Archive for February, 2009

Fallingbrook, Scarborough, Ont., celebrated its 60th anniversary last year by raising their voices in song. You can share in that joy by purchasing that CD, Let The Church...

It was an historic day for the Presbytery of Kingston as Rev. Kate Jordan, centre, was installed as the first female moderator of the presbytery at their September...

Living Faith Community, Baxter, Ont, recently celebrated its first anniversary in its new building! The congregation moved into its new church home on Thanksgiving Sunday 2007 after worshiping...

Two memorial gifs were recently dedicated at Bethel, Dederton, Ont. One, a memorial garden in memory of Helen McNaughton. Her husband Jim is seen pictured in the garden....

The Centre for Clergy Care and Congregational Health conducted the study Clergy Well-Being: Seeking Wholeness with Integrity in June 2003 under the guidance of Rev. Dr. Andrew Irvine....

ENI - The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thuringia and the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony, which are situated among many of the historic sites associated...

ENI - Bishop Paul Verryn of South Africa, who came to prominence fighting apartheid, has called Zimbabwe's crisis a slow genocide. He spoke at a media briefing on...

Click here to read this column in Korean. As soon as we finished our Christmas celebration, we were, once again, bombarded with the news of wars - towns ruined,...

But as our faith is slight and feeble unless propped up on all sides and sustained in every means, it trembles, wavers, totters, and at last gives way....

This summer, I attended the International Aids Conference and Ecumenical Preconference in Mexico City as a youth delegate from the Presbyterian Church in Canada. As a student...

Last month I suggested that President Obama's rise was the most shining metaphor for the societal changes that have already taken place. And it is, of course, but...

ENI - "I implore an end to the violence which must be denounced in all its forms and a restoration of the truce on the Gaza Strip," Pope...

ENI - President-elect Barack Obama defended his selection of evangelical leader Rick Warren to deliver the prayer at his inauguration, a move criticized by some gay groups and...

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we shall see face to face.- 1 Corinthians 13:12 The doctrine of the Trinity is, of course, notoriously difficult....

It's Nostalgia Night at our house. Ramona and I have been going through some old record albums. Yes, records. You may remember them. A curious form of transmitting...

Just a note to say I really enjoyed reading the Christmas stories from around the world, and the children's drawings were delightful. I think that should be a...

Re Jesus is here! December My consistent disappointment in the church is the absence of acknowledging, preaching, teaching the incarnation. Further disappointment is the virtual absence of preaching regarding...

The latest census figures for Malawi were just released with the shocking news that Malawi's population has grown to over 13 million. It is a surprise because of...

Re Poverty Focus, OctoberThe author states that Canada is a signatory to the UN Millenium Development goal to reduce the proportion of people affected by extreme poverty and...