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Tornadoes
The devastation caused by flooding and tornadoes over these past weeks – most recently in Joplin – has been unimaginable. Lives lost, lives changed -- all by forces that are outside our ability to control. Our prayers go out to...
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May 17, 2011
Mystic Chords of Memory
One week ago today, Twin Cities Presbytery became the 87th vote in favor of Amendment 10-A, thereby ensuring its adoption. In the week since, I have been heartened by the discussion going on across the Web about what this means...
- Posted at 1:50 p.m.
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May 13, 2011
Ordination Standards
Months ago, Nancy Grittman, the Stated Clerk of Twin Cities Presbytery, invited me to attend a Twin Cities Presbytery meeting. After consulting calendars, we agreed that the date that worked best was May 10, 2011. Twin Cities, in planning its...
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May 4, 2011
A Letter to Commissioners to the 219th GA
Vice Moderator Landon Whitsitt and I sent the following letter on May 2 to all who served as commissioners and advisory delegates to the 219th General Assembly: Grace and peace to you in the name of our risen Lord Jesus...
- Posted at 9:23 p.m.
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May 3, 2011
A Prayer for the Church
Harry Emerson Fosdick's God of Grace and God of Glory is one of my favorite hymns. Below is a prayer he wrote that resonates as powerfully with me as that hymn, especially in terms of our life together as the...
- Posted at 2:53 p.m.
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