Dr. Jack Rogers

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    • Rev. Dr. Jack Bartlett Rogers (1934-2016)

      –This is Jack's son, Toby, writing with sad news that Rev. Dr. Jack Rogers has passed away. Below are some details about his life and information about the memorial service.   Jack Rogers was born January 23, 1934 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Harold and Ruth Rogers (a postman and a school teacher, respectively). He graduated…

    • Dr. Pam Byers, A Drum Major for Justice

      Pam was the architect, the “drum major for justice” who helped to show the way.

    • Archbishop Desmond Tutu Praises PC(U.S.A.) for support of LGBT equality

      South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, has written a beautiful letter to Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons in support of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s decision to allow people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender to be ordained in the church.

    • Ordination Sermon for Scott Anderson

      We are gathered here today to ordain a wonderfully gifted Christian man to the ministry of the Word and Sacrament. Scott’s steadfast faith and pastor’s heart and devotion to Christ and the church have been a source of personal inspiration for me and many others.

    • Some helpful links

      Here are some of the articles and links that I've found interesting in the past few weeks: Firedoglake.com has been blogging live from the Prop 8 trial.  You can read their trial transcripts of the first 12 days of testimony (here).   The Heterosexual Questionnaire was created back in 1972 to put heterosexual people in the…

    • “The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage”

      The January 9, 2010 edition of Newsweek contains an editorial by Theodore Olsen titled, "The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage."  I will leave it to others to argue whether the timing and strategy of the federal anti-Prop 8 court case brought by Olsen and co-counsel David Boies is the best course of action.  But the…

    • New York State Senator Diane Savino on Same-Sex Marriage

      "We have nothing to fear from love and commitment."   Click (here) for the full transcript. Click (here) to watch the video on YouTube.

    • Mourning the passing of my editor and friend, Stephanie Egnotovich

      I was stunned last Wednesday to learn that my friend and long time editor at Westminster John Knox Press, Stephanie Egnotovich, had died suddenly.  She contracted a systemic infection that doctors were unable to stop. Stephanie had been my editor on several books.  She was a vigorous advocate for Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality and…

    • 18,000 Reasons to Vote No on CA Proposition 8

      I believe I am called by my faith to honor and protect these 18,000 new marriages by voting No on CA Proposition 8. The good news, as always is that Christ welcomes all who have faith -– including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trangender.

    • The Importance of Restoring the Heidelberg Catechism to Its Original Text

      Click (here) for a Microsoft Word version of this article. There are seven overtures to the upcoming Presbyterian General Assembly that ask the church to restore the Heidelberg Catechism to its original text.  Why the interest in the Heidelberg Catechism?  Recent scholarship has shown that in 1963 two Reformed Church in America translators made several…