On July 10, 2003 - I sent a letter to the Boise Presbytery’s Committee on Ministry. The letter began: ‘I am writing to inform you that I am a gay man—open, self-affirming, practicing—and that I am, in accordance with the Book of Order (G-6.1016b, G-14.0312), withdrawing from covenant relationship with the Boise Presbytery.’ [...]

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The 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) proved to be very pro-gay, if you will. What I appreciate most about the 218th GA is that it rejected what Adam rightly called the ‘tactic of fear’ (thanks, Adam Walker-Cleveland, for this perspicacious observation - and your recent e-mails). The 218th rejected the god [...]

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I have been working through a marathon training program (not that I am running a marathon - I simply want to challenge my body) - and I just got in from my run, and I can’t stand the thought of writing anything that requires citations. Hence the following stuff:
1) If you’re flying this summer, [...]

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Author: Adam Walker Cleaveland is a 4th year M.Div/M.A. (Youth Ministry) at Princeton Theological Seminary. He writes on his own blog, pomomusings and does design work though Cleave Design. Adam is in the ordination process with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and also involved in with Emergent Village and the emerging church conversation.
There is a nasty [...]

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