The Thursday Book Club returns in 2026 with Ted V. Foote Jr. and P. Alex Thornburg's  Being Presbyterian in a Dysvangelical America: A Guide to Reclaiming the Good News of God . After taking a book writing break following the release of the successful  Being Presbyterian in the Bible Belt: A Theological Survival Guide for Youth, Parents, & Other Confused Presbyterians (2000) and  Being Disciples of Jesus in a Dot.Com World: A Theological Survival Guide for Youth, Adults, an

The Fall Presbytery Meeting of the Three Oklahoma Presbyteries approved  seven motions from the Oklahoma Presbyteries Task Force  related to the next steps in the creation of a new Oklahoma Presbytery. One of the motions expanded the participation in the Oklahoma Presbyteries Task Force. Other motions named the six work groups and provided a process for populating them.  The individual presbyteries will be responsible - through their Nominating Committees and Councils – for f

We are better together  has been one of the key affirmations since we began to explore the possibility of creating a single Oklahoma presbytery. Why do we need everything in triplicate? We have three presbytery offices, three General Presbyters, three Stated Clerks, three administrative staffs, and three Councils, COMs, and CPMs. It is more than our state and churches need at this time. This is a practical and reasonable argument. It is simply hard to justify the current stru

The church is not always quick to act. Frequently, we are slow to change. I have heard the church described as a slow-moving ocean liner that takes miles to alter direction. But there are occasions when we act with vigor and clarity of purpose. This was demonstrated time and time again during the COVID-19 pandemic, as it seemed like every day brought the need for a new adjustment. Our churches were nimble. They did what was necessary, even if they had not done it that way bef