Archive for May, 2007

Plans for the first mosque in Newmarket, Ont., have raised a national ruckus. A connection to Zafar Bangash, a controversial imam currently serving a large mosque in Richmond...

I worked at Cecelia Jeffery Residential School in November 1959 as a counsellor. I was assigned to the senior girls (ages 12-17); there were about 25-30 in the...

I am a chronic complainer. I grumble. I gripe. I have grievances. Sometimes my whining gets on my wife's nerves. She says, "You should quit whining, Phil." But...

The woman had been busy all day. Now, she was longing for a cup of coffee. So, she went to the nearest coffee shop, where she ordered a coffee and a...

An aluminum and metal cross that features the handprints of the St. Andrew's, Barrie, congregation was created by local gold and silversmith Don Stuart. The cross is a...

Now retired, the famous civil rights pastor Bishop John H. Adams in a recent Web article notes that progressive Christianity is not limited to a single theology. Dr....

Canadians across the country took to the streets, hosted public forums and wrote their politicians during the week of March 22, World Water Day, to draw attention to...

The Presbytery of Ottawa's worship and witness committee hosted an event in March called Hearing the Voices of Peace, a panel discussion exploring the work of peacemakers in...

The real issue is not the way we interpret scripture but whether we believe God is the father of Jesus. If God is not the father, who is?...

ENI — Austrian church leaders have accused retailers of devaluing human life after an abortion clinic opened alongside other stores at a new Vienna shopping mall. "You can now...

Zander! Zander! How you have mellowed! I recall how some years ago you shocked many in the Presbyterian Church with a question about Jesus' anatomy. Now you get...

Metaphors are useful things. They help us get our heads around ideas that otherwise baffle us. Unfortunately, you can get yourself into serious trouble when you mistake metaphor...

Andrew Faiz responds: I am embarrassed by the error; my ankles are bloodied from kicking myself. And as long as I have been exposed let me come clean...

Has Andrew Faiz been watching too many M*A*S*H* reruns lately? The founding minister of Riverside Church in New York was not Charles Emerson Fosdick but Harry Emerson Fosdick,...

Having attended two of the four previous Fosdick Convocations at the Riverside Church and unable to attend the fifth, held last October, I was delighted to read Andrew...

The congregation of St. Andrew's, Barrie, held a Service of Thanksgiving on January 28th to mark the closing of its Sunday midday "Soup Kitchen" on December 31st. After...

Sometimes a good idea brought to fruition can turn out just as one hoped, or sometimes it can miss the mark. But every now and then a simple...

"With proper education and a change in our value system, we might conquer HIV," said David Mburu. "And as Christians, we must be optimistic and hope God does...

It only takes a spark to get a fire going, and soon all those around can warm up to its glowing: Dora Anie, middle, has a dream to...