Archive for March, 2006

My cousin is a doctor at a Christian Hospital in an ancient city an hour north of Islamabad, Pakistan. On Friday, August 9th, 2002, her mother, my aunt,...

Rev. M. Jean Morris, moderator of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, along with 15 other Canadian faith leaders, recently commended the Government of Canada for the significant contributions...

In January, Matthew and I spent a week in Guatemala, accompanied by Ken Kim, our church's missionary there. As well as setting the itinerary and making all the...

A document from the World Council of Churches entitled AGAPE - A Call To Love And Action, asks churches "to act together for transformation of economic injustice." The...

Over the past five years, four young men of my acquaintance have been murdered. They were all black, not yet 25 years of age. And they were all...

The All Africa Conference of Churches has expressed dire concern over the escalating violence in the Darfur region, west of Sudan, where renewed fighting is forcing aid workers...

I've worked as a doctor for more than 20 years, including time in Canada and Africa. I recently spent two months in Niger, and I've never felt so...

Gardening as a cure to gun crime? For Solomon Boyé, a former elder at Victoria Royce Church, Toronto, the two ideas are a match. "Nature is resilient but...

The May 2005 issue of the Record featured a cover story on fair trade - the practice of paying farmers a fair wage for their work. The article...

I was a skinny child. So skinny that I had only one vertical stripe on my pajamas. So skinny that I was swimming in a lake one summer...

(ENI) - With titles like Spirituality For Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jesus, user-friendly books on sacred texts, major religions, meditation and figures such as Jesus,...

While concerned churches have already taken small steps to reduce their environmental footprint, most of the damage comes from the energy buildings use. Typically, the grander the architecture,...

(ENI) - Leaders of the major Christian churches in the Holy Land have given their support to the results of the Palestinian elections in which Hamas won legislature...

In the Heart of the Temple: My Spiritual Vision for Today’s World Joan Chittister Bluebridge Books Joan Chittister, feminist, Roman Catholic religious and passionate Benedictine, has been railing against her church...

The ecumenical justice organization, KAIROS, of which the Presbyterian Church is a member, is urging congregations to get involved in World Water Day activities on March 22. KAIROS...

The Presbyterian Church's Social Handbook www.presbyterian.ca/justice/ Energy workbook for religious buildings www.kairoscanada.org City of Toronto www.toronto.ca/bbp/projects Manitoba Hydro's Power Smart for Business www.hydro.mb.ca/saving_with_ps Nova Scotia's Ministry of Energy gov.ns.ca/energy On Lightbulbs, Polar Bears and the Earth's Future www.earthfuture.com/climate Seven Steps...

"We should do something, it's in our backyard," elder Doug White insisted. And so it began: the sign says it all, two congregations, some land donated by members...

Rev. Marion Schaffer responds :My first reaction was despair (only briefly) that Mr. Faiz's words were so misunderstood. But now I feel good about the fact that he...

Knox, Waterloo, Ontario The original church was built in 1888. The current building was erected in 1927 and enlarged in 1957. Rev. Linda Ashfield said, "There is lots to learn...