Archive for December, 2011

Donald MacLaren-St James Truro NS The 16th - century Reformers—Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Knox and others—were derisively nicknamed, "the Sola - ists." They distilled the essence of the gospel in...

[/caption] Lynne Hill - St Andrews, Bolsover, Ont. Linda looked out the window and smiled. "I guess I've kept ‘em waiting long enough. Addy and I had better go for...

Thirty women from several churches in and around Grande Prairie gathered at Forbes for a retreat titled "Faith Under Fire" last May. Hands Across the Table (HATT), a...

A book cataloguing a decade of international medical - scientific achievement and a magazine article challenging the tenets of the Occupy Wall Street protest are not the most...

Soldiers from the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry carry First World War soldier, Pte. Alexander Johnston to his burial in France. Sgt. William MacDougall, a piper from the...

Re We are Called to be Angels, October David Harris is a very fine editor but I think he needs to learn more about the foundation of our Presbyterian...

Cover Contest - Art Director's Note A Different Kind of Nativity Gingerbread Goodness & Popcorn Blessings Waiting for Christmas An Advent to...

I realize that I'm challenging perhaps the most profoundly entrenched societal institution ever faithfully practiced by humanity, but, really, why do so many (fortunate) people every year give...

Rafael Vallejo, lay pastor of Queen Street East and founder of Toronto’s Protest Chaplains, speaks with police officers in front of St. James Cathedral on October 15. It is...

Cora Wilson enjoyed a free ride behind Canadian horse Nova in September when Sand Hill commemorated its historically designated horse sheds, which were built in 1890. Nova's period...

In August, pastors and leaders from six churches in the Presbytery of Western Han Ca came together in Calgary for the presbytery's first English Ministry (EM) Conference. The...

In the first century, when the Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian Christians about the Church as "one body with many members," he had no idea of the...

Re: Reclaiming Evangelism, October How refreshing to see the cover story on evangelism. We sideline evangelism in our church life at our peril. The first words of Jesus' ministry...

Re Beyond Sunday School Faith, and Sola Scriptura, November Hindus define God only in negative terms: neti, neti, neti. Not this, not that, and so on. Buddha refused to...

The Order of Diaconal Ministries had a reason to celebrate at their 24th biennial council meeting at Crieff Hills this September. The meeting saw the unveiling of Rev....

[/caption] Deana Weyman-St Andrews King City Ont Perhaps central to any celebration of Christmas is the picture of Mary holding the infant Jesus. Around the picture and beyond the biblical...

[/caption] Emily O'Brien, Age 10 - Trafalgar Oakville The first Christmas my husband and I were married, we lived in a tiny apartment. At barely 400 square feet, it had...

[/caption] The refugee nativity scene created by St.-Columba-by-the-Lake, Pointe Claire, Que. What might the Christmas story look like from the perspective of a refugee? That was the question that St....

St. Andrew's welcomed 14 new adult members in October. Ten members joined the church through confession of faith; two joined through confession of faith and baptism; Mrs. Muriel...