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Archive for Jan - June, 2000

Added on 6/20/00

The case of the Rev. Donald McCullough, who recently resigned as president of San Francisco Theological Seminary, leads the Rev. John Harris to consider the double standard in sexual issues.

A minister gives up his ordination because he is gay -- and explains why.

And one church session explains why they think it's a good thing.

In Vermont during the debates over same-sex unions, a mother of a gay son wrote of her love ... and her anger.

Added on 6/16/00

A visitor to the site sends a note calling on us to get past the "Phariseeism" of the church

Added on 6/15/00

Witherspoon president Gene TeSelle comments on discussions initiated by GAC Executive Director John Detterick on the possibility of "new priorities" in planning and budgeting. (This is a new and expanded version of what appeared here a few days ago.)

A new book is published with essays on "hot topics" in religion and politics from a progressive point of view.

Reinhold Niebuhr gives us some perspective, reminding us of how we need hope and faith and love.

Lynne Reade sees A Moment to Decide -- from her experience with Presbyterian polity and issues -- as pointing to crucial challenges to the PC(USA)

Items added on 6/9/00

Commissioners' resolution will seek equal care for serious mental illness

Items added earlier in June

Witherspoon comments on PJC decisions

PJC decision is announced

Comments from Witherspoon, Covenant Network, and More Light groups

Witherspoon responds to Soulforce plans for protests at GA

Earlier reports

Presbytery PJC rules in favor of Stamford church's installing gay elder. Click here.

COCU wins approval by presbyteries.
2 amendments rejected.

The Review of Women's Ministries is to be reconsidered under pressure from the Right.

Barbara Dua has offered a compelling suggestion for a true review of the PC(USA) and its treatment of women.

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Some blogs worth visiting

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.

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.

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.

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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