October 7, 2024  I would put the pastors (including our Commissioned Pastors) in this presbytery up against any group of clergy in any presbytery anywhere in this country. The Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley is blessed to have outstanding pastors
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September 9, 2024     Greeting, friends,   Are you registered to vote? Do you have a voting plan?   The summer is over, both Political Conventions have taken place (with a surprise twist for the Democrats) and we are
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August 12, 2024     Greetings Friends,   For my Pondering this week I thought I would share with the whole Presbytery my report for our meeting on Thursday at Mountain Brook Presbyterian Church. I am interested in your thoughts.
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July16, 2024 Thank you to all the commissioners and ministers who attended the specially called meeting (via zoom) of the presbytery last Friday. We had well over a quorum to conduct the business at hand. The business was to authorize
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June 17, 2024   Summer greetings, friends! On Wednesday the nation will observe Juneteenth. (And the presbytery office will be closed in observation of it.) Slavery was abolished by the 13th Amendment on January 31,1865 and ratified by the required
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April 22, 2024     Greetings, friends,   If I might yank the words of the great American poet, John Dylan, out of context and apply them to a new situation, then… (as he sang):   Come rather round people
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Ponderings of the General Presbyter of the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley and an introduction to our new columnist! April 8, 2024  Greetings of joy in this Eastertide! I am pleased to let you know that starting today, our stated
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March 25, 2024   Friends, With palms waving and the people crying “Hosanna” (God save now!) we have entered Holy Week. Many preachers I know read the whole palm/passion narrative on Palm Sunday noting that if they don’t, most of
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March 18, 2024 Dear friends, Today begins the holy month of Ramadan for Muslim people. It had been hoped that today would also be the beginning of a six-week ceasefire in Gaza. The cease-fire was envisioned as a period of
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February 28, 2024   We have just observed the second Sunday of the season of Lent. On the sign board outside Brown Memorial in Tuscaloosa is the message: “Lent – Spiritual Spring Cleaning.” So many of our churches are offering
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