Archive for February, 2011

Over the 900 metres from my front door to my daughter's school, I see a lot of handbills on hydro posts. There are the usual themes, of course,...

Creative Hands started last fall at Wasaga Beach Community Church. Projects include prayer shawls, pneumonia vests and milk bag sleeping mats. Seventy-five pneumonia vests have been sent to...

It's February, Valentine's Day. As usual I haven't got a clue what to do. I am often compelled to watch what my son calls "chick flicks." Now let's...

For the third year in a row, Evangel Hall Mission was recommended by Charity Intelligence Canada as one of its "top picks." Executive director Joseph Taylor (left) attended...

The congregation at Kortright, Guelph, Ont., had a faith-filled one-Sunday offering that netted more than $76,000 for Habitat for Humanity. Diane Nelson (left), executive director of Habitat's Wellington...

Re Am I Just I, December What a wonderful story. The church is not the building but the people, the family of God. When Jesus said, "I will build...

Re A Shift in the Wind, December In response to Hans Kouwenberg's concern that with cutbacks there will be fewer "boots on the ground" to support local churches and...

Three years after a fire destroyed the 128-year-old Knox Church in Cannington, Ont., the congregation has risen from the ashes, joining with nearby Beaverton to form Beacon Presbyterian...

Most Presbyterians believe in prayer but many of us don't pray well. The numbers of prayer meetings in churches are few and for the most part are not...

In a rare decision, the church's highest court has excommunicated a minister, declaring that he cannot be a member of the church or function as a minister until...

1989 - Dai comes to Canada from China. He finds a welcoming community at Knox, Spadina. Shortly after, he begins a mission outreach to Chinese immigrants in downtown...

St. Andrew's, commonly known as the Kirk, recently held an auction and dessert party with proceeds going towards the recent church renovations (a new entrance to the basement,...

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Re This Is My Beloved Son, December I wish to thank you on behalf of myself and my wife for this article. We read it through the eyes and...

Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Feb. 20, 2011 reading: Leviticus 19: 1-2,9-18 Matthew 5: 38-48 The opening words of the Old Testament reading and the closing words of the gospel may tempt us...

The month-long political impasse in Ivory Coast is in danger of causing a humanitarian crisis as people flee across the border to Liberia and Ghana, say ACT Alliance...

The Presbytery of Pictou handed Peter MacDonald his call to Boularderie Pastoral Charge, Cape Breton. Rev. Charles McPherson, clerk; Rev. Mary Anne Grant, moderator; Peter MacDonald; Rev. Dr. Glen...

In 1989, the House of Commons adopted a resolution to eliminate child poverty by 2000. It has not eliminated poverty and in some cases, it has gotten worse. In...

True theology is dialogue, not monologue. It is conversational and dynamic, not monolithic and static. In our forthcoming Theology 101 series, we seek to model theology as dynamic and...