Columns by Parker T. Williamson
editor emeritus of The Layman
Parker T. Williamson
Pleading with Pharaoh - March 2011
The wages of sin - October 2010
Crowdsourcing’ or mob rule? - September 2010
Anybody listening? - August 2010
Under the big tent - June 2010
Under the radar: Massive relief diversion underway - May 2010
A caterpillar Christology - April 2010
A dangerous deviation - March 2010
Let there be light - March, 2010
Tinsel time - December, 2009
Health Care Reform: When 'rights' are wrong - September, 2009
The numbers game - July, 2009
Presbyteries’ heavy-handed tactics undermine constitution – June, 2009
Is the re-Reformation under way? – March, 2009
Reformation or rearrangement? – January, 2009
On prayers and presidents – December 17, 2008
Presbyterian Church (USA) epitaph: 'Whatever!' – October, 2008
Hanky business – July, 2008
Robert Mugabe: Presbyterian financial beneficiary: – May 29, 2008
The Rev. Wright was wrong – May 6, 2008
Piety and Property: Testing the Talk – Spring 2008
Adding up the numbers of post-Katrina relief efforts – Winter 2008
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
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