pool party photo album
The pool party turns five. Thanks to everyone who came, and thanks to Alison and Melissa for taking some pictures. See them all here.
Role of the Church?
Expectations for what a church is and what it should do vary widely. Yet everybody has them. Perhaps it's that a church must have weekly communion. Or sing hymns. Or have a well-developed Sunday School. Short-term mission trips? Urban outreach?…
Political Gap
Now available online is byFaith magazine’s article on politics and Christianity, The Political Gap That Divides Generations. Don’t miss the podcast interview at the end of the article in which Richard Doster and Greg Thompson (pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church…
Bildungsroman
Bildungsroman (bildung=“formation” + roman=”story”) – A novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character. (Answers.com) I should have guessed that there was a German word for the “coming-of-age novel.” Bildungsroman. “Formation…
Women & the Diaconate: A Discussion between Drs. Ligon Duncan and Timothy Keller at the 2009 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America
This discussion and Q & A session offers an excellent overview of the question of women and their relationship, biblically and historically, to the office of deacon. It also serves as a commendatory illustration of how to deal with a…
Breaking in
Do you ever get the nagging sense that you're on the outside looking in – at school, at work, at church, in your city, in the world? Somewhere there's a comfortable inner circle – where everyone knows each other, where…
Quiet Time?
I have a friend who advises against purchasing any Bible with a black cover. Black-spined Bibles, he explains, seem to peer down accusingly from your bookshelf saying, "You SHOULD be reading me right now. Shouldn't you?" (He recommends brown, genuine…