Giddy Confusion
Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived, according to Søren Kierkegaard. What is true about life is just […]
Theology
The Note of Victory
What does it mean to believe in the resurrection? Some of you may be surprised to know that both the Bible and the earliest confessions […]
Simply Christian in a Secular Age
Most Canadians, young and old, don’t attend church even though they believe in God. The reasons are varied and complex and it may be that some find the church’s theology hopelessly conservative and outdated. But it’s also possible that they stay away because they don’t see the point.
Members For Eternity
The meaning of church membership is relatively difficult to define in a very comprehensive way. We know the sacrament of baptism is the moment of […]
Fundamentalists by Default
So the younger generations don’t attend church? Maybe that’s because they see the church as the “new atheists” charge, having blind faith, which is often […]
Communicating and Communing
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 […]
A Communion of Voices
I called to have a little dialogue; you know, a friendly exchange with a friend who would listen to my complaints and then agree with […]
We’re In This Together
When I was about 10, I received a gold star in Sunday school for reciting the Beatitudes, the introduction to what we call the Sermon […]
Finding God
For this past year, the Record‘s Theology 101 column has been asking the question, Where in the World is God? Throughout the year, Presbyterian theologians […]
Horror and Holiness
Christianity has been wrestling with the “arts question” for some time. It is already difficult to decide how to integrate artistic expressions into church life, […]
Soaked in Tears
In our particular life in the world — from the slow breakdown of a relationship, to years of physical abuse, from sudden accidents which devastate […]
Spiritual Presence
If you are looking or listening or watching for God in church, you may well find God in the words, the liturgy, the order of […]
The Wonder Of It All
Picture yourself outdoors, in a place that takes your breath away. What are you picturing? Impressive mountain peaks glistening with snow? A misty rainforest with […]
God in Other Religions
In major cities and small towns of Canada, the presence of a wide variety of peoples, religions, and cultures presents opportunities and challenges. One advantage […]
Christ in Us
Ministers, ordained and lay, have always known that shorter sermons are generally more difficult to craft than longer ones. I should have been the wiser […]
God Spoke to Me
“Do you think that God might be speaking to me?” he asked. This young man was new to the Presbyterian Church and to Christian faith, […]
Where in the World is God?!
I made my way onto the subway one cold December morning. I found myself squished amidst the crowds, tense about the fellow who was yelling […]
God by the Book
Judging by how much ink is being spilled these days on books about the divine, God is alive and well, at least in print. Visit […]
Where in the World is God?
The 2009 series Theology 101 offered two distinct views, one on Christian theology, the other on world religions. We follow this with a series presenting […]
The Universal Word
Relativity theory does not mean that nothing is stable; rather that everything is relative to an Absolute. Is there a theory of relativity for religious […]