Archive for July, 2010

Opening worship of this year's assembly gave us the gift of the Cape Breton Orchestra. They played an arrangement of Simple Gifts as an offertory. I was moved...

On May 9th, St. Columba, Parksville, B.C., honored Rev. Dr. John Allan, on the 50th Anniversary of his Ordination to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament; and, David...

The Royal Canadian College of Organists and the Organ Historical Society in the United States both bestowed citations on the 1906 Breckels & Matthews pipe organ at St....

• The Master Teacher: Sermons from Mark • The Master Preacher: Sermons from John • The Master Storyteller: Sermons from Luke By Rev. Dr. Roy Sheldon MacKenzie What can I do to...

I have appreciated the prominence given in Theology 101 to exposition of some major world religions. It affords an important learning for Christians in the Canada of today....

submitted by Marilyn Bullock As you enter our doors, you are welcomed with a smile and a hand extended in friendship. As you step into the sanctuary you are...

"It is very difficult to go back to that five year old that I left ... I know for many years I blamed the church. I blamed the...

General Synod 2010 of the Anglican Church of Canada decided almost unanimously to issue a pastoral statement on human sexuality rather than create any new legislation that might...

His name is Percy. He is a frequent visitor at the Saskatoon Native Circle Ministry Centre, dropping in for a cup of coffee and a sandwich or...

Rev. Scott McAndless of Knox, Leamington, Ont., has issued a request to the unchurched internet users of the world: "Please tell me what to preach about." In a four-minute...

The church as a community has often failed Gordon Williams, but he has never failed to see the church through the eyes of Jesus, his Lord and Saviour,"...

Moderator of this year's General Assembly has been constantly on the road as the associate secretary of Planned Giving. Rev. Dr. Herb Gale was guest speaker at a...

There's a great scene in the movie Invictus in which the newly elected South Africa president Nelson Mandela is justifying his policy of including the whites under whose...

At a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of his ordination to Word and Sacrament, Liz Sandals, MPP Guelph, presented a scroll to Rev. Dr. Arnold Bethune on behalf...

Kuppamma stands up from among the crowd of 300 women gathered in a small hall rented for the occasion. She makes her way to the microphone and waits...

A new study by the California-based Barna Group says churches shouldn't rely on parenthood as a catalyst that will bring people back to church. In a survey of...

The author suggests the church is lazy when it tries to address racism, an explosive term, within its ranks. Faiz describes his comfort and sense of belonging while he...

Unable to Act A report from the 136th General Assembly. by Ruth Houtby Voices Healing in our Midst Assembly listens to residential school experiences. by Connie Purvis Dragging the Anchor If Assembly never met again, would...

While the article is a long time coming and certainly shows the changed and changing church, Faiz falls slightly into the trap of generalizing towards a culture. While indeed...