Archive for May, 2005

Rev. Hugo King-Wah Lau, of Chinese, Mississauga, Ont., drew this painting and donated it to Canada Ministries at church offices. The middle portion has 100 different ways of...

The editorial staff of this magazine, of which I'm a member, occasionally tries to package several stories with a similar theme. But it was only after the April...

Assembly Council adopted a new policy for setting executive and professorial stipends that will go to General Assembly for approval. There was confusion regarding the council's role in...

Lay people in Manitoba and Northern Ontario are benefitting for a $12,000 Cdn grant to Presbyterian College, Montreal. The American grant, handed out last May, has already enabled...

I was in Mexico as part of a delegation to investigate accusations against Metallica Mining Co., a Canadian company operating through its subsidiary Minerala San Xavier. A sign...

Many congregation members often wonder, and worry about what goes on in theological colleges. Where do ministers come from? What do they learn? Why do they have to...

Fair trade began about 50 years ago in Africa and Europe when small farmers began working with international aid organizations. The cooperation helped protect farmers against fluctuating market...

It seemed like a bad idea at the time. But a friend was listening and sipping coffee, so I thought I'd give it a try. "Hey," I said,...

Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops from east and southern Africa, meeting in Nairobi for April's Global Week of Action on Trade, have joined farmers, workers, traders and civil...

Helping others often entails sacrifice. For Alexander Kalimbira, a professor at the University of Malawi but currently studying nutrition in Canada, putting his own needs second is something...

It's hard to believe that I first heard an exposition of this passage of scripture almost 40 years ago by Rev. Dr. John Stott, then the minister of...

Tomato farm workers in Florida won their battle for higher wages and better working conditions thanks to a mass rally in March. Workers, union members and faith-based supporters...

I urge all to send a letter to their MPs in response to the Prime Minister's introduction of same-sex marriage legislation. This is not a human rights issue...

We write to clarify some points in the March Record concerning executive and professorial stipends.In late January, the colleges and the Committee on Theological Education were given the...

I want to thank Amy Cameron for her article on parish nursing in the March issue.Last year General Assembly designated parish nursing a recognized ministry within the Presbyterian...

Churches across the country have held dinners, concerts, sales and education sessions to raise funds for AIDS victims. These are just a few of the myriad of our...

In the February issue of the Record I was quoted as saying: "What parents want their child in Boy Scouts when the leader hasn't been screened?" Neither the...

An article in the February issue regarding the church's Leading With Care initiative was very interesting and informative. However, Dorothy Henderson's quote is susceptible to a misreading that...

It appears Michael Coren struck a nerve with the self-styled moderates. His article was bang on and it was proven a few pages later by the Faiz hypocritical...