The Long Goodbye

1 October 2015afaiz

We are living longer. Over the course of 50 years, the average lifespan has increased in Canada by a decade. But … a longer life is not necessarily a better life.

The Challenge of Reconciliation

1 September 2015Laura Heming

Reconciliation isn’t easy, even when the truth is known.

Private Pain on Public Display

1 September 2015Vivian Ketchum

As I sat there watching people coming in to register, I began to feel myself being pulled into my past. I felt like I was back at the residential school being dropped off as a young child. A strange place. Strange people. Strange language. I started shaking.

A Congregational H.R. Team

1 June 2015Steve Sainsbury

Without effective strategies to provide workable solutions, the minister has an almost impossible task. So what can we do to help bridge the gap in at least a few areas?

Ministers as a Mission Project

1 June 2015matthewruttan

A healthy pastor can send a ripple effect through the church. So can an unhealthy one. No pressure, right?

Sustaining Missions

1 May 2015afaiz

Management, marketing and money—how can church-run missions and seminary-trained executive directors complete in the world of charities?

Loving the Earth

1 April 2015conniepurvis

People of faith are at the forefront in the worldwide struggle to address climate change. But there’s more we can do.

Green Famine

1 March 2015afaiz

From the famine of three decades ago, through many political machinations and foreign investment, a new modern Ethiopian economy has been growing.

Beyond Words

1 February 2015afaiz

Western art, historically entwined with the Church, has moved on to other themes. Or perhaps the Church has lost interest in the contemporary world.

Can We Talk?

1 January 2015, Iona MacLean and John Carr

We like to think we’re reasonable people who can work out our differences amicably. But … it seems in recent years, to many in the denomination, that differences aren’t truly worked out—and certainly not amicably.

A Lot of Junk

1 January 2015communications

From what I’ve seen lately from Presbyterians discussing some difficult questions, I think we are doing some things right.

Choosing God

1 December 2014afaiz

Mark and John aren’t interested in it and Matthew and Luke can’t agree on the details of it. You think you know the nativity story but there is no agreement on what actually happened.

An Emphasis on Grace

1 November 2014Alison Williams

While there may be consequences for harm caused, the primary purpose of restorative justice is healing and restoring the relationships that have been damaged.

Build Your Kingdom Here

1 October 2014Elizabeth Keith

Imagine entering a worship service to find a party going on.

Seeing and Believing

1 October 2014Will Ireton

With the encouragement of my parents and my friends, I decided that I might as well give this conference a try. I still felt quite skeptical about attending, as I associated CY with the typical “Bible camp” stereotype (having no fun and having to hang out with self-declared “Bible scholars”).

Becoming Neighbours

1 October 2014Elizabeth Keith

“Canada’s darkest secret is being exposed; more importantly, it is being exposed with our younger generation.” Those were the emotional and difficult words of Eugene Arcand, residential school survivor and keynote speaker at Canada Youth 2014.

Burst Forth

1 September 2014Judith Farris

For each woman, the event was extraordinary—out of the ordinary—a time of leaving our various small corners to experience the vast, worldwide family of God.