Blog Post by Rev. Dr. Dave Burgess DRAP (Dismantling Racism and Privilege) Moderator St. Mark Presbyterian Church February is a curious month in the life of the church. We replace the lights of Christmas and Epiphany with the ashes of penitence. The “good news of great joy for all people” gives way to remembering, “we are dust, and to dust…
Blog Post by Rev. Thirza Sayers Hillside Presbyterian Church & Light for the Darkness I write this as a celebration of my tenth ordination anniversary (1/2/11). I thought about telling the pretty story of folks coming from far and wide to gather robed and smiling, but decided I would tell the real Call Story, which started 1/1/11. Appropriately given last…
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968 Too few of us have completed a deep dive into what we could/should do about Dismantling Racism and Privilege in ourselves, our community, our nation and our world. Today’s Blog Space… please read a Letter from a Birmingham Jail Found Here Here are some resources that might…
Blog Post by Rev. Robert Jensen Bridge Presbytery Leader Last Wednesday, as the mob siege of the US Capitol was unfolding, I sat transfixed in the presbytery office in shocked grief like so many people. And as I traveled home that evening, these words kept passing through my mind and heart: …though the earth should change, though the mountains shake, though its waters roar and…
Blog Post by Janice McMillen Presbytery Communications Associate When the COVID19 Pandemic hit, our presbytery was ready. In the summer of 2019, the Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy began utilizing Zoom Web Conferencing to host meetings. They decided it was important to allow commissioners, congregant guests, and pastors, from a geographical distance, the ability to join meetings remotely and still feel connected…