The GA Junkie: Category Archive for Personal Note

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. 33rd General Assembly Of The Evangelical Presbyterian Church
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2. 183rd General Assembly Of The Cumberland Presbyterian Church
  Sunday, June 16, 2013
3. 41st General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church In America
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4. 209th General Synod Of The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
  Wednesday, June 12, 2013
5. General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church Of Ireland -- Youth and Children: A Tale Of The Tweets
  Wednesday, June 05, 2013
6. 80th General Assembly Of The Orthodox Presbyterian Church
  Tuesday, June 04, 2013
7. 2013 General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church In Ireland
  Monday, June 03, 2013
8. 139th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
  Thursday, May 30, 2013
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  Tuesday, May 28, 2013
10. 2013 General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church Of South Australia
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The GA Junkie: Category Archive for Personal Note

A Giant

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/4/2012 9:11 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Passings -- William H. "Bill" Hopper

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/21/2011 10:02 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Passings -- Tom Gillespie

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Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/25/2011 10:47 PM | Add Comment

Another Comic Strip Mentioning Presbyterians

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/11/2011 10:52 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

TRADITION!

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/25/2010 9:31 PM | Add Comment

One Day Of Giving Thanks?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/26/2010 10:39 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

How Bright These Glorious Spirits Shine! -- Reflection On All Saints Day

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/1/2010 12:53 PM | Add Comment

Reflections On My Summer Stroll

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/19/2010 12:57 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A Little Levity -- Humor Delivered Via Twitter

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/3/2010 12:32 PM | Add Comment

A Little Fun With The General Assembly

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/6/2010 9:47 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Presbyterian Government And American Government -- The Same Only Different

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/4/2010 8:26 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

It Is Never Easy, And Sometimes Ugly

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/17/2010 12:56 PM | Add Comment

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 12:41 PM | Add Comment

Congratulations Are In Order

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/9/2010 7:36 PM | Add Comment

Destructive Haitian Earthquake

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/13/2010 2:12 PM | Add Comment

God's Love Made Visible

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/25/2009 4:27 PM | Add Comment

Happy Reformation Day 2009

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/31/2009 9:00 PM | Add Comment

Vacation Reflections - Big Picture, Big Question, Big Churches

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/18/2009 10:43 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The True Preaching Of The Word Of God

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/3/2009 11:01 PM | View Comments (2) | 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 4:41 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 10:39 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 8:47 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 12:16 PM | Add Comment

75th Anniversary Of The Theological Declaration Of Barmen

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/2/2009 12:20 PM | Add Comment

I Rise To A Point Of Personal Privilege

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/7/2009 12:27 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Being Synod-cal

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/26/2008 10:41 PM | Add Comment

Passings -- Rev. Louis Evans Jr.

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/17/2008 7:52 AM | Add Comment

Passings -- Evan Silverstein, PNS Reporter

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/10/2008 12:23 PM | Add Comment

All Saints Day 2008

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/1/2008 7:50 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Thoughts on Leadership -- When Theology Intersects the Secular

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/15/2008 12:51 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Keeping the Lord's Day -- Revisited

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

Tinkering School

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/4/2008 8:58 PM | Add Comment

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/21/2008 10:55 AM | Add Comment

What's Shaking in San Jose?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/19/2008 7:36 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Some fun stuff from Yesterday

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/26/2008 7:21 AM | Add Comment

What Happened to "Sinful"?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/20/2008 12:31 PM | Add Comment

Arthur C. Clarke: 1917 - 2008

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/19/2008 8:05 AM | Add Comment

Happy Feast of Saint Patrick Today

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/15/2008 6:00 AM | Add Comment

"The Sledge Hammer Did Not Do The Ceiling Any Good"

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/20/2008 1:52 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

The Church and New Technology -- The Thrill and the Threat

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/7/2008 9:30 PM | Add Comment

What's in a name?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/30/2007 10:34 AM | Add Comment

For All the Saints -- All Saints Day 2007

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/1/2007 11:57 AM | Add Comment

The End of Daylight Savings Time - NOT!

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/28/2007 8:23 AM | Add Comment

Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water (or lack thereof)

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/24/2007 7:22 AM | Add Comment

Back from vacation, and all that other stuff

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/20/2007 11:10 AM | Add Comment

What is appropriate "scripture" for worship

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/19/2007 1:13 PM | Add Comment

Reflections on Ash Wednesday

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/25/2007 9:34 AM | Add Comment

Trivial Nit-Picky Errors in the Press Today

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/11/2006 11:33 AM | Add Comment

Remembering All the Saints

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/1/2006 12:53 PM | Add Comment

Central Florida Presbytery

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/18/2006 7:01 AM | Add Comment

Aircraft carry-on restrictions

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/17/2006 9:21 AM | Add Comment

The Second of July

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/2/2006 5:31 PM | Add Comment

My Daughter's Graduation Speech

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/17/2006 6:41 AM | Add Comment

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