PCA Conversations

Friends, would you consider e-mailing pcaconversations [at] gmail [dot] com to let us know what sort of topics you’d be interested in discussing together or hearing others address? We’re polling the people, in order to begin the work of getting some new and relevant content up over the summer. We’re interested in your interests. What [...]

It’s been a while since we’ve solicited your help in a discussion topic. Let’s have another try.
What are the top 3 things you wish you would have learned in seminary?
Other ways to get at the same question: What did you learn/experience in your first few years of ministry that you were under-prepared for? If seminaries [...]

Last February we packed 12 large suitcases, 6 backpacks, 6 people, 1 sheepdog and 1 extra large dog crate into a minivan.  We then drove from Knoxville, TN to Miami, Fl en route to Lima, Peru.  In Miami we got lost dropping off the dog for his flight, broke his crate at customs, bought a [...]

This is a reminder that in order for comments to be posted one needs to supply your first and last name and your current e-mail.  The reason for this is to allow folks to respond directly to one another and avoid anonymous snarky comments.

Seattle is beautiful and we know it.  The city, set on the edge of the Puget Sound with the Olympic and Cascade Mountains to the west and east, provides unmatchable aesthetic satisfaction.  Lake Washington and Lake Union weave themselves throughout the city for the non-salt water enthusiasts, providing space for both house and sail boats.  [...]

[Editors: One house-keeping note before we get started. In response to feedback from our readers we are going to reduce our posts to 2-per-week for the time being. Hopefully this will give everyone more time to read and ponder the posts we do put up, and possibly increase the opportunity for conversation in the comments [...]

As this particular forum for discussion hobbles to its feet for its first hesitant steps, we thought we’d provide some assistance in the form of a couple easy topics.
So share here with us your recommendation of books that have best helped you in ministry, whether they be practical/pastoral or more obviously theological or philosophy-of-ministry oriented.
And [...]

In Romans 1:21 Paul seems to argue that one of the most foundational aspects of human sinfulness is the failure to give thanks to God for all he is and all he’s done. Relatedly, it seems that for the early church a primary motivation for assembling together as God’s redeemed humanity was ‘to give thanks’ [...]

We are Christians committed to the Presbyterian Church in America and its future. We hope to foster healthy and charitable conversation of topics that matter to the life of our denomination. C.S. Lewis once likened the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church to a long, broad hallway in a house, with the Church’s various denominations [...]