To be at General Assembly — at least that of the Presbyterian Church (USA) — is to be dunked in polity. No sprinkled baptism, we’re talking full immersion. A prayer offered during the Immigration and Environment Committee deliberations on Tuesday thanked God for working through the processes of polity. While this prayer followed a vote…
By Steve Salyards, The GA Junkie. So I got this research idea over lunch today: I have been considering ways to quantify how big the Presbyterian Church (USA) tent really is and I thought that maybe Twitter accounts might be one metric. I am not sure how well this actually does what I want but it was an…
The February 18, 2013. cover of Time magazine featured Marco Rubio, the junior United States Senator from Florida. The Cuban-American Rubio combines JFK-esque good looks with soaring oratory (in English or Spanish). His family background is one of humble beginnings, as his parents immigrated to America during the 1960s. His biography makes for great reading…