Archive for January, 2008

ENI — A Baghdad-based Anglican priest has declared that Christians are considerably worse off now than they were during the regime of Saddam Hussein, Iraq's former dictator. "There's no...

The story of a small town and congregation in rural Saskatchewan begins halfway around the world and more than 100 years ago, when settlers from Persia came to...

My grandfather Callaway was a combination of the graceful and the geezer. He loved a good laugh, but he also loved to talk about his ailments once the...

Kathleen Norris, the American poet and author well known for her meditations on the Christian faith (The Cloister Walk, Amazing Grace), refers to hymns as "the Protestant liturgy"...

The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson Multnomah Publishers Bruce Wilkinson's promotion of the prayer of Jabez does not sit well with me. I have a wormlike feeling of unease when...

Justice Ministries will host a Forum for Ethnic and Racial Minorities in the Presbyterian Church in Canada on April 4-6 at Crieff Hills Retreat Centre, Puslinch, Ont. The...

The women of Lakeside, Summerland, B.C., had a gee-whiz idea. They started with a table and a tarp and soon graduated to a mini-cafe where they a) got...

ENI — Anglican theologian Rev. John Saint Helier Gibaut, who teaches at a Roman Catholic university, is to head a post at the World Council of Churches that...

It is always a reason to rejoice when one finds a church willing to gladly put all its energy and resources to outreach. But is not the cost...

Re A Grave Sin, NovemberYour editorial was correct and to the point. I have seen Mr Nieuwhof's actions for many years, from attending St. Andrew's in Oro Station,...

The 90th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge is indeed a fitting time to remember that along with patriotism and courage there was faith on the battlefield....

Matthew (2:1-16) and Luke (2:1-20), the Biblical nativity narrators, do not specify the date of Jesus' birth. Still, as Northrop Frye remarks in The Great Code: The Bible...

I would like to express my appreciation to Andrew Faiz on his informative yet optimistic article. We are so accustomed to seeing negative items on television or in...

I was deeply angered at the quick concurrence by the Presbyterian Church in the predictable and myopic stance of the Canadian Council of Churches on our nation's role...

Re A Call For Peace in Afghanistan, October NewsThe Taliban do not want peace; they want a complete capitulation of the present government and the allies who are...

Perhaps the letter writer should read Luke 10: 25-37. Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan. When he was set upon by robbers and left to die,...

Re A bit annoyed, Letters, November 2007Presbyterian World Service & Development's mandate is provided by General Assembly to undertake development activities, disaster relief and educate congregations about world-wide...

Regular readers of this section know that St. Andrew's, Welland, Ont., is a busy place. Last year was also their 173rd anniversary. From the left, Rick Lock, elder,...

New Westminster, Hamilton, Ont., had their first - yes, first - Kirkin' O' Th' Tartan service last October. Flanking the piper Tom Bell, are elder Valerie Harries (left)...