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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Harry J. Heintz
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Monday, 23 August 2010 04:16 |
Jim Collins has written a new book called How the Mighty Fall (c. 2009 by Jim Collins; distributed by HarperCollins). Collins looks at businesses and corporations that once were great and have fallen on hard times and identifies stages or steps in their decline. Much of this is transferable to churches.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Matthew A. Rich
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Monday, 23 August 2010 04:14 |
It is a hard to imagine that it’s only happened 20 times in the 135-year history of major league baseball. A perfect game. No hits, no walks, no hit batsmen, no errors.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Jill Duffield
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Monday, 23 August 2010 04:12 |
Recently I attended the sixth grade Renaissance Fair at Springfield Middle School. It was quite the event with hundreds of eleven- and twelve-year-olds dressed in varying degrees of homemade costumes displaying varying degrees of mortification.
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Church Wellness Project
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Monday, 23 August 2010 04:04 |
Members and officers, my word to you is this: be entrepreneurs.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Earl S. Johnson Jr.
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Sunday, 22 August 2010 19:41 |
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Two years ago when my wife Barbara faced open-heart surgery, the members of our congregation, the session, and deacons jumped into action to help us as much as they could. For ten days they brought us evening meals so I could take care of her and also continue to do my job. |
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Monday, 09 August 2010 15:41 |
The healthy and growing church will offer multiple and, yes, conflicting faith experiences.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by HEIDI HUSTED ARMSTRONG
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Monday, 09 August 2010 15:27 |
IT WILL GO DOWN IN MY MEMORY as one of the top ten all-time meaningful events in my ministry.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Leslie Scanlon, Outlook national reporter
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Monday, 26 July 2010 16:13 |
When Tom Hay went to Scotland in May as a representative of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) attending the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, he kept his eyes open for good ideas.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Phil Leftwich
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Monday, 26 July 2010 16:12 |
I had a conversation the other day with a good friend. He and I usually disagree on most things. Our argument began with the old question, “What would you do if you were driving through a one stoplight town in the middle of the night and the light was red?” He contended that the “rules are the rules,” while I argued that I would stop and look both ways and go on.
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Church Wellness Project
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Monday, 26 July 2010 16:11 |
If congregations want to turn around public skepticism, mission work ought to be their first priority.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Bill Tammeus
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Monday, 26 July 2010 16:09 |
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Sometimes when I feel down about the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) , I wonder who the last Presbyterian will be. |
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Merwyn S. Johnson
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Monday, 26 July 2010 16:08 |
Editor’s Note: This essay is one in a series probing challenges to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and its Reformed heritage to find fresh theological language in a time of great ferment and polarization. “With battle lines drawn, cracks showing, and widespread distrust, this question hits Presbyterians especially hard,” says the author.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Ted V. Foote Jr.
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Monday, 26 July 2010 16:05 |
3 Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, Vol. 2, Act and Being, ed. Wayne Whiston Floyd, trans. H. Martin Rumscheidt (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996), 112.
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Church Wellness Project
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Written by Tom Ehrich
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Friday, 02 July 2010 17:30 |
If ever there was a time for the “multi” in Multichannel Church, it is now, as summer arrives and people scatter physically and emotionally.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Derek Maul
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Friday, 02 July 2010 17:29 |
Back in May I spent a weekend with more than 400 Presbyterian men at Mo-Ranch Assembly in the Texas hill country north of San Antonio.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Christine Chakoian
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Friday, 02 July 2010 17:28 |
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So now the General Assembly convenes. Commissioners and delegates trudge miles between conference center, meeting rooms, exhibit hall, hotels, and they vote several hundred times. |
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Janet Tuck
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Monday, 28 June 2010 02:12 |
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The committee on Middle Governing Body Issues of the General Assembly will face a variety of proposals when they meet in Minneapolis in July. |
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by Adam J. Copeland
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Monday, 28 June 2010 02:08 |
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A blogger in many people’s minds is a disheveled geek who bypasses correct grammar and punctuation, sees life narcissistically, overly focuses on Web stats and writing the next post. |
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Church Wellness Project
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Sunday, 13 June 2010 00:00 |
Of the three venues for Multichannel Church — on-site, off-site and online — “the greatest of these” is online.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Sunday, 13 June 2010 00:00 |
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June 8: Online Webinar: Pre-GA Briefing on the Proposed New Form of Government Task Force |
Continued from MAY 31 (p. 9)
Ovt 102 » Pby of North Central Iowa: Reestablish an Office of Collegiate Ministries.
Ovt 103 » Pby of Boston: Direct the Board of Pensions to Extend Benefits to Same-gender Spouses and Domestic Partners. Ovt 104 » Pby of Elizabeth: Affirm the Presbyterian Health, Education, and Welfare Association.
Ovt 105 » Pby of Cayuga-Syracuse: Support mission and ministry in North Korea.
Ovt 106 » Pby of New York City: Reinstate “Criminal Justice Sunday” in the PC(USA) calendar, and establish an Office of Criminal Justice Issues.
Ovt 107 » Pby of Providence: Pray and give support to Iraqis, urge US government to fulfill plans to withdraw, direct GAMC to study and report on US expenditures for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ovt 108 » Pby of New Castle: Direct the Board of Pensions to extend benefits to same-gender spouses and domestic partners.
Ovt 109 » Pby of Chicago: Seek compliance to US Government policy in the use of military aid by all parties in the Middle East.
Ovt 110 » Pby of Chicago: Assist with a process for negotiation of a peace accord in Colombia.
Ovt 111 » Pby of San Francisco: Refer “Christians and Jews: People of God” and “Understanding Christian-Muslim Relations” to GAMC to organize and fund a special committee to rewrite reports after further consultation with interested and affected parties.
Ovt 112 » Pby of San Francisco: Adopt a Gracious Dismissal Policy for churches wishing to leave the denomination.
Ovt 113 » Pby of San Francisco: Declare opposition to war in Afghanistan, urge US government to use alternative, peacemaking actions and provide resources to churches and presbyteries for further study.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Wednesday, 02 June 2010 18:35 |
Ovt 087 » Pby of San Fernando: Amend G-3.0103 and G-3.0111 of the New Form of Government to require committees of representation.
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by The Presbyterian Outlook
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Wednesday, 02 June 2010 18:31 |
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June 1: Online Webinar: Pre-GA Briefing on “Breaking Down the Walls” – the Report of the Middle East Study Committee featuring Ron Shive, committee chair, and John Wimberly, co-chair, Presbyterians Concerned for Jewish, Muslim and Christian Relations. |
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Presbyterian Heritage Articles
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Written by David White
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Sunday, 16 May 2010 14:51 |
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Throughout much of the modern era, Christian educators, along with most modern people, assumed a linear process for Christian education starting with Biblical and theological scholars handing on their scholarship to teachers, who, in turn, effectively passed it on to students, who, ostensibly, learn and change their behavior. |
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Church Wellness Project
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Written by Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness
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Sunday, 16 May 2010 14:42 |
What’s actually new about a Multichannel Church?
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