by Gary Simpson | Sep 16, 2023
“I’ll get by with a little help from my friends” (the Beatles) Last week on the second Sunday of the Season of Creation Elaine Chiosso, E.D. of the Haw River Assembly, took the worshiping congregation of Pittsboro Presbyterian Church ‘down to the river’ as she...
by Gary Simpson | Sep 9, 2023
O sinners, let’s go down Let’s go down, come on down O sinners, let’s go down Down in the river to pray. On the second Sunday of the Season of Creation the worshiping congregation of Pittsboro Presbyterian Church won’t actually go down to (or in) the...
by Gary Simpson | Sep 3, 2023
“Let justice flow on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream” (Amos 5:24) Inspired by the familiar and challenging verse from Amos 5:24, the theme for the month-long 2023 Season of Creation is ‘Let Justice and Peace Flow’. On the first Sunday of the...
by Gary Simpson | Sep 1, 2023
Today, September 1, is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the launching pad for a month-long emphasis around creation justice known as the ‘Season of Creation.’ In the countdown to today’s launch Pope Francis stated the rationale for this special day of...
by Gary Simpson | Jul 24, 2023
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” (J. Robert Oppenheimer) This was Hollywood’s “Barbenheimer” weekend, the weekend that saw two summer ‘blockbuster’ films vie for consumers’ attention and $$$. It was Barbie vs. Oppenheimer. This post, you will...
by Gary Simpson | Jul 14, 2023
Caveat emptor! If you are a Christian whose sensibilities and sensitivities are easily rubbed the wrong way by contemporary prophets willing and able to address the “elephants in the room,” and if you are a Christian whose comfort zone feels assaulted if and when the...