Author Archives: Rebecca M. Blackwell

I am proud and honored to be a part of Cherokee Presbytery!  Just over a week ago, our Presbytery met in Dawsonville, GA.  Part of our business that day was to discuss and vote on the proposed Amendments to the Constitution of the PC(USA).  Among those amendments was Amendment 14-F, a proposal to expand theContinue reading “I Love My Presbytery!”

            I came of age during the era of Civil Rights and the Vietnam war. As a young person, I remember the many debates about the justice of the war, the  “rightness” of military service and the appropriateness of using violence to achieve honorable goals.  As a Christian, these debatesContinue reading “Living and Loving With Differing Views”

Since our Presbytery office is closed each year between Christmas and New Year’s, it has become my custom to steal away to the mountains or another quiet place to spend some time in prayer.  I typically do some kind of look back at the year just concluded to see where God was particularly active, andContinue reading “An Examen of the Year”