Archive for January, 2005

There was a lot of chatter after the American election in November about faith and Christianity. One news report, used in part by the Record in the December...

Moderator Rick Fee is passionate about ending the AIDS crisis. The situation is worsened by the moralistic approach taken by some countries and the churches stuck with the...

Child poverty is "a real scandal" says Moderator Richard Fee of the federal government's failure to fulfill a 15-year-old promise. Nov. 24 marked the day in 1989 when all...

"The ultimate solution to a resolution of the crisis is to have peace," said Elizabeth Majok, a mother of five from southern Sudan. As a regional representative at...

"What makes your 'call' as a ruling elder or clergy different from a job in the secular market place or a volunteer position in a social agency?" The...

"Can I help?" I asked tentatively. I was on a pastoral call, thought perhaps a pleasant visit with some folks over tea in the house. Instead I was in...

WHO WHAT THEY GAVE UP & WHAT THEY REPLACED IT WITH... Phil Gave up watching football, basketball, hockey, curling, lawn darts and ping pong Replaced it with playing sports with kids, talking...

A proposal for a Native healing centre was presented to assembly council in November. The proposal was among 14 others drafted by the healing and reconciliation design team. Several...

God wants "love, compassion and justice," said Baptist minister Ramon Ramirez. A native of El Salvador, Ramirez has devoted his life to ministering on the streets. He said...

The Presbyterian Church USA has come under fire for what some are calling "anti-Israel and anti-Jewish" attitudes. A letter addressed to PCUSA promised violence against Presbyterian churches, saying...

It is the end of an era. J. Reynolds Esler, Minister Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church in Port Colborne, Ont., died on September 1, 2004. He was 90 years...

Why do the letter writers protesting your paid advertising for World Vision not see such agencies as partners rather than competitors? How much does the church denominational identity...

As a long term elder at Graceview Presbyterian, Etobicoke, I have been concerned with the shrinkage in membership of our national church. The Record over the past year...

The finance department at 50 Wynford Drive is pleased to welcome Margaret Bucknole as the new senior clerk, accounts receivable. Born in Fraserborough, Scotland, she emigrated to Canada...

It was with disappointment when I could not find Peter Plymley's column in the September and October issue. I wondered what had happened to him. Then I read...

Brian Stewart's message, Christians Are On The Front Lines Everywhere, is one of the finest, most soul-stirring I have read in many a day. Coming from a press...

I read the Moderator's November article, Ecumenism - A Canadian Product, with pleasure and pride in my country. I have the good fortune to live in an ecumenical...

Regarding the last paragraph of David Harris' November editorial: "people on your list who already have everything they need.would be thrilled if you made a donation on their...

A few weeks ago, a report was released suggesting more than one million children in Canada are living below the poverty line. Campaign 2000, a national watchdog organization,...