Tag Archives: GA221
The Scottish YES to Britain & John Knox’s 500th Birthday
Where does the Reformation impulse go today? Back in June, at the unexpected urging of two Korean-American presbyteries, the 2014 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of John Knox’s birth by remembering aspects … Continue reading
Apocalypse How? Week 1
Apocalypse How? Climate Change, Eschatology, and Christian Responsibility Between the Bang and the Whimper: Prophetic Hope in an Apocalyptic World, Rev. Ginna Bairby “This is the way the world ends, Not with a bang but with a whimper.” These famous lines from … Continue reading
Exxon Mobil and Me (and the BOP)
Immediately before creating humans in Genesis 1, “God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over … Continue reading
The Creation Waits
Fossil Fuel Divestment at the 221st General Assembly Download this article as a PDF. On the bulletin board above my desk, I have an excerpt from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Book of Confessions: “God’s redeeming work in Jesus Christ embraces … Continue reading