{"id":682,"date":"2009-01-03T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T04:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2009-01-03T20:24:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T04:24:00","slug":"looking-ahead-to-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":"Looking Ahead To Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday, but Monday&#8217;s coming&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The holidays are over, I&#8217;m still trying to keep Christmas in my heart and soul while recovering from New Years and the distraction of medical issues in my family over the break.&nbsp; I will need time to reflect on how &#8220;real life&#8221; intrudes into the divine.&nbsp; It seems like I should be seeing it the other way around since God takes the initiative.&nbsp; And my wife commented to me today that this is the first day she has really seen me since her father was hospitalized.&nbsp; (The situation is better, he is home, but the issues are not over and it will be a long road ahead for everyone.)<\/p>\n<p>So, with the end of the holidays will come Monday and a return back to work.&nbsp; And with the return back from Christmas break we anticipate some news.<\/p>\n<p>First, and scheduled, is the decision on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov\/search\/case\/mainCaseScreen.cfm?dist=0&amp;doc_id=484283&amp;doc_no=S155094\">Episcopal Church Cases<\/a> from the California Supreme Court.&nbsp; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov\/search\/case\/dockets.cfm?dist=0&amp;doc_id=484283&amp;doc_no=S155094\">Notice was posted on Friday<\/a> that the decision would be handed down at 10:00 AM PST on Monday.&nbsp; I have discussed this case before (see the tail end of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/2008\/08\/22\/closely-watched-judicial-cases-affecting-the-pcusa-scheduled-for-october.aspx\">this post<\/a>) because even though this decision is specifically about Episcopal churches, it will set the &#8220;lay of the land&#8221; for all the hierarchical churches in California, including the Presbyterians.&nbsp; In light of that several Presbyterian entities submitted <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov\/search\/case\/briefing.cfm?dist=0&amp;doc_id=484283&amp;doc_no=S155094\">amicus briefs<\/a>.&nbsp; The case was argued back in early October (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/2008\/10\/08\/property-cases-argued-before-the-california-supreme-court-today.aspx\">my observations on the oral arguments<\/a>) so now being close to 90 days the decision was expected this week.&nbsp; With the imminent decision the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/accurmudgeon.blogspot.com\/\">Anglican Curmudgeon<\/a> has started a detailed series of posts on the cases and he promises to finish up with his prediction of the outcome.&nbsp; The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/accurmudgeon.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/episcopal-church-cases-summary.html\">first article<\/a> is very good background piece, and the rest should be just as good.&nbsp; Even after almost 90 days I am sticking with my impressions from the oral arguments:&nbsp; I&#8217;m not sure if Neutral Principles or Principle of Government will specifically prevail but I&#8217;m still leaning towards Government. However, based on the tone of the jurists in October, I&#8217;ll stick my neck out that the hierarchical church will prevail in this one.&nbsp; (And from some of the arguments I could see the denomination prevailing even if a majority favors Neutral Principles.)&nbsp; I&#8217;ll post a brief summary as soon as I can find time in my work day to review the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Second, and hinted at, is the appointments to the Special Committees, Study Groups, and Task Forces created by the last General Assembly of the PC(USA).&nbsp; In his <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mod.reyes-chow.com\/2008\/12\/moderator-monday-appointment-updates.html\">Moderator Monday<\/a> from December 15, GA Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow gave an update on the appointment process and said he hopes to have it finished up &#8220;by the end of the year.&#8221;&nbsp; With the realities of the Christmas season I am not surprised that the announcement has not been made yet, but based on that goal I anticipate seeing announcements this coming week, maybe as early as Monday.&nbsp; And Bruce&#8217;s comment that &#8220;not everyone is going to be happy with all the choices made&#8221; and for people to &#8220;trust the Spirit&#8221; has raised my curiosity about their composition.&nbsp; Again, we await developments, maybe this week.<\/p>\n<p>So my Christmas break is over.&nbsp; As I promised myself before the holidays I did some blogging but did not get consumed in any major analysis pieces.&nbsp; However, I&#8217;ve got a couple outlined and with breaking developments, and a slightly lightened work load with no teaching this quarter, I anticipate a resumption of my obsession with The Politics of Presbyterianism.&nbsp; So Happy (Gregorian) New Year (as opposed to the liturgical one was a month ago) and hang on for the ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday, but Monday&#8217;s coming&#8230; The holidays are over, I&#8217;m still trying to keep Christmas in my heart and soul while recovering from New Years and the distraction of medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,26,5,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-church","category-commentary","category-pcusa","category-property"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Looking Ahead To Monday - The GA Junkie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=682\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Looking Ahead To Monday - The GA Junkie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#8217;s Saturday, but Monday&#8217;s coming&#8230; 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