The GA Junkie: Category Archive for Reflection

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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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The GA Junkie: Category Archive for Reflection

General Assembly Of The Presbyterian Church Of Ireland -- Youth and Children: A Tale Of The Tweets

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/5/2013 9:34 PM | Add Comment

Thoughts On Some Recent News Reports And Connections To The Church

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/3/2013 8:59 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

Top 10 Presbyterian News Stories Of 2012

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/1/2013 8:28 PM | View Comments (5) | Add Comment

Christmas 2012 -- A Different Sort Of Christmas

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/25/2012 9:27 PM | Add Comment

For All The Saints 2012

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/1/2012 2:05 PM | Add Comment

You Say You Want A Reformation? OK, Now What?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/31/2012 7:48 PM | Add Comment

A Different Sort Of July 4th

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/4/2012 7:58 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

A Giant

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

Top Ten List - Presbyterian News Stories Of 2011

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/31/2011 11:25 AM | Add Comment

The Airline Industry As A Model For The American Mainline Churches

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/21/2011 2:14 PM | Add Comment

Passings -- Tom Gillespie

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/7/2011 2:01 PM | Add Comment

There Is A Higher Throne -- Reflections On All Saints Day 2011

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/1/2011 10:22 PM | Add Comment

A Kairos Moment? A Reflection For Reformation Day 2011

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/31/2011 12:19 PM | Add Comment

Between A Rock And A Hard Place

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

The Presbyterian Rebellion

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/4/2011 8:01 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

One Heart Bowl -- Another Game Altogether

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/5/2011 9:57 PM | 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 10:44 PM | View Comments (1) | 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

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

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

Liturgy -- One Reason We Have It

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/9/2010 1:17 PM | Add Comment

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

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/1/2010 6:18 PM | Add Comment

God's Love Made Visible

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

The Lectionary - Border, Bastion, Or Barrier?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/12/2009 6:36 AM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

The Value Of A Contrary Opinion

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/25/2009 10:23 PM | Add Comment

All Saints Day 2009

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/1/2009 9:07 PM | Add Comment

What Changed In The Sixties? The Implications For The Mainline

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/21/2009 12:45 PM | Add Comment

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

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/28/2009 1:55 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 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

Revolution and Community

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/3/2009 9:23 AM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Honor To Whom Honor Is Due

Posted by Steve Salyards at 6/20/2009 1:05 PM | Add Comment

75th Anniversary Of The Theological Declaration Of Barmen

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

The Day Of Resurrection

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/13/2009 12:58 PM | Add Comment

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

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/5/2009 3:09 PM | View Comments (6) | Add Comment

Appointments To PC(USA) Special Committees And Task Forces

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/3/2009 2:55 PM | Add Comment

Community In Football

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

What Is A Presbyterian? -- Part 2

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/29/2009 2:38 PM | Add Comment

A Day For Civil Religion

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/20/2009 1:46 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

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

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/28/2008 8:42 PM | Add Comment

Passings -- Avery Dulles S.J.

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/13/2008 9:10 PM | Add Comment

Technology has made the last minute even later

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/12/2008 1:50 PM | Add Comment

All Saints Day 2008

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

Reformaion Day 2008

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/31/2008 12:17 PM | Add Comment

Taking Time To Be A Moderator

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/17/2008 1:16 PM | Add Comment

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

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/6/2008 1:06 PM | Add Comment

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

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/1/2008 9:33 PM | View Comments (7) | Add Comment

Listening In The Covenant Community

Posted by Steve Salyards at 9/24/2008 9:47 PM | Add Comment

Sprint or Marathon

Posted by Steve Salyards at 8/16/2008 11:03 PM | Add Comment

Reflections On The Church Virtual #1

Posted by Steve Salyards at 7/17/2008 2:25 PM | View Comments (13) | Add Comment

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad

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

Thoughts About Natural Disasters

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/15/2008 2:44 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

What Language Do You Speak?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 5/13/2008 9:41 PM | Add Comment

What Happened to "Sinful"?

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

Happy Feast of Saint Patrick Today

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

Sin Is Not Just Present, It Is Pervasive

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/11/2008 10:58 AM | Add Comment

Modern Parable of the Banquet

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/10/2008 4:08 PM | View Comments (4) | Add Comment

The Future of the Mainline Church

Posted by Steve Salyards at 3/5/2008 9:35 AM | 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

Committed Christians "Dissatisfied" with the Church

Posted by Steve Salyards at 2/2/2008 8:56 PM | Add Comment

I Might Need to Declare a Departure

Posted by Steve Salyards at 1/31/2008 1:48 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

What is "Contemporary" Worship Music?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/31/2007 8:40 PM | Add Comment

The Christmas Story: Reading it with New Eyes

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/26/2007 8:13 AM | Add Comment

Happy Celebration of the Incarnation

Posted by Steve Salyards at 12/25/2007 9:14 PM | Add Comment

Discernment of the Call to Ordained Office

Posted by Steve Salyards at 11/22/2007 12:15 AM | Add Comment

For All the Saints -- All Saints Day 2007

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

Reformation Day - 2007

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/31/2007 8:27 AM | Add Comment

Singing All the Verses

Posted by Steve Salyards at 10/21/2007 7:10 PM | Add Comment

What is appropriate "scripture" for worship

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

Whom do you seek?

Posted by Steve Salyards at 4/8/2007 2:11 PM | Add Comment

Reflections on Ash Wednesday

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

Remembering All the Saints

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

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