Archive for December, 2006

Asked why he teaches English in Taiwan as a volunteer, retired missionary Murray Garvin has a definite answer. "I enjoy the students more than anything else," he told...

The story of Presbyterian missionary George Leslie Mackay came to the big screen in November, with a special launch screening at the University of Toronto. The documentary takes...

Last month I wrote to you while on the first leg of a visit to Chennai in southern India. Our time there was followed by much joy and...

The steel girder cross can be found kitty-corner from the World Trade Center site in New York City. Though it did once sit on the site, it is...

We are fighting for our rights as grannies," says Magdeline Ramakobo of Alexandra, South Africa, shouting to be heard over the roar of grandmothers' voices filling the streets...

The Jewish community recently honoured a Canadian Presbyterian minister who helped Jews and Christians escape Nazi persecution during the Second World War. Rev. Dr. Fred Metzger, now retired,...

Montreal's largest congregation received its new assistant minister, Rev. Steve Filyk, on a celebratory afternoon in October. The congregation of St. Andrew and St. Paul, along with presbytery...

From the bairn in the byre To the man on the cross And the whole world between A woman's tears were there Mary the proud anxious girl Shedding tears of childbirth Mary the bereaved...

The new Evangel Hall building does more than offer shelter for Toronto's less fortunate. It offers safety, respect and a place to call home. At the grand opening...

Never heard a Christmas carol I didn't like. If they're played all day long from November 1 to December 25, that's fine with me. When else are you...

As a boy, I began looking forward to Christmas vacation in early September, about the time Mr. Kowalski started handing out those math assignments. By the time December...

ENI – The Malawi Council of Churches and a multi-faith grouping, the Public Affairs Committee, are urging the government to introduce a law barring prostitution, which they say...

My favourite thing about Christmas is singing Christmas hymns! I love so many of them that it's hard to pick a favourite. I do particularly like What Child is...

After declaring victory last year on Taco Bell for the treatment of Florida tomato pickers who supply the food chain, the Alliance for Fair Food, in association with...

They begin playing on the radio earlier every year — those old familiar sounds alerting us to the oncoming season filled with joy, hope, family and friends. There...

When George van Beek gave his first $5,000 grant to start the Experimental Fund back in 1981, he wasn't really sure what would become of it. "At the...

Recalling 40 years as a military and a hospital chaplain: We love applause, the lift from the clapping of hands from a receptive audience. Once upon a time...

Christmas is an emotional time. And depending on what has been going on in my life over the year, it is experienced accordingly. Who is around? Who is...

Re Our faith demands more of us, OctoberThank you for a clear-eyed, compassionate overview of the very complex global HIV/AIDS crisis.In ways that we have not seen before,...