I’ve been scanning the net and various Presbyterian sites in order to get the scoop on what happened at the GA this summer. For those who are interested in reading various responses from a significant presbyterian voice calling for renewal in the denomination, I would recommend a site sponsored by Presbyterians for Renewal at www.ga2006.com. I’ve only just begun reading the content here but it seems quite good to me.
I know that in the past, my affiliation with the PC(USA) has raised some eyebrows, especially surrounding the denomination’s divestments from their holdings in multinational organizations in Israel and the ongoing debates surrounding homosexual ordination. If you’re among those who seem confused as to why a fellow like myself would stay in such an apparently troubled denomination, I’d like to offer a few thoughts that are important to me and have informed my decision to stay in this denomination.
Dear friends,
Lea and I are wrapping up our business in Vancouver and preparing for our third and final summer project in Estonia. This summer’s tasks will be highly varied and so we are expecting it to be even more rich and rigorous than our previous summers have been. This is due largely to the fact [...]
One of the things that troubles me most about ministry talk in the church is how often we elevate monetary and physical resources above human ones and how this juxtaposition of values can undermine our ultimate mission. It seems to me that Church history would indicate that some of our healthiest seasons have been when [...]
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The following is a paper I wrote for Pastoral Ethics in the Fall semester of 2005.
When I first entered the mission field after graduating from college, I did so as an intern. I was sent to serve alongside a small congregation in Estonia working to support the youth ministry. I had committed two years to [...]
