Archive for October, 2010

It is Aug. 14, Pakistan's Independence Day. Images of the mass exodus across the Pakistan–India border 63 years ago are repeated today, as millions of people are on...

Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders have rejected claims that belief in the divine has been disproved following the assertion by British physicist Stephen Hawking that science leaves no...

Could you please do an article on centering prayer? Although I was involved in such meditation in a previous life (before reform), I am now being spiritually drawn...

Re How Does Your Garden Grow, May 2009 This article cannot simply be set aside. It calls for a thoughtful response - and some rigorous soul searching. Something to...

Do you remember Joe "I am Canadian!!!"? Joe was the exuberant character in the Molson beer ad, untypically Canadian in his extroverted pride in our country. Several knock-offs,...

It was 3:30 Sunday afternoon and I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was my wife, Shirley. "Do you feel well enough to go to church this...

Knox College, Toronto, is encouraging people to explore spirituality and sacredness through art at an event on Oct. 16, run in conjunction with the Art Gallery of Ontario. The...

The World Council of Churches is offering an opportunity for Christians ages 18-30 to participate in their 2011 conferences through the Stewards Program. Youth can take part in...

Knox, St. Thomas, Ont., has responded to the call of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank to help end hunger. Three signs with the slogan, Growing Together mark plots of...

At this reunion of Presbyterian Young People's Society, Toronto-Kingston Synod, 1960-1980, which met in August at St. Andrew's, Parry Sound, Ont., are two former moderators, several clergy, former...

It was an unusual sight at the Church of St. David, Halifax. On Aug. 12, police and firefighters launched a rescue operation for a seagull trapped atop the...

In July, St. Paul's celebrated its 80th anniversary. Cutting the cake are Rev. Derek Krunys, Edith (Cameron) Bremner, a member of the choir in 1930, Kenneth Glendenning, clerk...

Re Sweaters and Minimalism, online blog The Messy Table by Katie Munnik Maureen said: I'm pretty sure that the loved feeling that's knit into sweaters is just as effective...

The first day of the event was bright and sunny, then the next two days were gusty and rainy, as if Mother Earth was there to grieve with...

Two events, each the culmination of two years of preparation, took place this June on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Nearly 300 people from 60 nations met in Scotland...

Mrs. Margaret "May" Allen celebrated her 100 years of life on Saturday, July 3rd, 2010. She has been a member of Cooke's, Chilliwack, B.C., for more than 75...

Re Laws And Motions, May No wholly new species has ever been observed to emerge in real time. We have seen many species go extinct, but not come...

This church is beautiful, just look inside the door. Our choir is a heavenly choir, we could not ask for more. The choir leader is awesome and our organist as...

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