Archive for October, 2011

Servant leadership—it’s not an oxymoron. It’s a thing of mystery, filled with grace. Dr. William Walker has been a living embodiment, serving 60 years on session, with 45...

Re Kirk Discusses Gay Clergy, News, July/August I was baptized in 1920 in Rosskeen Parish Church in the village of Alness in Ross - shire, Scotland, and absorbed from...

"You want to do what?" Linda asked. "I want to visit my dead relatives," I said. "What on earth for?" "I don't know, it just seems important at this stage of...

I was raised Presbyterian, by faith - filled parents who planted the faith - seed in me. The seed did not take root or start to grow until...

The word “evangelism” means different things to different people. Some see it as negative; a method of force-feeding ideologies down the throats of heathens; others think it’s mystic...

One Sunday almost eight years ago, Brian, a teenager from our congregation told a story in worship about an exercise his sociology teacher had used in class. The...

Re Solas Not Solos, September Bill Klempa has the gift of making the Reformation teaching, "solas" understandable. Unfortunately, this glorious truth can degenerate into cheap grace with people wanting...

Volunteers in Evangel Hall’s kitchen help prepare one of the 8,000 meals produced there each month Celebration and Service at Evangel Hall Evangel Hall Mission is celebrating the past and...

The Pharisees Question Jesus by artist James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902), opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper. October 23, 2011 Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost The Greatest Commandment ...

The last week of January 2011 marked an important milestone in the global perspective of my life. This was when I departed Washington, D.C., with 10 fellow travellers...

Reverend Vicki Homes stepped up front and center June 21, after her induction as minister to St. Peter's Presbyterian church of Madoc. By her side are Rev. Dr.Morley...

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" Romans 8:35 "I am going to do something in the service this morning I have never done before," Rev. Michael...

Re Impressions of a Time (not) Well Spent, July/August As one of the principal authors of one of the three overtures Glen Davis refers to in his critique of...

Thornhill dedicated a new Allen Organ donated by long-time members Marion and Bruce Berry in honour of their 70th wedding anniversary. From left: Rev. Heather Vais, Marion and...

New minister Andrew MacDonald was welcomed to the pastoral charge of Whycocomagh and Little Narrows in July. Shown at Rev. MacDonald’s service of ordination at First, Stellarton are,...

Patrick Voo was previously an associate pastor at Trinity, Oro, Ont. Norm Grant held a similar position at Lakeshore St. Andrew's, near Windsor, Ont. Together they have several...

After 155 years, Durham knows how to party. The church’s anniversary celebration in May kicked off with a brunch prepared by session members. Later, an evening musical service...

As I contemplate our family trip to Christian Island today for a picnic at the Christian Island Lighthouse, I think back over the last eight years and my...

Early in his book, You Want Me to … WHAT?, Norm Grant tells the story of Mary Clarke, an otherwise happy and content woman, on her second marriage,...