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Presbyterian Outlook Article — Pray Like A Reformer

January 16, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 1 Comment

Finding Friends

The good folks at The Presbyterian Outlook asked me to write a feature article for an issue devoted to prayer.  You can read it here. This is how it starts: Pray Like a Reformer The anniversary is over – now down to business. Welcome to 2018 – the year after the 500th anniversary of the […]

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Prayer Tagged With: John Calvin, Martin Luther, Online Prayer Class, Pray like a Reformer, Presbyterian Outlook

Writing (A “Benedictory” Column for the Presbyterian Outlook)

April 6, 2017 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Writing

I’m back! As of today my right hand is no longer in a splint. The last six weeks of being functionally left-handed have been full of challenges. Not least of these was the inability to type. I gave myself a break from blogging. I hope you’ll still find my site and come along for the […]

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Heidelberg Catechism, Iconography, The Inner Life of the Writer Tagged With: Presbyterian Outlook

“Eat This Book” — online at the Presbyterian Outlook

April 12, 2016 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

I recently had the privilege of writing the “Benedictory” essay in The Presbyterian Outlook. Usually these are behind a pay wall for subscribers only, but because my friend Scott Black Johnson of 5th Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan (check out their cool welcome video here) asked to share it with his congregation, they opened it up — at […]

Filed Under: Bible, Guest Posts Tagged With: Benedictory, Book of Common Prayer, Eat This Book, Presbyterian Outlook, read mark learn inwardly digest

What Does It Mean to Honor Your Father and Mother? (Heidelberg Catechism Q104)

September 22, 2015 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Pray Like a Reformer

What does it mean to honor your father and mother? I was recently invited to contribute a guest column for the magazine Presbyterian Outlook.  I decided to write about one of the Ten Commandments: the often misunderstood call to honor your father and mother. What does it mean to honor our parents? If you’ve been here often it […]

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Heidelberg Catechism, Theology

Interview on Deepening Our Theological Conversations

May 22, 2015 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Some of the good folks in the denomination’s Theology, Worship & Education office saw my post comparing the pastor’s study group of the Presbytery de Cristo to the “Congregation” of Calvin’s Venerable Company of Pastors in 16th century Geneva. They sensed a connection to one of their own initiatives to spark and deepen theological conversation among sessions […]

Filed Under: Calvin, Community, Guest Posts, Theology Tagged With: Calvin's Congregation, Presbytery de Cristo, Venerable Company of Pastors

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