Hello, blogfans! Long time no see!
A couple of Jesus-y/Presbyterian-y (specifically PC[USA]) things:
1) This past summer I pulled together a rather large post analyzing the PC(USA)’s 2008 vote on whether or not to ordain LGBT folks as clergy. I also offered a few crystal-ball predictions as to how things might look during the PC(USA)’s 2010-2011 vote on a similar overture – Amendment 10A. A LOT has happened since then (lots of voting, etc), so I’m preparing a couple of posts (or maybe just one big mega-post) that discuss (1) the current voting tally/analysis/situation for Amendment 10A and (2) how this process may have played a role in the recent events that startled many in the PC(USA) – that is, the actions of “The Fellowship” and the supposed “response” that was the Next Conference.
In light of this, I want to welcome anyone who wishes to offer me information ahead of these posts; feel free to share any articles, videos or tweets that you found helpful in clarifying these subjects, or you can even just leave your opinion/informed speculation on things in the comments box below!
2) Keeping with this “let’s update things!” trend, I also wanted to update the slideshow that I posted last year about Social Media and Christian Community. I delivered the presentation again two weeks ago at the Episcopal Village Conference Northeast, and wanted to share the new and improved version with any interested parties (all two none of you). Admittedly, it’s not very effective without the words that accompanied it (I typically use presentations as visual aids as opposed to self-contained presentations), but I figured I’d drop it here just in case. Also, SlideShare doesn’t preserve the transparency of my slides, so they look significantly less pretty than they did on my computer…just saying. (sorry, perfectionism is a cruel beast…)
That’s all for now, but again: please comment if you have anything to share. And keep an eye out – I’ll be back here soon!
