Updates and Reflections from General Presbyter
Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Taylor
August 29, 2023
From the General Presbyter The other day I was driving by the community center near my home and noticed some children playing under two basketball hoops. They could not have been more than four or five years old, and they looked tiny compared to the tall basketball hoops designed for ...
July 3, 2023
From the General Presbyter When I looked on CNN to find information about the mass shooting at a Baltimore City block party, I found nothing. Never let it be said that I don’t think shooting of school children is front page news; it is a heinous crime that deserves full ...
June 7, 2023
From the General Presbyter Fake Worship? I still remember when the phrase “Fake News” was coined. It represented a sentiment that what was being reported was not an actual event, sometimes as the event was unfolding in real time. In some ways it was designed to get folks not to ...
May 3, 2023
From the General Presbyter Connectional vs. Relational The Presbyterian Church USA boasts of being a "connectional church." From a practical perspective, it means each "council" of the church supports each other. The congregation supports the Presbytery who supports the Synod and General Assembly. On a good day, we then practice ...
February 22, 2023
From the General Presbyter Last week, I did what I always do, and asked myself, “What am I going to do for Lent?” Am I going to give up something, pray more, read a devotional, what? And every year, I look around for inspiration or hope that something will drop ...
January 12, 2023
From the General Presbyter “We Is The New Me” (from the movie Khakee: The Bihal Chapter) So how was it? Christmastime worship, I mean. Did folks come back on Christmas Eve? Was the sanctuary fuller? What about Christmas Day? Did your “friends at home” as my yoga teacher would say, ...
November 30, 2022
From the General Presbyter The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Do you remember that ghost from Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol? Shrouded, mysterious, creepy, silent. Scrooge was afraid and if we stop for a moment and think, so are we. What will this Advent/Christmas season be like? Will people ...
October 27, 2022
From the General Presbyter Enter the Dinosaur I love to watch archaeologists at work, but I get really impatient when I see them slowly brushing off unearthed bones with a paintbrush. I want to yell at the screen: “Hurry up and free the dinosaur!” Our Strategic Planning progress is much ...
