Rebecca M. Blackwell

December Photo A Day

A good Episcopalian friend of mine has invited me to join her on a December daily photo journey, and I have accepted. It is from theidearoom.net if any of you are interested in playing along. The topics are very Christmas and New Year’s oriented, and I hope to give them a spiritual, Advent-Christmas twist. Let’sContinue reading “December Photo A Day”

An Open Letter to Cherokee Presbytery

November 5, 2014 Dear Presbytery Colleagues; If you’re like me (or at least how I was before serving as a Presbytery Stated Clerk), the press of many things means that you likely don’t take much time to get ready for a Presbytery meeting. I recently attended an event that reminded me of the importance ofContinue reading “An Open Letter to Cherokee Presbytery”

Over Church-ed and Under Kingdom-ed?

A while back, I did a Google Map search for Christian churches in some of the counties of Cherokee Presbytery where we do not have a Presbyterian church. I was rather startled to discover how very many churches there are in our area. Click on this link to see the results (the red dots areContinue reading “Over Church-ed and Under Kingdom-ed?”

Ready or Not, GA and Detroit — here we come!

This last weekend was filled to the brim for me… moving my husband to his new living quarters in Memory Care and celebrating the 10th anniversary of Faith Presbyterian Church yesterday in Blue Ridge. Tomorrow, I move into my new living facility (thanks to the help of TE Carrie Scott from Ray Thomas Memorial andContinue reading “Ready or Not, GA and Detroit — here we come!”

Important Questions

The PC(USA) is about to convene the 221st meeting of its General Assembly. Commissioners are busily preparing for the week by reading and studying the many overtures that have been presented to them by Presbyteries around the country. Some of overtures and recommendations are administrative in nature (budgets and so forth), but many are requests for the churchContinue reading “Important Questions”