The Backstory of General Assembly

October 2012 Issue Table of Contents

Opening Editorials

• “Caution and Commitment” by Chris Iosso
• “Young Adults: Will We Stay?” by Patrick David Heery

The Young Adult Perspective

• “Stay with Us” by Emily Morrell
• “Paralyzed” by Rachel Helgeson
• “Gears, Forks, and Grease: Conspiring in the Spirit with Church Polity” by Dylan Rooke
  
  See also young adults reporting from GA: Alex Becker, Sara Dorrien, Elisha Baskin, and Patrick Heery

The Committee Moderator Perspective

• “For Where Your Treasure Is, There Your Heart Will Be Also” by Joann  Haejong Lee
• “Communion, Kenosis, and Change: Same Sex Marriage at the General Assembly” by Aimee Moiso
• “Peacemaking: Not Just for Governments, for People Too” by Laura Phillips
• “Social Justice Issues at the 2012 General Assembly” by Nancy Ramsay

A Story Unfolding: Reporting from the Floor of GA

• “Israeli Woman Says Divestment Is Part of Her Jewish Identity” by Patrick David Heery, interviewing Elisha Baskin
• “Presbyterian General Assembly Committee Recommends Divestment” by Sara B. Dorrien
• “Just Polity” by Alex Becker
• “Testimony: World of Hurt, Word of Life” by Rev. Peter Nimmo
• “The Church of Holy Chaos: LGBTQ Equality” by Patrick David Heery
• “What Difference Does One Word Make? – Usury or ‘Excessive Interest’ in Heidelberg Catechism Question 110” by Chris Iosso

A Story Ended: Reflecting Back on What Happened and Why

• “Caught Between Promise and Prudence: Why GA Voted Against Divestment” by Robert Trawick
• “Investment versus Boycott: Important Facts to Consider” by Presbyterians for Middle East Peace
• “Boycotting and Divesting from Occupation: Confessions of an Occasional Presbyterian” by Robert B. Ross
• “A Word to the PC(USA) and the Course of Justice” by Rifat Odeh Kassis
• “My Dreams for an HIV Competent Church” by Emily Proctor

Preaching the Story

• “O Church, What Does the Lord Require of You” by Rev. Randy Bush

The Next Story

• “Dream, PC(USA)!” by Emily Morgan
• “Will the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Become a Peace Church?” by Sara Dorrien
• “Next Steps for Boycott: An Open Letter to Presbyterian Clergy” from two Jewish social justice advocates, Rae Abileah and Ariel Vegosen
• “220th GA Healthcare Insurance Resolution Deepens Family Dilemma” by Bebb Stone

Human Rights Update: Women’s Reproductive Healthcare, Workers’ Rights, and Civil Liberties & National Security in the United States Since 9/11/01

Comprehensive Digest of Social Witness at the 220th PC(USA) General Assembly