Summer is for studying....
Right? It is for me. I completed one on-line course (New Testament) at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary towards my coursework to become a Commissioned Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA) this spring. Now I'm taking two courses-Old Testament and Polity. Everyone knows (or thinks they know) what goes on in the Old Testament class, but very few people have a clue about what polity is. Let me just say that both my Old Testament and New Testament professors have us reading The Bible for Dummies . This book has given me a new respect for "the dummies" series. I have Religion for Dummies and have found that helpful; The Bible for Dummies is written by two theologians and it is good-simple and to the point. Polity is the procedures by which the Presbyterian Church USA runs-it's what keeps us, if you will pardon the very bad pun, an "organized" religion. Two weeks into the course and I already have renewed respect for those who or