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Tracy and I have just finished our time at the annual Polity, Mission, and Benefits Conference for mid council leaders in the PC(USA)....

September 28, 2023 Presbytery Pause - "The black water so perfectly mirrored the trunks and the overhanging greenery that it felt at...

September 14, 2023 Presbytery Pause: History ... Wanting to understand the biblical and theological justifications that allowed...

August 31, 2023 Presbytery Pause: Rev. Dr. Tracy Keenan asks you to think about some of the unspoken but quirky rules about death that...

A few weeks ago, I arrived for an in-person meeting early and the doors weren't unlocked yet. I found a group of adults and young...

August 3, 2023 Presbytery Pause - Church doesn't seem to be high on anyone's list these days besides us church folks ... perhaps churches...

July 20, 2023 Presbytery Pause - Bask in God's love! A brief "pause" with a reminder for "Staff on the road"!

July 6, 2023 Presbytery Pause - "One reason we keep pointing to the Matthew 25 Movement of the PC(USA) is that it connects our faith to...

Have you ever stopped to think about all the facets of your identity and how they intersect with one another to make up who you are in...

Full disclosure: I never enjoyed learning history in school. Some of that was because of disinterested teachers who were tired and maybe...

May 11, 2023 Presbytery Pause: We need to make sure that church is a place truth can be spoken in love ... where we are equipped with the...

April 29, 2023 Presbytery Pause: Christ is risen! Almost two thousand years later, I wonder if this is the way Jesus hoped the world...

April 13, 2023 Presbytery Pause: Here's the real truth ... Most of the churches we know have much more potential than they think they do.

What kind of Christianity do you want to be part of? What kind of Christianity is worth dedicating your life to, or at least important...

Name three people you want on your team.

I suspect I’m not the only person who participated in this year’s Bay Retreat who woke up this morning with music running through my...

When we talk about immigration, folks tend to split along partisan lines rather than Biblical ones. Let's talk misconceptions.

Feb. 1 2023

It's been a rough year. Everyone I know has been rocked by loss, difficulty, challenges, illness, or the unexpected things that, when...

When you stop and think about it, the central point of the Christmas story is so immense that it should knock us out of our chairs...