Presbymergent Logo Contest

April 2, 2008

We are running a logo contest over at presbymergent, and the contest will run for the next month - submissions are due by May 2nd. We are really hoping to get some great quality submissions, so please pass this on to your friends, graphic designers and anyone you think might be interested. And as far [...]

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Tribal Church: A Review

March 5, 2008

I first ran across Carol Howard Merritt last fall. Her husband (pastor and blogger Brian Merritt) informed me about her blog, Tribal Church, and her book, also called Tribal Church. Carol is graduate of Austin Theological Seminary and is currently a Presbyterian pastor at Western Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C and a friend of presbymergent. [...]

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Anglimergent

February 6, 2008

After noticing that insane and overwhelming popularity of presbymergent, Karen Ward is behind the efforts in the recent launch of a similar group for Anglicans: Anglimergent. Anglimergent has launched as a “relational network of Anglicans engaging emerging church and mission.” Anglimergent.ning.com (live now) is a peer2peer site for deep conversations among emerging Anglican practitioners of [...]

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Bruce Reyes-Chow for 2008 PC(USA) Moderator

February 1, 2008

Presbyterian pastor, 30-something and Presbymergent Bruce Reyes-Chow was recently endorsed by San Francisco Presbytery to run (or stand, as the PC(USA) lingo goes) for Moderator at this summer’s General Assembly in San Jose. I have run into Bruce once or twice and know him from his involvement with presbymergent and his blog. I am very [...]

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G-3.0401 Called to Openness

January 22, 2008

Awhile ago while looking through the Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order (BOO), I ran across this section:
G-3.0401 Called to Openness: The Church is called

to a new openness to the presence of God in the Church and in the world, to more fundamental obedience, and to a more joyous celebration in worship and work;
to a [...]

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A Pomomusings Year in Review

January 1, 2008

It’s a New Year, and while I’m a few days behind others, I thought I should follow suit and write a “Year in Review” post.
Highlights from the Walker Cleavelands

We became a one car family.
Sarah and I went to one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to: Billy Joel in Atlanta.
We experienced one of Atlanta’s [...]

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Can presbymergent Save the PC(USA)?

November 21, 2007

Presbymergent has continued to gain steam, and more and more people have begun to connect with it (we’re over 200 on our Facebook group and we have 199 contributors on the website). I’ve found it’s a very odd phenomenon to watch something that I helped to start grow bigger than I had initially expected. I [...]

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Presbymergent Conference

October 22, 2007

Last week we had the Presbymergent Conference at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. I already wrote a brief report of the conference here, but I thought I’d mention a few things here:

Brian Wallace and the crew from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary did an amazing job putting together this conference, and they deserve a ton of credit.
We had a [...]

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Presbymergent Polity 101: Worship, Sacraments and (Dis)Order

October 6, 2007

Many of you know that I will be presenting the following workshop at the Always Reforming: Emergence in the Presbyterian Church Conference in a week (it’s not too late to register).
Presbymergent Polity 101: Worship, Sacraments and (Dis)Order
Many view the Book of Order as a rigid, rule-focused guide for saying more about what one “can’t” do [...]

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Always Reforming: Presbymergent Conference

September 25, 2007

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I’d like to encourage you to attend the 2007 Presbymergent Conference, “Always Reforming: Emergence in the Presbyterian Church.”
It’s not too late to sign up for the event. It’s going to be held at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary on October 12-13. I’m going to be there presenting a workshop and we’ll hear from [...]

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