Archive for September, 2010

Today was one of songs and laughter. About two dozen children walked to Likhubula House, some coming as many as six kilometres, to attend a weekly Saturday school....

The Lujeri Tea Estate sprawls across the foothills near Mount Mulanje. It was established in 1926 and today is Malawi’s second-largest tea estate. Workers with large baskets on their...

It was a task destined to take up part of any trip: souvenir shopping. After changing dollars into kwacha, the local currency, the group headed into downtown Blantyre...

The Canadians gathered their bags (at least those bags that had made the three-plane journey from Canada to Malawi) and emerged from Chileka Airport, blinking in the sudden...

As this series winds toward its conclusion, I find myself reflecting on the dozen-or-so years I’ve enjoyed in our church. It’s not surprising that the moments that linger...

Congratulations on being named the best denominational magazine on the continent, for the year, by the esteemed Associated Church Press. The article in the June issue describes the...

Entry Deadline: November 1st, 2010 Share your gifts with the rest of the church this Christmas: Help us illustrate the December issue of the Presbyterian Record. Who knows —...

It is upsetting when you spell my name incorrectly. Editor Replies: Rev. Flindall, you are right to be upset. Our apologies for the...

In order for us to stay "on track" as faithful Christians, I think its important for us to often ask ourselves who we are and why we are...

I had been joyfully co-leading youth ministry in Kitchener, Ont., with my wife, when the unexpected happened. I began to feel that God was leading me away from...

With all the doom and gloom about closing churches, perhaps it is a way for us to close ranks and achieve the "unity" that Jesus longed for and...

Knox, Georgetown, Ont., has 37 members who have been there for 50 years or more. Twenty-three of them were present at the 150th anniversary celebrations and received a...

Can you count the celebrations in this photo from Knox? End of June: so, completion of another Sunday school. Start of summer: so, kicking off the Kids Klub,...

September 5, 2010 reading: 15th Sunday after Pentecost Luke 14:25-332 One of the books I refer to when I'm teaching an introductory course in pastoral ministry is called Family Ties That...

I spent days researching and learning as much as I could about Malawi and mission trips. I read countless articles about the dangers that mission trips pose to...

I recently heard the polity of the Presbyterian Church in Canada described as "intentionally ambiguous." It occurred to me that this was at the root of many of...

Re Ethnicity, Identity And Isolation: The Long Shadow Of Racism On The Church, April In the article, various sources were quoted as being dissatisfied with the excessive Scottish influence...

It was on May 5, 2010 that we expected our friends from Canada, but when we got to the airport we didn't know what to expect. We didn't...

One of my first memories as a child is from the Holy Land. My parents were studying at Tantur (an ecumenical institute for theological studies located right between...