The GA Junkie: Category Archive for commentary

The GA Junkie

The Politics of Presbyterianism

define:GA Junkie
Pronounced "gee-eh-jun-key"
GA: Abbrv. for General Assembly, the highest governing body in many presbyterian style churches
A GA Junkie is someone who closely follows the politics of Presbyterianism
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For more on what a General Assembly is see my ongoing series of articles GA 101
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1. Moderator Designate Of The Presbyterian Church In Ireland -- The Rev Roy Patton
  Tuesday, February 07, 2012
2. A Giant
  Saturday, February 04, 2012
3. How Do You Get Your Message Out? New Development In Standing For Moderator
  Friday, February 03, 2012
4. Musings On The FOP NRB Theology Document - 2. Theology Comes First
  Sunday, January 08, 2012
5. Top Ten List - Presbyterian News Stories Of 2011
  Saturday, December 31, 2011
6. Follow Up On The Presbyterian Church In Canada Moderator Election -- Details And Discussion
  Thursday, December 29, 2011
7. Passings -- William H. "Bill" Hopper
  Wednesday, December 21, 2011
8. The Airline Industry As A Model For The American Mainline Churches
  Wednesday, December 21, 2011
9. Musings On The FOP NRB Polity Document - 1. Can I Declare An Exception?
  Tuesday, December 13, 2011
10. An Interesting Development In The Presbyterian Church In Canada - Active Campaigning For Moderator
  Saturday, December 03, 2011
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The GA Junkie: Category Archive for commentary

Musings On The FOP NRB Theology Document - 2. Theology Comes First

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/8/2012 8:01 AM | View Comments (8) | Add Comment

Top Ten List - Presbyterian News Stories Of 2011

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/31/2011 10:25 AM | Add Comment

The Airline Industry As A Model For The American Mainline Churches

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/21/2011 1:14 PM | Add Comment

A Kairos Moment? A Reflection For Reformation Day 2011

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/31/2011 11:19 AM | Add Comment

The Fellowship Gathering -- Through The Tweets Dimly

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/30/2011 11:27 AM | View Comments (9) | Add Comment

Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/25/2011 9:47 PM | Add Comment

Fellowship PC(USA) Gathering -- Some Things To Pay Attention To

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/15/2011 9:24 PM | View Comments (8) | Add Comment

Two PC(USA) GAPJC Decisions On Ordination Standards -- A Plate Of Polity, Doctrine On The Side...

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/2/2011 8:09 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

"The Medium Is The Message"... Again

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/31/2011 8:26 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A Sign Of The Times - PC(USA) Charging For The PDF Of The New Edition Of The Book Of Order

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/19/2011 9:03 PM | View Comments (10) | Add Comment

New Ordination Standards Language In The PC(USA) And The Discussion Of Standards

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/8/2011 9:12 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The Presbyterian Rebellion

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/4/2011 7:01 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

"We Are Presbyterian" And "We Are PC(USA)"

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/23/2011 12:26 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

A Couple Of Changes In The PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/10/2011 10:04 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Whither The PC(USA)? Wither The PC(USA)?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/18/2011 5:01 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

My Thoughts On The New Movements In The PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/4/2011 9:22 PM | View Comments (10) | Add Comment

PC(USA) Amendment 10-A Voting About To Reach Half-Way Point

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/22/2011 9:40 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Drilling Down In The Religious Life Survey -- Is Church Attendance Really That Good An Indicator?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/20/2011 8:56 PM | Add Comment

National Council Of Churches Membership Data -- We Can Correlate That

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/19/2011 3:34 PM | Add Comment

Strong Cross-Issue Correlation In PC(USA) Amendment Voting To Date

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/11/2011 10:00 AM | Add Comment

One Heart Bowl -- Another Game Altogether

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/5/2011 8:57 PM | Add Comment

Further Thoughts On The Fellowship PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/5/2011 1:58 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

An Interesting Invitation And Some Of My Preliminary Reactions

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/2/2011 3:25 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Web 2.0 And The Internet Are Changing The World -- Follow-up

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/24/2011 7:36 AM | Add Comment

A Very Preliminary Look At Amendment Voting In The PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/23/2011 9:22 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Web 2.0 And The Internet Are Changing The World -- An Example From The Scientific Community

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/12/2011 9:44 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Another Comic Strip Mentioning Presbyterians

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/11/2011 9:52 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

TRADITION!

