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From the Pastor’s Desk

On July 1, I will be heading to Minneapolis for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA).  This meeting, which is held every two years, is part convention, part political caucus, …

Hoping in What Is Seen

For in hope we were saved.  Now hope that is seen is not hope.  For who hopes for what is seen?  But if we hope for what we do not see, we

E-Bible

On a recent flight, I noticed in the airport and on my plane how many people are using electronic books. Kindles and i-Pads and Sony Readers are everywhere.  Some friends are now …

People of the Book Review

People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March
 
I thoroughly enjoyed People of the

Reading Jesus Review

Reading Jesus
A Writer’s Encounter with the Gospels
By
Mary Gordon 
I rarely read a book …

Softball 2010

Please join our team in the New York City Presbytery Softball League this season.  The season runs from April 25 through August 29 and games occur every Sunday afternoon in Central Park.  …

Go Tell It

Mark’s version of the resurrection story leaves things a bit unfinished.  In the version that ends at 16:8, and which most scholars agree is the accurate ending, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother …

Changing First Notes

In Luke’s account of the commissioning of the twelve apostles, Jesus advised his first followers to go out into the world and… “Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor …

March 2010

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