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The Stole
At every General Assembly, the Moderator is presented with a stole to be worn during the Assembly and the ensuing two years. The stole I received was made by the Lydia Women's Empowerment Project in Minneapolis, an outgrowth of the...
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September 15, 2010
Can We Talk?
The General Assembly's adoption of the Middle East report was one of the most significant actions it took. And the way the adoption occurred was, in the opinion of many, a true miracle, given the fractious atmosphere surrounding this issue...
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September 10, 2010
Anniversaries
On Sunday I'll be attending a worship service commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Germonds Presbyterian Church, in New City, N.Y. It will be the first of several upcoming anniversaries -- the 50th anniversary of Faith Presbyterian in Indianapolis, the...
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September 6, 2010
Sola Scriptura
Does Sola Scriptura still mean anything to us as Presbyterians? The Vice Moderator, the Rev. Landon Whitsitt, and I had a conversation about "the solas" with Jody Harrington, who blogs as Quotidian Grace. I'm not sure we changed anyone's mind,...
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September 3, 2010
Report from Nashville
I'm just back from Nashville, where I worked with folks from New Providence Presbyterian Church, in Maryville, Tenn., and staff from the Office of the General Assembly, including Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons, in helping to rebuild homes destroyed by the...
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