A Piece (or two) of My Mind

The First Piece:  Ah… youth… I have been reading a book that I would commend to anyone who is interested in vibrant faith, young people, or the health and vitality of the church.  The book is Almost Christian:   What the Faith of Our Teenagers …

Rebecca Blackwell’s Blog 2011-12-19 18:39:38

This year, those of us in the northern hemisphere will celebrate Christmas not only in the solar darkness, but in lunar darkness as well.[i]  Somehow this seems fitting.  Whether due to financial circumstances, turmoil in family or church, or illnes…

About Time

 ‘So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.’ ~ Matthew 6:34 What if Jesus wasn’t kidding? This question was posed by Wayne Muller at the Living Into Sabbath/Guthrie Sch…

A Favorite Fable

I want to share a favorite fable with you.  It’s author is unknown, but it wass passed on to me by  Dr. Bev Forbes at Seattle University quite some time ago.  Each time I revist this fable, it speaks to me of the requirements of faith and bles…

Sunday Morning

I see and hear the most interesting things as I travel the roads on Sunday mornings, en route to one or more of our congregations. Some of them are hilarious; some  of them are profound . Today, the encounter was profound and provocative.  As I wa…

Minneapolis Musings

More than a week has passed since the gathering of the Fellowship of Presbyterians[i] in Minneapolis.  Despite the fact that I share the Fellowship’s passion for missional church and a deep fatigue with denominational fighting and politics over ordi…

Thinking About Denominational Division and Divorce

Well, it has happened.  Citing the recent changes in our constitution, one of our congregations has asked to be dismissed to another denomination.  Several others are considering similar moves.  Some of these are congregations in which we have made considerable investments of time, prayer, energy and money.  All of them are congregations with… read more

Approval of Amendment 10-A

Dear Colleagues in Ministry, It now appears that Overture 10A will be approved by a majority of Presbyteries within the next week or so and become effective July 11, 2011.  As you may recall this Overture amends the language of G-6.0106b regarding standards for ordained service.  As evidenced by the close vote on 10-A and [...]

No brag… just fact

I know that pride is a sin, and it IS Lent, but I can’t help but be more than a little proud of the work done by our Spiritual Development Team.  You may remember that last year, they treated our Presbytery meeting with an experience of group Le…

Discussing “Community”

A brief update on the book discussion for Peter Block’s “Community:  The Structure of Belonging.”  (see post from November 24, 2010).  You are invited (along with anyone YOU wish to invite) to come to the Presbytery office on Groun…

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