Friends, yesterday I asked that we pray particularly for those PCUSA congregations in the areas most affected by Hurricane Katrina, and to pray for their ministries to those who are suffering. As best I can tell, there are about 80 congregations in those areas, and those are listed in yesterday’s post.
Last night I saw that there were […]

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Let us join in prayer today and in the days ahead for those who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina. So far, 68 deaths have been reported as well as major destruction to buildings and infrastructure. In this time I am reminded that we as a church are a people, not a collection of buildings; […]

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The Theological Task Force on Peace, Unity, and Purity of the Church has delivered to the church a report and some recommendations that require a mixed response. On the one hand, there is much to commend in its theological statement. On the other hand, its most significant polity recommendation is a disappointment, as it […]

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The following is a book review of The Modernist Impulse in American Protestantism, by William R. Hutchison (Durham: Duke University Press, 1992).

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