http://epistle.langhornepres.org Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:44:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The lpc e-pistle is designed especially for the friends and family of Langhorne Presbyterian Church, but any others who happen by are welcome to read what's here, join any conversations and, if you're in the Lower Bucks County area, come visit us anytime. We're easy to find (click here ... http://epistle.langhornepres.org/index.php/2008/02/01/welcome/ Are Red, White and Blue Liturgical Colors? I'm looking forward to worship on Sunday.  Part of the service will be given over to a "Celebration for the Gift of the Nation."  We will hear excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "I ... http://epistle.langhornepres.org/index.php/2008/07/03/e-pistle-july-3/ Reflections from the General Assembly Note:  The General Assembly of the PCUSA is in its last full day of meeting today.  Many important decisions will be made and I will try to keep you posted on them.  Please remember that the decisions of committee are recommendations to the full Assembly ... http://epistle.langhornepres.org/index.php/2008/06/27/e-pistle-june-27/ A LESSON LEARNED One of the many wonders of Reformed polity is our insistence for more than 450 years that God’s will for and call to the church is best heard through the voice of the many rather than the voice of the few or the one. We have shied ... http://epistle.langhornepres.org/index.php/2008/06/27/dont-get-too-relazed-a-lesson-learned-from-the-ga/ Off to GA/A Stranger in a Strange Land On Tuesday, June 17, I will leave Langhorne for 10 days in California. I will spend a few days visiting my mother and one of the my sisters, and then go on to San Jose for the primary purpose of the trip ... http://epistle.langhornepres.org/index.php/2008/06/13/e-pistle-june-13/ The Futility of What If… Forty years ago tonight, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated as he left the Los Angeles hotel ballroom where he had addressed his supporters following his victory in the California presidential primary.  While I remember exactly where I was when I first heard the news of ... http://epistle.langhornepres.org/index.php/2008/06/06/e-pistle-june-6/ Body-Building and Kingdom-Building So, if ministry is Body-building, each of us contributing to the health of the Body of Christ (serving bagels, teaching Sunday School and lots of other things), then mission is Kingdom-building (Jesus sending the disciples on the first mission trip to meet needs and proclaim the ... http://epistle.langhornepres.org/index.php/2008/05/30/e-pistle-may-30/ If You Run for President… First it was Barak Obama and now John McCain is in trouble for keeping company with the wrong preacher.  Turns out that the men who would be president thought that going to church might be a good campaign strategy.  They didn't know you're expected to listen ... http://epistle.langhornepres.org/index.php/2008/05/23/29/ What Money Can't Buy One thing money can't buy is happiness.  Or so say the researchers.  Arthur Brooks is a professor of business and government policy at Syracuse University and his latest book, Gross National Happiness, looks at what makes people happy.  It turns out that money is not ... http://epistle.langhornepres.org/index.php/2008/05/16/e-pistle-may-16/ An Inconvenienced Man Don't move unless you absolutely have to.  Whether it is across town, across state or across the country, moving is no fun.  That's not to say that Becky and I are not absolutely thrilled to be in Langhorne and at LPC. We are. It is simply to ... http://epistle.langhornepres.org/index.php/2008/05/09/e-pistle-may-9/