Archive for April, 2010

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Stop doubting and believe. — John 20:27 As I put my pen to paper for this article, Canada is about to host the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver...

We had just been celebrating my 90th birthday. I sat down in my easy chair and felt faint, and all at once my heart stopped and I was...

Ken McCracken, Jim Burgess, Rev. Douglas Crocker, Adam...

Why does your Ecumenical News International press link inform us that it is a grave sin that our Department of National Defense Minister Peter MacKay is going to...

I was driving to Lloydminster, which straddles the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan, to attend a rural ministry conference. The conference's official title was Rooted in Faith: Celebrating...

April 11: Second Sunday of Easter John 20: 19-31 Suppose, up in heaven, the inner circle of Jesus' disciples have a reunion. Matthias — Judas' replacement — wants to catch...

Cake of the Month: Rev. Dr. Raymond Hodgson has served St. Andrew's for the past decade. Last December he was honoured by the congregation as he sets into...

Less than three years ago, a healthy and thriving Trinity Community Church in Oro, Ont., didn't look like it would survive. Its minister left to start a new...

As a child of refugees, Nouri Garabet says he has always had sympathy for those who flee their homelands. The elder and chair of the three-person refugee committee...

I am a member of St. John's, Port Stanley, Ont. I did not grow up attending church and was brought to this church through God's intervention in my...

Toronto's Evangel Hall raised almost $200,000 on Feb. 6 as over 150 people glittered through the halls of Toronto's Royal York Hotel at the second annual Compassionate Hearts...

Re: Music Cover Package, February I am a professional pastoral musician, someone who feels called to music ministry in the church as a vocation from God; in this capacity,...

Canada's military says it plans to remove references to the Bible that are inscribed on some of its firearm sights as soon as possible. Before a U.S. television network...

Splat! "What on earth was that?" exclaimed Linda. The answer to her question came by way of piercing whistles and blood-curdling screams. I nearly scalded myself as I ejected out...

The question of identity is difficult to answer. Who am I? Is this a question of "I" who has been, who is and who will be? Jesus is...

Rev. John Fraser, centre, was inducted into St. Andrew's, Hamilton, Bermuda, (that's right, Bermuda!) last August. There to participate in the service were Rev. Jan Hieminga (acting moderator)...

Re Hinduism and Buddhism, October 2009 It is with trepidation that I venture to respond to such and eminent theologian as Dr. Joseph McLelland. Ninian Smart observed recently "that...

Presbyterian College, Montreal Date: May 13, 2010 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul Speaker: Prof. Ellen Aitken, dean of the faculty of religious studies at McGill...