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/25/2010 8:31 PM | Add Comment

One Day Of Giving Thanks?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/26/2010 9:39 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Celebrating The Reformation... And A Couple Of Important But Less-Known Players

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/31/2010 1:36 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The 219th General Assembly Of The PC(USA) -- Not Business As Usual For One Item

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/13/2010 8:32 PM | Add Comment

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- The Clock Is Ticking

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/10/2010 3:34 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Presbyterian Government And American Government -- The Same Only Different

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/4/2010 7:26 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- Candidates For Moderator And... (1) Social Media

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/16/2010 1:41 PM | View Comments (10)

Following The FIFA World Cup - Or - As A G.A. Junkie What I Like About Association Football

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/15/2010 11:41 AM | Add Comment

Governing Body Reaction To The PCA Strategic Plan

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/1/2010 8:06 PM | Add Comment

The PCA Strategic Plan -- How Do You Grow Larger?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/13/2010 6:10 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Liturgy -- One Reason We Have It

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/9/2010 12:17 PM | Add Comment

Liturgy -- Don't Deny It, You Probably Have It

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/7/2010 11:36 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

National Day Of Prayer -- And A Tiny Bit Of History From The PC(USA)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/6/2010 11:44 AM | Add Comment

An Interesting Section In The Strategic Plan

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/1/2010 8:29 PM | Add Comment

Presbyterians -- Owning The Label

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/8/2010 9:32 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

The Church In The Current Culture -- Insights From Other Areas

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/1/2010 5:18 PM | Add Comment

Meetings Of A Presbyterian General Assembly -- How Often?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/30/2010 11:27 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Changes In Theological Perspective Among PC(USA) Members

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/27/2010 11:31 AM | Add Comment

Reflection On The Training Of Leaders

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/24/2010 7:24 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

What Is Distinctive About Our Worship?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/17/2010 9:55 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Presbyterian Statistics Going Viral

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/16/2010 10:41 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Historical Realignments In The Scottish Presbyterian Church And Parallels In Other Branches

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/9/2010 3:21 PM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

Missing The Big Game On The Lord's Day

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/6/2010 7:00 PM | Add Comment

The New Presbyterian Panel Survey From The PC(USA) -- An Interesting Editorial Addition

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/6/2010 9:36 PM | Add Comment

The Lectionary - Border, Bastion, Or Barrier?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/12/2009 5:36 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

The Value Of A Contrary Opinion

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/25/2009 9:23 PM | Add Comment

Three Decisions From The GA Permanent Judicial Commission Of The PC(USA) -- Ordination Standards And More

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/4/2009 4:30 PM | Add Comment

All Saints Day 2009

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/1/2009 8:07 PM | Add Comment

Exit Strategy? Parallels In Institutional Realignment And Consequences

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/24/2009 10:17 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Law And Gospel

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/21/2009 7:00 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Vacation Reflections - Big Picture, Big Question, Big Churches

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/18/2009 9:43 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Reflections On Corporate And Individual Salvation -- It Is Not Either/Or But Both/And

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/28/2009 12:55 AM | Add Comment

Calvin 500 Celebration: Thoughts On The Linkage Of Theology And Polity -- Part 3: Election Leads To Covenant Community

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/17/2009 3:41 PM | Add Comment

Calvin 500 Celebration: Thoughts On The Linkage Of Theology And Polity -- Part 2: Human Sinfulness And Making Decisions Collectively

