Thank you
Congratulations to the Presbyterian Record for its seven Canadian Church Press awards. the publication is way ahead of the magazine of years ago. It prints […]
Magazine
Hamilton Moves to Oro
Fresh from his graduation in May, Rev. Mike Hamilton was ordained as Trinity Oro’s new minister in June. The congregation voted unanimously to call him. […]
Malawi
Presbyterian World Service and Development is involved in several development Projects in northern Malawi. The work is challenging, but as these faces show, there is […]
Going Home
“Well, here we are.” My friend parked the car and I looked nostalgically at the home I grew up in. It was not quite what […]
A Mystery Solved
A cryptic reference to “a Presbyterian minister who survived the bullets of a religious fanatic,” in a newspaper article, started speculation on the Presbyterian Church’s […]
Jesus in Islam
Question: What do you call someone, other than a Christian, who believes Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary and will judge the world at […]
Smit Joins The Vine
A new face is coming to national offices as Tori Smit prepares to replace Dorothy Henderson as associate secretary of the Vine resource network. She […]
A Man From Galilee
I am a Palestinian Arab. I’m also a Christian Palestinian Arab. Palestinian Christians were born in the upper room. We’re not outstanding theologians. We’re obsessed […]
New Commissioners Bring Hope
Despite a false start, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission is ready to begin anew with three new commissioners.
Justice Murray Sinclair will serve as the commission’s chairperson, replacing Justice Harry LaForme who resigned last October. Sinclair was appointed Associate Chief Judge of Manitoba’s provincial court in 1988, and co-commissioner of Manitoba’s Aboriginal Justice Inquiry.
A Journey of Discovery
As I begin my year as moderator of the 135th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, I am keenly aware of the high […]
Servant Leadership
A chaplain provides servant leadership to his or her unit—a servant who is loving and cares for his people. He or she is a reminder […]
ACT Together
ACT—Two development bodies are amalgamating to create the ACT Alliance. The new body will draw on a common income of more than $2 billion US […]
Baby Moderator
Six-month-old Hannah de Jong was the youngest person to ever moderate the General Assembly—even if it was only for a few minutes as part of […]
G.A. Blues
I heard my presbytery had begun a search, To find some elders to represent the church. When I was asked, I stood real tall, And […]
Like Mike
The guy I’ve golfed with more than any other the last few years is Mike Olver. Mike is younger than I, slightly shorter, but monumentally […]
Try The Unthinkable
We Presbyterians are highly trained polity people. We try to be practical and most of all, biblical. But Zacchaeus, in the gospel of Luke, teaches […]
Ah Lazarus!
Someone came up to Rev. Dr. Rick Fee and said,“Ah, Lazarus!” [In addressing the assembly, Fee said:] The mortality rate for bacterial endocarditis is 90 […]
Lighting Committee Report
Convener: This is the report on lighting. Recommendation No. 1: That the light bulbs be changed. Moderator: The floor is now open to discussion. Eun: […]
A True Partnership
Brothers and sisters, we started this journey of partnership between the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria and the Canadian Presbyterian Church many years ago. During this […]
Political Theatre
ENI—The United Church of Zambia is using street theatre and broadcast media to encourage church members to get involved in efforts to influence negotiations between […]