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Fall 2007

Matt — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:46:40 +0000

You can download this letter in PDF format here:2007 Summer Prayer Letter Folks, we are very pleased to tell you that the culmination of our four years of study and preparation is just around the corner. In this letter we would like to highlight a few of the ways that we can see our ministry [...]

Spring 2007

Matt — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:20:30 +0000

Dear Friends, Our intention for some time now has been to send you quarterly prayer letters and this no doubt would have made it much easier for us to communicate our experiences in depth. But we have been so incessantly busy this year that writing and publishing a prayer letter has been relegated to the [...]

“Chosen, Holy and Beloved”

Matt — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 04:11:01 +0000

“Chosen, Holy and Beloved” Knox Presbyterian Church December 31, 2006 Introduction Welcome to Knox Presbyterian Church on this, the last day of the year 2006. I must confess that I always feel a bit hesitant about the kind of self reflection I know I’m supposed to be doing today. I have a checkered history with [...]

Ordination Update – Oct 28, 2006

Matt — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:24:13 +0000

I have two very encouraging bits of news to share: At the end of September, I was approved by the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest to move to the candidacy phase of ordination in the PC(USA). I just received word a few days ago that I passed all four of my ordination exams on the [...]

A call to risk for Christian men

Matt — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:56:40 +0000

At the end of our summer, Lea and I were at the Alongside Ministries International Conference in France. While there, I had a great conversation with a fellow from California. We wrestled together through what it means for a man’s passions for struggle, sacrifice and risk to be excercised in the context of the Christian [...]

217th General Assembly

Matt — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:07:06 +0000

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.