MAY WE WHO “SUSPECT ANGELS,” GREET AND CELEBRATE THEM WHEN THEY COME. We have lived through a difficult year of unprecedented “fake news”, internet hacking, and political bantering and bullying that have left us all in a state of shock with the difficult task of knowing what or whom to believe, if we are to… Read more
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Pastor’s Pondering – December 21, 2016
BORN INTO AND WITH AND FOR THE WORLD As we approach the end of Advent and the beginning of Christmas, here is the final section of the Belhar Confession that points us in the direction of the Newborn King and his ministry in the world: We believe that God has revealed himself as the one… Read more
Pastor’s Pondering – December 14, 2016
More Ponderings from Belhar Another section of the Belhar Confession from the South African Church also addresses present conditions, standoffs, and stalemates that are occurring in our world: We believe that God has entrusted the church with the message of reconciliation in and through Jesus Christ; that the church is called to be the… Read more
Pastor’s Pondering – December 7, 2016
THE GOOD NEWS OF ADVENT FROM THE CHURCH IN SOUTH AFRICA The PCUSA recently added the Belhar Confession to our denomination’s Book of Confessions. This is a document that came from the Church in South Africa after a long-time reality of apartheid. During Advent, let us consider some of the “we believe” sections as present… Read more