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Presbytery of Greater Atlanta shows its marks of vitality

Posted November 9th, 2023

In the midst of the Covid pandemic, when the efficacy of new vaccines was still unknown and many churches were not back to worshiping inside, the Rev. Aisha Brooks-Johnson, executive presbyter of the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, issued an invitation for congregations to join the Vital Congregations Initiative (VCI). The Rev. Katie Day, having accepted her call to Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church in Duluth, Georgia, during the pandemic, remembers that her congregation was still worshiping in a parking lot and conducting meetings on Zoom.

Job as you’ve never seen him

Posted July 13th, 2023

After teaching about Wisdom literature found in the Book of Proverbs the previous day, Dr. William Brown turned to the Book of Job the next afternoon during an Adult Bible Study class at the Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ Worship & Music Conference held at Montreat Conference Center.

‘The wise love to know better, do better and be better’

Posted July 13th, 2023

Wisdom, as found in the biblical books of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes — and in other places too — is all about the human condition, Creation and nature, moral character, navigating life and experience.

Discrepancies in the legal system are nothing new

Posted July 13th, 2023

Moving on from Creation to the Torah, Dr. William Brown recently made the case that the current struggle to determine what’s concrete in, say, the interpretation of laws under the U.S. Constitution was vexing for folks in Old Testament times as well.

It’s humanity’s job to ‘help Creation flourish in all its beautiful diversity’

Posted July 13th, 2023

In the beginning, Dr. William Brown said recently, God created a dialogue. “It has everything to do with our place and our role in Creation,” said Brown, Old Testament Professor at Columbia Theological Seminary, said during the second installment of his “Dialogue, Dissonance & Debate in the Bible” course at the Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ Worship & Music Conference held at Montreat Conference Center.

Wisdom as a multi-tasking and capable woman wraps up a week of study at PAM’s Worship & Music Conference

Posted June 26th, 2023

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,” the book of Proverbs tells us here, while it’s the beginning of wisdom here.

Job as you’ve never seen him

Posted June 23rd, 2023

After teaching about Wisdom literature found in the Book of Proverbs on Thursday, Dr. William Brown turned to the Book of Job that afternoon during an Adult Bible Study class at the Presbyterian Association of Musicians’ Worship & Music Conference being held this week at Montreat Conference Center.

‘The wise love to know better, do better and be better’

Posted June 22nd, 2023

Wisdom, as found in the biblical books of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes — and in other places too — is all about the human condition, Creation and nature, moral character, navigating life and experience.

Discrepancies in the legal system are nothing new

Posted June 21st, 2023

Moving on from Creation to the Torah, Dr. William Brown made the case Wednesday that the current struggle to determine what’s concrete in, say, the interpretation of laws under the U.S. Constitution was vexing for folks in Old Testament times as well.

It’s humanity’s job to ‘help Creation flourish in all its beautiful diversity’

Posted June 20th, 2023

In the beginning, Dr. William Brown said on Tuesday, God created a dialogue.