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/8/2009 9:39 PM | Add Comment

Calvin 500 Celebration: Thoughts On The Linkage Of Theology And Polity -- Part 1: The Sovereignty Of God And The Gift Of The Church

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/7/2009 7:47 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Calvin 500 Celebration: Thoughts On The Linkage Of Theology And Polity -- Introduction

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/6/2009 11:16 AM | Add Comment

Honor To Whom Honor Is Due

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/20/2009 12:05 PM | Add Comment

135th General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church In Canada -- Summary And Comments

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/15/2009 5:45 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

About One In Ten Thousand Presbyterians A Presbyterian Blogger

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/13/2009 6:38 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Communications And Connectionalism -- Implications Of A "Real-Time Church"

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/6/2009 9:03 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Ecclesiastical Discipline Uprightly Ministered

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/6/2009 6:53 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Preliminary Comments On The Faith In Flux Report

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/2/2009 8:00 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The Future Of Mainline Protestant Churches -- I Am Trying To Decide If A Recent News Story Says Anything About It

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/8/2009 6:57 AM | Add Comment

Reflections On The Amendment 08-B Voting -- Preliminary Musings On The Text

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/5/2009 2:09 PM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

Appointments To PC(USA) Special Committees And Task Forces

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/3/2009 1:55 PM | Add Comment

A Word Of Hope From The Amendment 08-B Voting Trends

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/17/2009 6:41 PM | Add Comment

Brief Update on PC(USA) Amendment 08-B Voting -- A Tale Of Two Weekends

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/1/2009 12:45 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Loss Of Identity In The PC(USA)?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/20/2009 10:00 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Recordings For Children With A Twist

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/17/2009 12:55 PM | View Comments (3)

Community In Football

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/30/2009 12:16 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

What Is A Presbyterian? -- Part 2

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/29/2009 1:38 PM | Add Comment

What Is A Presbyterian? -- Part 1

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/23/2009 12:27 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Young Evangelicals And The Presbyterian Church

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/22/2009 2:08 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Insight From A Word Substitution Game -- This Is A Bit Weird

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/13/2009 1:04 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

PC(USA) Presbyteries Considering Ecumenical Statements

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/6/2009 3:17 PM | Add Comment

Looking Ahead To Monday

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/3/2009 12:24 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Looking Ahead: What Are The Options?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/31/2008 5:58 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Christmas is now over, what next? -- Reflecting on the Twelve Days of Christmas

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/28/2008 7:42 PM | Add Comment

The Twists And Turns Of Pursuing A Pastoral Call

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/15/2008 12:41 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Being Synod-cal

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/26/2008 9:41 PM | Add Comment

Semi-Random Thoughts On Election 2008

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/5/2008 11:40 AM | Add Comment

Reformaion Day 2008

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/31/2008 11:17 AM | Add Comment

Taking Time To Be A Moderator

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/17/2008 12:16 PM | Add Comment

Connectedness in the Covenant Community: Part 2 -- Ready For Your Close-up?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/6/2008 12:06 PM | Add Comment

Connectedness in the Covenant Community: Part 1 -- The Big Picture

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/1/2008 8:33 PM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment

Words Have Meaning -- Until They Have Too Many Meanings

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/22/2008 11:58 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Some Odds and Ends - September 2008

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/19/2008 11:35 AM | Add Comment

Keeping the Lord's Day -- Revisited

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/8/2008 8:52 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Statistics and "Missing" Information

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/8/2008 11:53 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The Changes in the PC(USA) Ordination Exam on Biblical Exegesis -- Brief Observations and Comments

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/2/2008 11:11 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Women in Ordained Ministry in the Church -- Current Discussion and Some Thoughts

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/27/2008 12:04 PM | Add Comment

The Church -- Integrated Not Institutional?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/15/2008 11:55 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

For All Have Sinned And Fall Short Of The Glory Of God

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/14/2008 6:44 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

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