by Brian Ellison | Aug 6, 2012 | Dialogue, Personal Testimony
Comment from National Organizer Tricia Dykers Koenig: My family knows that Chick-fil-A is my favorite fast food: standard sandwich, cole slaw (they can keep the waffle fries). I was delighted once, having gotten lost somewhere in the vicinity of the Atlanta airport,...
by Brian Ellison | Apr 19, 2012 | Dialogue, PC(USA) History & Polity
By Barbara G. Wheeler This essay was published in the Spring 2012 issue of Insights: The Faculty Journal of Austin Seminary. Posted by permission. You will want to read the whole issue, “The Church Faces Schism.” Last year, the Presbyterian Church...
by Brian Ellison | Jan 12, 2012 | Dialogue
At the beginning of the new year, General Assembly Moderator Cindy Bolbach and Vice-Moderator Landon Whitsitt hosted six other ruling and teaching elders for a conversation about their hopes for the Presbyterian Church (USA). Please find their letter to the church and...
by Brian Ellison | Dec 21, 2011 | Dialogue, Theology
Reforming the Ties that Bind: Theological Virtues for Living Together in Difference Plenary Address from the 2011 Conference, Excerpted and Edited, by James Calvin Davis, Middlebury College Several years ago in our denomination, a task force was charged with thinking...
by Brian Ellison | Mar 18, 2011 | Dialogue
November 3-5, 2011 First Presbyterian Church, Durham, NC Speakers include: Scott Anderson, Executive Director, Wisconsin Council of Churches James C. Davis, Professor of Religion, Middlebury College, author of In Defense of Civility, WJKP, 2010 Frances Taylor Gench,...
by Brian Ellison | Feb 10, 2011 | Amendment 10-A, Dialogue
A Statement of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians Board of Directors Meeting in Atlanta, February 7-8, 2011 The Board of the Covenant Network remains hopeful about the conversations that are ongoing across the church, including efforts to reform our ordination...
by Brian Ellison | Nov 30, 2009 | Dialogue, Sexuality, Theology
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...
by Brian Ellison | Nov 25, 2009 | Dialogue, Theology
Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner … The hushed question that we are cautious to articulate is whether the church will be able to give bearings to and accommodate those of differing orientations. Will you and I and those who differ from you and me be able to find our way...
by Brian Ellison | Nov 25, 2009 | Dialogue, Sexuality, Theology
– Cynthia M. Campbell In the debate about the status of gay and lesbian members of the Presbyterian Church (USA), it sometimes seems as though the only options are “for” and “against.” Either one condemns homosexuality as contrary to God’s will or one affirms...
by Brian Ellison | Nov 25, 2009 | Biblical Interpretation, Dialogue, PC(USA) History & Polity, Personal Testimony, Theology
– Jack Rogers … I had often said that I could not change my position on homosexuality unless I was convinced by Scripture. By studying the Bible in its historical and cultural context and through the lens of Jesus’ redeeming life and ministry, I have now...