartney wrote a love song about two lovers growing old together. Eight years later, as his own father turned 64, McCartney included “When I’m 64” in the list for “Sgt. Pepper,” the Beatles’ 1967 album.
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