Archive for November, 2006

The stubborn resistance to empire exhibited in the Bible by the Jews in the Old Testament and Jesus in the New Testament is a model to be emulated...

World Association for Christian Communication, a media savvy advocacy agency with representatives in over 100 countries, opened its new offices in Toronto in October. The London, England-based organization...

I am writing this from India. I am traveling with Ron Wallace of International Ministries, Sarah Kim of the Women's Missionary Society and Amy MacLachlan of The Presbyterian Record....

The oldest and largest fair trade organization in North America marked its 60th anniversary this year. Ten Thousand Villages, based in Ontario, is an initiative of the Mennonite...

The problem is these are very good books. Oh yes, that is a problem—because a book with the title The Bible for Dummies sounds like a punch line...

It was a pretty typical youth group meeting. We were having a discussion and I introduced what I thought was a pretty well known biblical passage. When I...

The hour of battle had finally come. After months of training and a rough crossing with high seas Canadian soldiers were about to attempt an unprecedented attack. It...

Summertime means choir tours, of course, and the Ontario Presbyterian Chorus spent theirs in Newfoundland. Seventy-four members sang their way through June, helping churches raise funds for local...

The child sat nestled against her young mother's side when the delegation from The Presbyterian Church in Canada walked into her hospital room. No more than four years...

Ever since he was knee-high to a Doberman, the boy was fearless. Take him to the ocean and he'd jump in looking for sharks. Take him to the...

ENI – Two Scottish Protestant churches have signed an agreement to help promote good relations between the denominations. The covenant was signed by the Moderator of the Church...

ENI – Christians must stop squabbling and face the common enemies of disease and poverty, Anglican Bishop Dinis Sengulane of Lebombo in Mozambique said. He was celebrating the...

Angela Cluny, centre, of Leaside Presbyterian, Toronto, measures drywall along with Lynda Marshall of Good Shepherd Community Church and Victor Aguius of Chinese Martyrs Catholic, while Rev. Dan...

Re. Evaluating curriculum as reported in September. The article says, "Gather Round by the Brethren Press (was) also deemed unacceptable." Was a careful examination of the materials made?...

I am an 81-year-old retired elder ("emeritus") from a Presbyterian congregation in Scarborough, Ont., whose dedicated passion is to be part of an ongoing reformation within our Canadian...

Twentieth Century Fox, the studio known for such television shows as The Simpsons, Prison Break and Celebrity Duets, and for the Star Wars movies, has announced a new...

I'm a single female, 83, with degrees, have worked in an office, been involved in the education system (whether I taught anyone is for them to say) at...

One aspect of the anniversary of the ordination of women that grieves me is the loss of the Ordained Missionary appointments, and the fact that several rural and...

This is a year for rejoicing that our church has moved forward in recognizing women's gifts for ministry. However, let's remember that our denomination's gradual acceptance of the...