Category: Paul Detterman

Following Jesus Right Where We Are

Paul Detterman, National Director – Two weeks ago I looked across the aging sanctuary of what was once the second largest church in our denomination. Now it has an expressway in the front yard and a significantly smaller congregation spread across 31 zip codes. But the story of First Presbyterian Church San Diego has nothing…
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“A Time to Keep Silent and a Time to Speak”

by Paul Detterman, National Director – “There is a reason God gave us two ears and only one mouth…”   Much in the flurry of mainstream and social media over the past several days proves the enduring wisdom of that old saying, and of the truth of its biblical counterpart, “There is a time to keep…
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Revisiting Emmaus

Revisiting Emmaus

By Paul Detterman, National Director – This Sunday, followers of Jesus throughout the world will celebrate his resurrection. In the affluence of North American congregations, it’s not only the central celebration of the church year but it is also a great day for florists, department stores, and itinerant brass players. The trouble is, Monday morning…
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Koinonia x 2

  PAUL DETTERMAN Welcome to a new blog at the start of a new movement – the Fellowship Community. A friend joked with me that we would never be able to translate “fellowship community” into Greek because it would be “Koinonia Koinonia” (or K2). The more I thought about it, the more I realized that’s…
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