Retreats at PCOL
Men's Retreat March 15-17, 2013 At St. Joseph By the Sea in South Mantoloking, NJ The Men's Retreat is normally held at St. Joseph By the Sea in South Mantoloking, NJ (only 45 minutes [...]
Adult Education Sample Page 2
Exploring the Mysteries of Faith through T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets Use this page for an individual class or adult ed event. You could also convert this page to a "registration page" that you link [...]
2011-12 Nursery, Peschool, K-5 Sunday School and LOGOS Information
09/11/2011 Click below to see the list of documents with information on this year's Nursery, Pre-school, K-5 Sunday School and LOGOS programs. Parent Letter for all programs Nursery Registration Form Pre-school Parent Letter Pre-school Registration [...]
Young Adult Volunteer – Liz Wall
Through the Presbyterian Church (USA) Young Adult Volunteer program, 68 young people (ages 19-30) will be serving for the next year in various locations throughout the US and the world. Our congregation is represented through [...]
A parable of hell…and…welcome honored guests!
First - I acknowledge the title of this entry sounds rather...strange. But to explain. I will be on vacation for the next several weeks, and we have an all-star cast of preachers lined up to [...]
Amendment 10A and…Hell
Last Sunday was installment two in our new sermon series, "Questions from the Floor." The topic: "How will Amendment 10A affect the Presbyterian Church (USA) going forward?" My approach was simply to describe some of [...]
Questions from the Floor – Part I: Family Values? Whose?
This Sunday, we began a new sermon series called Questions from the Floor. This series is the brainchild of my colleague Louise, who compiled a list of questions that came from...you! Each of the nine [...]
Sexuality: How Do We Have the Talk?
First: please insert here my much-to-self-referential brooding about...sin and forgiveness...the weakness of the flesh...writer's block...the insane schedule of a parish Pastor. Having intended to keep up with my blogging discipline, I see I have failed [...]
I Can't Get No…Satisfaction
Is it possible that Mick Jagger has really nailed it, in describing the prime spiritual malady of our times? Well - maybe for all times? This Sunday's sermon (sermons - plural - as I'll also [...]
What is Postmodernism?
Back on the blog horse, and dipping my toe in. (Aha! Master of the Mixed Metaphor! To dip my horse hoof in? My blog's equine lower digit...?) This year, as I return to my blogging [...]
Four Ways to Have a Conversation – Post Mortem
First - a brief word about my personal M.O. I am an ENFP according to the Myers-Briggs type indicator. When I took this test - er, I mean "inventory" (they make a big deal about [...]
Paul vs. The Fundamentalists
Feeling rather guilty for not writing here for the last several weeks - and then (in Pauline fashion!) I realize that I do well not to make more of myself than I ought. Might I [...]
The Catastrophe of Success and the Quest for Greatness
Sometimes when you're short of words, you need someone else's to bail you out. How cool to hear Cornel West riff on Jesus, Tennessee Williams, John Coltrane, and Anton Checkov - among others. What does [...]
Cultivating Christian Followership
This Sunday, I have five minutes. Five minutes of homiletical air-time, during a worship service that we are calling "Confir-baptismo-palooza". Six baptisms, representing a bell-curve of ages from adult to infant, and then we celebrate [...]
Fishing on the Other Side
The text for this Sunday is the post-resurrection appearance of Jesus in John 21: Jesus' breakfast by the sea with his disciples. Perhaps many of you are familiar with this story. The Disciples are hard [...]
Revive Justice! Join Us!
This week's posting is NOT about the sermon - either the one last week, or the one upcoming. This Sunday, I'm off pulpit duty - and hats off to Leigh Stuckey, who will be preaching [...]