Strength in Tears
I began each day of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission event by visiting the sacred fire. I’d sit on a dew-covered bleacher, fingers wrapped tightly […]
I began each day of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission event by visiting the sacred fire. I’d sit on a dew-covered bleacher, fingers wrapped tightly […]
Maybe religion really is the opiate of the masses—just not the way Karl Marx imagined.
The United Church of Canada, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, has approved a recommendation to boycott products produced in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory.
Several Christian denominations in Malawi, including Anglicans, Presbyterians and pentecostals, have established an organization to help improve management, financial and administrative skills of churches in the southern African nation.
James E. Solheim, best known as the Episcopal Church’s news director in an era bookended by the election of Anglicanism’s first female bishop and the ordination of its first openly gay bishop, died August 8 after several weeks’ hospitalization.
As the 2012 London Olympic Games winds toward its conclusion on August 12, so-called “street pastors” have been helping visitors make sense of an event spread over 13 venues in the British capital.
Protestant churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo have issued a “cry of distress” following increased killing and displacement of civilians in the fighting between the army and rebels in the eastern parts of the country.
A broad spectrum of U.S. religious groups—Christian, Jewish and Muslim—are condemning killings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that authorities described as an act of “domestic terrorism.”
While the violence between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria is the worst between members of the two faiths since the Bosnian war of 1992-1995, the sectarian conflict is driven by poverty, inequality and injustice, according to a high level Christian-Muslim taskforce comprising the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Royal Jordanian Aal Al Bayt Institute (RABIIT).
Since this was my first time as a commissioner, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.
PRESBYTERIAN minister and former MP, Rev. Walter McLean was presented the Distinguished Service Award by the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians on June 4. The […]
I have experienced General Assembly as a student representative, twice as a commissioner, twice as a one-day visitor and this year as part of the […]
Isaac Jjingo, a CANHAVE-supported student, with Joseph Kabali, CANHAVE’s Ugandan coordinator. Isaac hopes to take science at university. Whoever welcomes a little child like this […]
As a Young Adult Representative, I’ve now seen a lot of these things. For one thing, who knew there were so many committees? I sure […]
A growing number of people in the escalating violence in Syria appear to be targeted because of their religion and “gross violations of human rights are occurring regularly,” a U.N. monitor said on June 27.
I think we need to accept that what we do—if we’re going to do something new—might look very strange to other people. It might even look strange to people within our home tribe.
What does it look like for a church to be on the edge of new possibilities? Well, a church on the edge of new possibilities can look like a church being present at the border of its comfort zone.
To a lot of elders, being on the edge means ensuring the survival of the congregations. It means keeping the church building open in the face of declining attendance, significantly aging congregations and financial pressures. It doesn’t directly mean, in their minds, finding new ways to engage God’s mission in the world. So I think first of all, that is the challenge.
When we talk about renewal we find ourselves talking about finding more people for our teams and more people for our pews and more money for our budget. And we start to become discouraged that that’s what renewal has become in our lives.
As congregations, are we praying? Are we being transparent with each other? Are we letting down the walls to make ourselves vulnerable, to allow us to really share our faith? As leaders of the church, are you challenging your congregations to grow in faith?