Posts from the Blog of an (un)Tamed Cynic
This is my Confirmation Sunday sermon from yesterday. The scripture readings were Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and 1 John 1:1-4. This is an unprecedented time in the history of Fourth Presbyterian Church. I realize, of course, that you will hear this a lot during this time of transition and change. But let me take a moment to [...]
This post comes directly from the PC(USA) Mid Councils Commission report (27-28). I wrote this for the “Changing Contexts” section of the report with input from commission member Roger Lee. 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 [...]
Back in September, DC Comics relaunched it’s entire lineup of titles. Called “The New 52″, the idea behind this major reboot is to update these characters and stories for a new audience and to give readers an opportunity to jump on board without necessarily needing to catch up with all of the various intersecting story [...]
The Presbyterian blogosphere and twitterverse have been busy today conducting a postmortem on the NEXT conference. Check out these first reflections (and let me know if I’m missing any): #NEXTChurchIndy is the ongoing conversation on Twitter. Jeff Lehn MaryAnn McKibben Dana Rocky Supinger Much of the conversation has been about the lack of diversity among [...]
I spent yesterday and today at NEXT: A Leadership Conference for Presbyterians. It was the expansion of a conversation that began with a small group of pastors about what is emerging within the PC(USA). A first expansion of this conversation happened in Minneapolis right before the General Assembly. I was part of the 40 or [...]
