The PCA Big Tent: Part Deux
It seems that my little ol’ article about Dr. Gleason’s great big article stirred up a few emotions. For a few minutes last weekend, the tubes of the interweb that serve the PCA world were positively clogged with the debris from our little dust-up. If your attempt to download Game of Thrones was slowed down by...
From Big Tent to Pup Tent: A Canadian Pastor’s Response to Dr. Gleason
Dr. Gleason is against camping, and Democrats, and Obama, and immigrants. Ok...
Beyond Contemporary Making Worship Accessible
Some pastors and elders in PCA churches seem to be adopting a style of worship that is called “contemporary”. The instinct behind this is, I think, good. They are attempting to reach the communities God has called them to serve, in a way that is understandable to those that they are called to reach. Some other pastors and...
New Commenting System
We are working on a new commenting system. We’ve realized that we often have a lot of comments on facebook but not as many on the site itself. We are taking a shot as using facebook comments in order to bring the two together. We are going to keep up all of our old comments,...
What the PCA Could Learn from Soma: Recap
Having been back in the normal patterns of Church life in our community, I have had some time to process my time with Soma, and some of the things that the PCA can learn from Soma. As I end, I'd like to recap and suggest where we can go from here.
What the PCA Could Learn from Soma: Reformation
This is a short four-part series examining some of the things the Presbyterian Church in America, could, and I would say should, learn from Soma Communities, a group of churches in the Northwest.
What the PCA Could Learn from Soma: Theology
I was expecting to go to Soma and find patterns and systems, lacking theology. I figured that I, the PCA guy, would have to fill in the theological and scriptural support for their non-theological pragmatism. Instead, the Lord humbled me.
What the PCA Could Learn from Soma: Discipleship
As I begin this series, I realize that I might offend or irritate many Godly and respectable people. Please understand that I am not seeking purposely to offend, but rather I am unsettled by the questions I have about our denomination. My line of questioning comes from a week I spent living with Soma Communities,...
Why I’m Angry About This Meeting of Understanding
A week and a half ago, around 50 pastors and elders in the PCA met in Atlanta. Atlanta is our denominational headquarters, and Presbyterians love meetings. At first this doesn’t seem like it should be news worthy. Then byFaith put out a short article explaining what happened at the meeting: The meeting had two specific...
The Privilege of Reading in the 21st Century
Just imagine how different the world would be if you could never send a letter or write a note or email someone. Reading is a gift that most of us don’t appreciate. Most people aren’t even aware of how much they read on a daily basis. We read and write all the time, just think...
Finding God at the Farmers’ Market
Like many cities in Canada, our city has a thriving farmers’ market. In fact, we have more than one. For many years, I was a vendor at our Saturday morning market. I got up early and set up my booth. I enjoyed the early morning camaraderie that exists between vendors and customers. I greeted my...
Numbers and Faithfulness
Ansgar was a ninth century missionary to the Scandanavian area. We know about him from statues, a biography and other sources. He was the first to establish Christian churches in Denmark. Yet, after his death in 865, those churches disappeared. While Ansgar has his own Wikipedia article and is known in Church History, he probably...
