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| Coffin documentary to air on PBS
Video follows up best seller "Credo"
by Jerry L. Van Marter,
Presbyterian News
Service
LOUISVILLE --
November 8, 2004 -- "William Sloane Coffin: An American
Prophet" ---- an hour-long documentary on the life and
times of one of 20th-century America's most compelling social and
religious critics -- is airing on PBS television stations this month.
Videotape and DVD versions of the documentary are
available from the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation (PPC). The program
was produced for PPC by Old Dog Documentaries.
For half a century Coffin -- who was ordained as a
Presbyterian minister -- has been one of the foremost progressive religious
voices in this country. From the civil rights movement of the '60s to the
anti--Vietnam War protests of the '70s to nuclear disarmament organizing in
the '80s, Coffin has consistently held up American social and political
policies to the light of Christian faith.
During his career Coffin served as chaplain at Williams
College and Yale University and as pastor of The Riverside Church in New
York City.
With the publication of Credo last October by
PPC's Westminster John Knox Press, Coffin became a best-selling author for
the second time, following his 1993 A Passion for the Possible. A
paperback edition of Credo is due out next spring. [Click
here for a review of Credo, and an easy link for buying it.]
"William Sloane Coffin: An American Prophet" is being
touted by PBS as "both a tribute to his remarkable life and a prophetic call
to the nation … containing the wisdom of a man facing the end of his
courageous life who has carried on a lover's quarrel with America."
Coffin is currently at work on another book to be
published by PPC, Letters to a Young Doubter. In the vein of the
best seller Tuesdays with Morrie, Coffin offers life lessons
through letters to a college freshman. The new book is scheduled to come out
in the fall of 2005.
To order "William Sloane Coffin: An American Prophet" and
Coffin's books, contact PPC by phone at 800-227-2872 or visit the Web site
www.ppcpub.com.
Check the PBS television listings for the date and time of the documentary
telecast in your area.
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GA actions
ratified (or not) by the presbyteries
A number of the most important actions of the 219th
General Assembly have now been acted upon by the presbyteries,
confirming most of them as amendments to the PC(USA) Book of Order.
We provided resources to help inform the
reflection and debate, along with updates on the voting.
Our three areas of primary interest have been:
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Amendment 10-A,
which removes the current ban on
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender persons being considered as
possible candidates for ordination as elder or ministers.
Approved! |
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Amendment 10-2,
which would add the Belhar Confession to our Book of
Confessions. Disapproved, because as an amendment
to the Book of Confessions it needed a 2/3 vote, and did not
receive that. |
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Amendment
10-1, which adopts the new Form of Government
that was approved by the Assembly. Approved. |
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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PVJ's
Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, PVJ's
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views,
or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created
this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship
and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the
voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy,
students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers
and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God
in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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John Harris’ Summit to
Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical
reflections on everything between summit to shore, including
kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology,
politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New
York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive
New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the
Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian
Church in Flushing, NY. |
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John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently
serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton,
Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized
and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and
lightening up. |
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