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Archive for May, 2008

Encourage Voice

Earlier this year I had an email exchange with my favourite sparring partner, Rev. David Webber, over the fact that rural issues are not well covered in the magazine. A few weeks later I had a passionate email from a lady in Saskatchewan who was expressing the opinion of her friends that the Record does not do enough stories about the western part of this country.

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Audacious Hope : Remembering Forward
Something important happened on the tour of Aboriginal and Church leaders.

The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a...

Ethnic and Racial Minorities Forum
Crieff Hills, April 2008

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Audacious Hope : INTERSECTION
A glimmer of another faith tradition may illuminate our own.

Norman Wirzba writes in Living the Sabbath of "the principle that was well-known in ancient or traditional cultures: bodily health includes the health of many bodies, human and...

Turner fights malaria

ENI - CNN founder Ted Turner, who once called Christianity "a religion for losers," has launched a joint initiative with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran...

Dutch Christians tallied

ENI - A new reference book lists 648 denominations and movements, making the Netherlands the country with the second-largest number of Christian groups in the world, after the...

Dying Young
We need to centre our thoughts on things that are pure and lovely.

My mother is in a nursing home and the doctor just gave her six months to live. But when he found out she couldn't pay her bill, he...

Audacious Hope : Walks of Reconciliation
Something new was born during the Leaders' Tour.

It was fitting that the Marketplace Court at the Forks in Winnipeg should be the last stop in our national Aboriginal and Church Leaders' tour. For it was...

Audacious Hope : Gifts from God
Survivors in Saskatoon share their stories.

"We are appealing to the general public to talk to their Members of Parliament, their legislators ... to encourage them to get the Prime Minister of Canada to...

Fair, Bright, Majestic

Who is this that appears like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession? Song of Songs...

Audacious Hope : First, Confess, Then, Celebrate
The tour marks the path of hope from suffering into peace.

Sunday, March 2 was the launch of Remembering the Children, a cross-Canada tour promoting the upcoming Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Residential Schools. Aboriginal and church leaders gathered...

A True Church
Perfection waits for heaven and the renewal of all things.

I Believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the Forgiveness of Sins...' In the last number of years, our church has taken to...

Council Readies for Assembly

Rev. Dr. Hans Kouwenberg told Assembly Council, at its pre-General Assembly meeting in March, that the Aboriginal and Church Leaders' Tour on which he represented the Presbyterian Church...

Earth Hour

Earth Hour, March 29, 2008: People across the world turned off their power for one hour. KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, an NGO supported by the Presbyterian Church,...

Justice is a daily thing

It is nice to see social issues displayed in your magazine, as happened in the February 2008 edition. However, I think there is a problem with your analysis....

Bitter Reality

Being the Easter time of year, I feel I should express my sentiments regarding prayer and "thanks be to God."Although I believe that prayer, and the Bible, can...

Need a little history of Victoria Royce, Toronto

At a church service this morning, we were directed, by our Minister, to this website, to see the article about our organist and choir (Knox Dundas).I was looking...

Barrier-free housing

Please allow me to share some relevant information regarding the topic of barrier-free housing (universal design) that I believe would be of benefit to my fellow Christians. In...

Another perspective on Afghanistan

Letters in January reveal a wide range in Presbyterians' attitudes towards Canada's involvement in Afghanistan, ranging from pacifism to a belief that it is divinely ordained. Perhaps I...

Kenya's Crisis
Presbyterian Rick Allen is frustrated but hopeful.

Dr. Richard Allen is frustrated. "Canadians have the means and opportunity to learn and keep current about the situations of various countries and peoples in the world, but...

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