As many of you know the Presbyterian Church (USA) is meeting in our General Assembly starting today, so I offer this prayer for all the people involved and the decisions they will be making. FYI: used some inspiration from the Prayer of St. Augustine. A Prayer for PC(USA) General Assembly 220 Living God, Pour out [...]
It’s time to stop blaming young adults. It’s time to stop blaming young adults for “leaving” the church. It’s time to stop blaming young adults for the declining membership of churches. It’s time to stop blaming young adults for being too disinterested, too busy with other things, too caught up in social media. The church [...]
I am in the second full week at my summer internship. My co-intern and I were together all last week for orientation and whatnot, but this week we split up to go to different churches. It’s really hard to go into a church for only a week or two. Churches are complicated. (Understatement of the [...]
Rev. Landon Whitsitt wrote an article entitled “Dear Young(ish) Mainline Pastor Type People: Please Plant a Church.” Here is my disclaimer for this post: I am not writing this reply to fight Rev. Whitsitt’s ideas but to add some thoughts into this conversation. First, I do not disagree with what I believe is Rev. Whitsitt’s main [...]