Posts from the Blog of an (un)Tamed Cynic
This is adapted from a sermon I preached this past Sunday—Transfiguration of the Lord—on Mark 9:2-9. There are a handful of things that Jesus didn’t really plan for, things he didn’t really prepare his followers for. Things might have been a lot simpler if he had. For example, Jesus didn’t set up a long game [...]
This post comes directly from the PC(USA) Mid Councils Commission report (19-20). I wrote this for the “Changing Contexts” section of the report. I am posting discrete sections of our report as a means of generating conversation, so please make comments. At the end of this post, I have suggested some questions to stimulate your [...]
This post comes directly from the PC(USA) Mid Councils Commission report (18-19). I wrote this section with input from commission member Karen Dimon. I am posting discrete sections of our report as a means of generating conversation, so please make comments. At the end of this post, I have suggested some questions to stimulate your [...]
A week ago, the PC(USA) Mid Councils Commission voted to approve our final report, which has been submitted to the Stated Clerk to send to the General Assembly this summer. Finishing up this report brought to an official close nearly one and a half years of work. Now, our report is in the hands of [...]
Yesterday, after 26 years as its pastor (and almost 49 years of ordained ministry), John Buchanan preached his final sermon at Fourth Presbyterian Church. It was a stunning and emotional day. Indeed, it was the end of an era. Over the course of three worship services, over 2600 people filled the pews for this historic [...]
