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My husband and I are having a recurring problem with our digital cable. While watching television, the broadcast will be interrupted by “tiling” and freezing: little squares appear over portions of the picture, obscuring faces and blipping out the sound. We’ve had baseball games freeze at critical moments, which have passed by the time the cable signal catches up with itself. The technician explained that tiling is the result of a corrupt signal that literally loses binary 1s and 0s into cyber-heaven, never to be seen again. This is caused by “noise on the line,” and past that memorable image

The Complainants’ Counsel in the matter of Parnell et al v. San Francisco Presbytery will appeal the Synod of the Pacific Permanent Judicial Commission (SPJC) Ruling rendered on September 17. They have until the end of October to file the Notice of Appeal with the General Assembly PJC. The GAPJC in August remanded two specifications of error to the Synod, which wrote a new ruling to respond to the biblical, theological, and historical evidence presented to it. Rather than judge the claims made by either complainants or the presbytery according to the Scripture and confessions, the Synod PJC came to

Evangelical Presbyterians, depending on their context, feel their strength or weakness relative to those with whom they serve. One might feel comfortable and strengthened by being part of a majority in a presbytery or congregation; another feels beat up and discouraged at being the minority in a different presbytery or congregation. One purpose for this blog is to encourage the theologically conservative of the PCUSA, to identify with their dilemmas, and to support them in their efforts. The fact that there are several different efforts underway, during this sea-change we are experiencing in the denomination, is the reason why one