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Monthly Archives: March 2010
RFRC and GA friendship
This is a post I am writing for myself — if you don’t want to spend a lot of time reading it, I won’t mind. So often I find myself focusing on the business and the consequences of actions of … Continue reading
Reading a report
Originally posted January 6, 2010 Following up on yesterday’s post: if my first suggestion is going to be "read", then it might make some sense to know what to read, where to find it, and how to organize your thoughts about … Continue reading
Reading the mail
Originally posted January 8, 2010 As we continue looking at “how to read” for the Assembly, one final category: the mail. Huh? The internet has changed many things, but paper is alive and well in the General Assembly world. Commissioners and … Continue reading
Beginning the process – reading an overture
January 5, 2010: Beginning the Process — reading an overture. If my first suggestion is going to be “read”, then it might make some sense to know what to read, where to find it, and how to organize your thoughts … Continue reading
starting again
January 4, 2010: Starting again My name is Bob Davis. If the nomination to serve is confirmed by vote at San Diego Presbytery’s February meeting (and Lord willing), I will be a minister commissioner from San Diego Presbytery to the … Continue reading
Standing Rules and “Collaboration”
There are now 97 overtures and 42 recommendations posted on pc-biz. (By the way, the COGA commission is now posted as Rec-o42. Look at #5. That’s the big one. We’ll get back to that in future posts.) I want to … Continue reading
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Commissioned Lay Pastors
Today, Commissioned Lay Pastors. I have to take a step away from the COGA Commission for a few days. It has begun to spin a little bit and a few days of perspective may be good. Anyway, Commissioned Lay Pastors … Continue reading
Framing the Great Emergence in the COGA Commission
I am still working through Phyllis Tickle’s The Great Emergence. It is a fascinating and troubling study. On the one hand, I find my blood pressure going up as I read things like , It would be very difficult, in … Continue reading
Social Media at GA
Well, a new venue for posting. Hopefully, the fonts and the format will be easily read. As I mentioned earlier this week, Moderator of the 218th General Assembly (2008) Bruce Reyes-Chow spent some time with us in San Diego Presbytery. … Continue reading
Watch for Comments
As we get closer to the Assembly, it will be important to keep an eye out for “comments” regarding specific pieces of business. Here’s an example: Overture 034 from Sierra Blanca overtures the Assembly “to consider that all undesignated funds … Continue reading →