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Columns by Parker T. Williamson
editor emeritus of The Layman



The Rev. Wright was wrong – May 6, 2008

Piety and Property: Testing the Talk – Spring 2008

Calculating compassion
Adding up the numbers of post-Katrina relief efforts – Winter 2008

Money matters
Watching for signs of creative bookkeeping – October/November 2007

To keep watch over denominational agencies, ‘Follow the Money’ – July/August 2007

Holy ground … and the story of a small church in French Camp, Miss. – April/May 2007

A time for repentance – November 2006

God bless the Kirk – Property edition 2006

Look to the Rock – July 2006

The feeling of ‘truthiness’ – April 2006

Do not be afraid! – January-February 2006

It’s all about PUP – October 2005

Sign of the times – August 2005

On location – June 2005

One Word; different language – March 2005

For the record – December 2004

Welcoming the wind – October 2004

Physician, heal thyself – July 2004

Compound fractures – June 2004

A fair question – February 2004

Taking hostages – November 2003

Follow the money – September 2003

General Assembly’s actions defy attempts to clothe it in soft raiment – July 2003

Speaking with authority – April 2003

Broken covenant – February 2003

The naked truth – December 2002

Standing firm – October 2002

Death wish – August 2002

The clerk’s first duty – April 2002

Getting back in touch – February 2002

The other war – December 2001

Seeds of paganism are sprouting anew – October 2001

Exchanging sex talk for God talk – May-June 2001

Will the real Church please stand up? – April 2001
Special Report – Confessing Church Movement

Raising the standard – March/April 2001

On theology and politics – January/February 2001

A Christmas contradiction – November/December 2000

Stand up for a friend – September/October 2000

The Church is found at the end of the gauntlet – July/August 2000

Troubling Israel – May/June 2000

The heart of the matter – March/April 2000

The heart of the matter – January/February 2000

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