Archive for May, 2006

After several years of planning, studying, researching and debating, Assembly Council adopted several recommendations from the Healing and Reconciliation Design Team to establish a national Healing and Reconciliation...

In the madcap world of gender and religious politics in the United States, Roy and Silo, two male penguins at New York City's Central Park Zoo, were a...

A preacher who concerns himself with how a medium can increase his audience will miss the significant question: In what sense do new media alter what is meant...

The Canadian Bible Society is celebrating 100 years of reaching "every man, woman and child with the life-giving Word of God" by distributing, translating and publishing the Bible...

Presbyterians are responding to the disaster left by Hurricane Katrina by volunteering their time and energy for short-term mission trips to Mississippi and Louisiana. A 26-person team from...

Of all the bad habits I've ever acquired, golf is not the worst. But it's close. I wrote a little golf book lately and I've been surprised at...

(ENI) — Israel is set to relocate a jail in Megiddo after an ancient church was discovered on its grounds last November. Although the historical claims have been...

I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me water, I was sick and you visited me ... On a hot Saturday afternoon in Malawi during...

(ENI) — "To be at peace with God means knowing that we do not have to strive all the time for power over each other," said Rowan Williams,...

The Presbyterian Church in Canada is in the midst of revising its residential schools agreement with the federal government, dropping the cap for compensation from $2.1 million to...

Up until last summer, I never understood the Bible's hatred for darkness. Every second passage seemed to be praising God for giving us light, singing songs of hope...

AIDS has become a gender-based disease in Africa where women and girls are most at risk. In Malawi, women represent 56.8 per cent of HIV-positive adults. In many...

Presbyterian World Service & Development has a new long-term agreement with the Canadian International Development Agency that will increase its funding for development programs by 15 per cent. According...

The problem of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa is gigantic. It is difficult for Canadians to comprehend the enormity of the situation. Both adults and children can be infected...

Thank you for the collage of essays and articles highlighting environmental awareness issues in the March issue. It was an insightful and thoughtful piece.However, I was very dismayed...

Presbyterians and others gathered for the dedication of Evangel Hall's brand new $13-million facility in downtown Toronto on February 5. Construction began in June 2004 and replaces the...

I wasn't going to look inside the March issue once I had seen the exclusive sentence on the front cover. Why would a Christian magazine in the 21st...

This is a great article. Why can't intelligent people see and tell it like it is? I had not thought of the fact that such violent behaviour is...

By asking the questions and giving the answer "others are frightened of even considering," Mr. Coren implies that his article is an act of courage. Mr. Coren condemns...