Archive for June, 2005

Maclean's magazine will be 100 years old in October, and it has a Presbyterian to thank for its name. Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean was the son of a...

The site of a 68-year-old massacre made Ronald Wallace stop and think. During his visit to China, accompanied by a Canadian ecumenical delegation, Wallace walked on the ground...

Recently I reconnected with a friend with whom I had lost contact. His family had gone through an emotional and traumatic loss. While he was raised Presbyterian, he...

Church leaders in Europe have welcomed a vote by the Council of Europe parliamentarians not to approve euthanasia, saying they believe instead in good care being provided for...

My father died horribly just before his 70th birthday. By then he had been ill with a form of Parkinson's disease for the better part of a decade....

I believe help my unbelief through change hardship hope and grief I have known you and wandered away you found me and I am here to stay but my struggle...

A group of youth from Toronto starved themselves for a day to increase their awareness of HIV/AIDS and to raise money for the national church's Towards a World...

A special commission studying same-sex blessings has recommended that the issue is a matter of doctrine. The commission was set up in the wake of the 2004 debate...

Faces, smiling faces Children of Africa. Curly headed urchins, innocent eyes Searching, questioning — Why? Where has my mommy gone? Where is papa? How do we tell them? How can they understand? A scourge has...

Bountyfull Healing - A Guide for the Broken-Hearted Larry Mackey Novalis Healing Through Prayer - Health Practitioners Tell the Story Larry Dossey & others Anglican Book Centre From Fear to Freedom - Abused Wives...

I have an idea. Let's prepare ministers of Word and Sacraments for pastoral ministry in this way: Three or four years of theological education, a few hours a...

Click here for the 2005 graduates from Knox College, The Presbyterian College, Vancouver School of...

Dear Son, It seems like last Wednesday that you graduated from kindergarten with a Life Saver dangling from your cardboard hat. I congratulate you on waiting until the final...

St. Andrew's, Brampton, Ont., is the oldest church in the city and is already a designated heritage building. Thanks to a generous endowment from a long-time member, and...

At the edge of our longing: Unspoken hunger for sacredness and depth James Conlon Novalis Prayers to Share: Responsive Prayers for each Sunday of the church year David Sparks Wood Lake Books Is God...

A multi-faith coalition held a news conference in April to voice its support of same-sex civil marriage. "It is essential that politicians recognize the diversity of views that...

"The situation of ordained pastors in China is totally inadequate," said Rev. Ronald Wallace, associate secretary for International Ministries. With only one ordained minister to every 7,000 church...

Mel Bailey walked the Great Wall of China; he dined in the banquet halls of such luminaries as the Archbishops of Oslo, Norway and Leningrad, Russia. Equally he...

The Hidden Pierre Elliott Trudeau: The Faith Behind the Politics John English, Richard Gwyn and Whitney Lackenbauer, eds. Novalis Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of Canada's most controversial and celebrated Prime Ministers,...