“What’s a COLA Volunteer?”
“What’s a COLA Volunteer?” That question came on the tram from the airport baggage claim area to the bus that would deliver me to my hotel in downtown Minneapolis.
Posted at July 9, 2010 12:31 a.m. in cola , ga219
Yikes, its hard work!
The continued liturgy of the Assembly is happening even as I write.
Posted at July 7, 2010 11:24 p.m. in commissioners blog , ga219
A positive experience at the 219th General Assembly
I am having such a positive experience at the 219th General Assembly serving as a Minister Commissioner.
Posted at July 7, 2010 5:33 p.m. in commissioners blog , ga219
The Liturgy of the Assembly
Its Wednesday, we have been meeting in committees from morning until night, gazing at laptop screens and listening to advocates, resource persons, moderators, one another and the Holy Spirit, we hope.
Posted at July 7, 2010 5:27 p.m. in commissioners blog , ga219
Some Notes on Notes
From my hotel window I look down on a giant, five-story-high wall graphic of music. It is marvelous. Big black notes (all on base clefs) dance across a white painted brick wall. The music is the real thing, a portion of Ravel’s “Gaspard de la Nuit.”
Posted at July 7, 2010 3:51 p.m. in commissioner blog , ga219
Our day began at 7:00a.m.
Our day began at 7:00 and eleven and a half hours later I have a substantial enough break to finally be able to share some thoughts.
Posted at July 5, 2010 10:21 p.m. in
So here I am at last, at General Assembly.
So here I am at last, at General Assembly.
I feel a bit like Mary Tyler Moore, tossing her hat in the air. The old TV show, filmed in Minneapolis, is immortalized in a statue at Nicollet Mall, just a few blocks from my downtown hotel. Perhaps, like many attending General Assembly for the first time, l am enthused, excited, hopeful, and curious about how this, our remarkable Presbyterian governing system, will work.
Posted at July 3, 2010 2:38 p.m. in blog , commissioner