Many of you know that while I had planned on being ordained in December of ’08 – things didn’t really pan out how I thought they would. It’s been over a year now since it all began – and while I haven’t wanted to rush into a decision concerning next steps, it became more and [...]
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This past Tuesday night, at 660th meeting of the Presbytery of San Francisco, the Presbytery narrowly approved Lisa Larges for ordination. Larges is a lesbian who has sought ordination in the Presbyterian Church (USA) for over 20 years. Presbytery Moderator Chuck Fry wrote the following on the Presbytery’s website: The Presbytery in its 660th meeting [...]
Troy Bronsink and I led a workshop called “Emerging Worship Environments” at the Alt7 Conference at Montreat this week. If you’re interested in downloading a PDF version of our presentation, you can do so here. Also, here are some additional resources that you may find beneficial if you’re interested in emerging culture and worship environments.
I still remember the day during my first year of seminary when our Director of Student Relations and Senior Placement at Princeton told us that we really shouldn’t transfer while in the ordination process if we could avoid it. I don’t remember the reasons that she gave us, but I do remember that transferring (especially [...]
If you haven’t heard about the Alt7 Conference at Montreat yet, you need to go check it out now! The theme is “The Power at Work Within Us” and it looks like it will be a really great gathering. I’m going to be there and will be co-presenting two workshops: “Emerging Worship Environments” with Troy [...]
I have great hope for the Presbyterian Church (USA). Why, you ask? Is it because Bruce Reyes-Chow is our current moderator? Nope. I mean, that’s great, but – that doesn’t truly give me hope. Is it because Presbymergent is helping church leaders around the United States think creatively about the future of the church? Nope. [...]
The Rules In about 25 words each, answer the following five questions. Tag five presbyterian bloggers and send them a note to let them know they were tagged. Be sure to link to this original post. Leave a comment or send a trackback to this post so others can find you. 1) What is your [...]
So I’ve been tagged (not once, but twice) to participate in the PresbyMeme that Bruce Reyes-Chow started. So I suppose that means I should take some time and put together a post. The rules are pretty basic: In about 25 words each, answer the following five questions; Tag five Presbyterian bloggers and send them a [...]
I’ve recently run across a great new podcast that I’ve been enjoying, produced and hosted by Presbyterian minister, Landon Whitsitt. It’s called The Phoenix Journal, and over the past few weeks, they’ve hosted some great interviews with folks like Eric Elnes, Carrie Newcomer, Bruce Reyes-Chow and this week Fritz Gutwein is interviewed. It’s a great [...]
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. [...]
