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November 2009

The Church We Can See From Here

November 30, 2009

  Read the addresses and sermons from the 2009 Covenant Conference, hosted by the Church of the Covenant in Cleveland, Ohio.

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The Body We Can See from Here

November 30, 2009

Ted Smith, preaching for the 2009 Conference Acts 1:1-11 One of the deepest themes I have heard over these last few days is the need for a faith that can tell the truth about the presence of God in the church without slipping into triumphalism, a faith that can tell the truth about the violence [...]

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Farther and Deeper

November 30, 2009

Gregory Bentley, preaching for the 2009 Conference Luke 5:1-11 In the 1850s, Henry Comstock left Canada and made his way to western Nevada hoping to strike it rich by prospecting for gold. While in Nevada, he gained the reputation of a shyster; someone who was willing to do less than honorable things to get what [...]

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And Grace Will Lead Me Home: Inclusion and Evangelical Conscience

November 30, 2009

As presbyteries continue to vote on Amendment 10-A, which would allow for freedom of conscience in the interpretation of what Scripture teaches about same-gender relationships, Mark Achtemeier is among those have testified to a change of mind.

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Relating, “Knowing One,” and Politics in the Church

November 30, 2009

Dawne Moon, addressing the 2009 Conference It’s really great for me to be here, because Presbyterians were actually my first contact with people who believed there was a place for gay people in the church. My best friend’s family when I was growing up were members of Downtown United Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York. [...]

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A Prophetic Witness in Trying Times

November 30, 2009

Eddie Glaude, addressing the 2009 Conference (Edited transcript) Thank you for your welcome. I’m trying to figure out, why am I here? My theology amounts to a series of intuitions. Raised Catholic, but baptized in Baptist waters at Morehouse College, a scholar of a naturalist, John Dewey, a kind of historian of ideas when it [...]

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