by Jeff Garrison The 223rd General Assembly that met in St. Louis this June provided an opportunity for me to reflect back on ministry and the denomination. My first General Assembly, the 200th, was held in St. Louis in 1988. … Continue reading
The title of this post might raise a few eyebrows. Let me assure you, such a summer has nothing to do with me as my Great-Grandparents were in diapers during the summer of 1884. That summer was a pivotal year … Continue reading
Michelle Layer Rahal, Straining Forward: Minh Phuong Towner’s Story (Maitland, FL: Xulon Press, 2018), 355 pages, 10 pages of photos. I was introduced to Minh in 2011. I was preparing a sabbatical after leading First Presbyterian Church of Hastings … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Acts 20:7-14 June 17, 2018 Today’s topic is sleeping in church. Some might think this is an appropriate topic for Father’s Day. I’ll let you be the judge of that one. I assure … Continue reading
Thomas S. Rainer, Autopsy of a Deceased Church: 12 Ways to Keep Yours Alive (Nashville: B&H Publishing, 2014), 102 pages. Carey Nieuwhof, Lasting Impact: 7 Powerful Conversations that Will Help Your Church Grow (Rethink Group, 2015) 169 pages. Both … Continue reading
I looked at Weather Bug or maybe it was Weather Underground Friday morning before setting off on a solo paddle to Wassaw Island. According to what I saw, there was a 30 percent chance of rain, which would diminish after … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Acts 19:23-41 June 10, 2018 The Apostle Paul spent between two and three years in Ephesus. Luke, the author of the Acts of the Apostles, provides us with several pictures of … Continue reading
For the last few years I have been a part of a writer’s group, the Peacock Guild, that meets in the childhood home of Flannery O’Conner. Every year we hold a public reading on a Sunday afternoon. It’s the last … Continue reading
Jeff Garrison Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Acts 19:1-20 June 3, 2018 Back in 2015, I began preaching through the Book of Acts. That year we looked at the story of the church up to the beginning of Paul’s … Continue reading
