Wonderful Diversity
I am pretty sure that evangelicals like myself will not be convinced they are wrong. Neither will my liberal friends. What we might all be convinced of is that there is a greater issue at play here.
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Weird, Wonderful, Worrisome
Documentary The film is called Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. Now as we all know, 75 million years ago the Galactic Federation […]
From Lachute to Lincoln Center
Stirred by a remarkable teacher named Juliette Rodrigue in Lachute, Que., Riddell mastered the score of Handel’s Messiah by the age of 10 and, his feet barely reaching the pedals, at 14 became organist at the local United church his family attended.
Embracing Spirituality
Today, as the Angus Reid poll observes: “Canadians are more likely to self-identify as spiritual rather than religious by a margin approaching two-to-one.”
Break into Song
Exploring something new in worship can be challenging, even daunting; we need a friend to guide us through the richness of music available to us. Last year I started a project called Break into Song which aims to inspire church leaders to make friends with new music.
A Place Apart
When Col. J.B. Maclean left 250 acres to the Presbyterian Church in Canada back in 1950, one of the stipulations he included in his will […]
A Good Set of Instructions
If the love of God actually means anything to us, we will want also to show our gratitude to God. We don’t want to sink back into a warm bath of piety and do nothing for God or for others.
Assembly Council Business in Brief
At its March meeting, the Assembly Council agreed to continue working on a strategic plan for the denomination for at least another year and to […]
A Tree in the City
Trees grow old. A maple can live to four centuries, but not in the city. They can’t shed and regenerate where we live.
Kingdom Acres
Could it be that when people enter our churches they catch just a glimpse of what God in Christ is doing to redeem the world?
Saved by Faith Alone
Faith is to lead us to do good works in our interactions with others and in our engagement with the world
PWS&D Responding in Vanuatu
In the wake of Cyclone Pam, the severe tropical storm that devastated the archipelago of Vanuatu in March, Presbyterian World Service & Development has provided […]
Wow!
Peter must have had sore eyes and an aching jaw from all the revelations he had received in just a short span of time.
Living Confidence
All eyes turned to us as we got out of the car. We were not part of the family, we were not friends, we were not invited to this welcome-home party. Yet we were there. Myself and a police sergeant.
Losing the Chains of Christendom
It appears as though many people in countries like Canada have deemed the church, with its continuing Christendom focus on all things religious and institutional, to be irrelevant while at the same time expressing more interest in the very things the New Testament declares the church ought to be about: faith, spirituality and participating in a unique egalitarian community.
Nine Conversations to Nourish a Congregation
As I look back on our journey together, there are nine kinds of conversations that have helped us co-create the congregation with Jesus Christ, one conversation after another.
Sustaining Missions
Management, marketing and money—how can church-run missions and seminary-trained executive directors complete in the world of charities?
Wholeness and Health
Neither option was a guarantee and either could prove life-threatening. As well, the two choices were mutually exclusive. Pursue the one and the other was no longer possible.
Karen Horst Named Sole Nominee for Moderator of the 2015 General Assembly
On April 1 votes from presbyteries were tallied and Rev. Karen Horst was named sole nominee for moderator of the 2015 General Assembly.
The Three E’s: Effectiveness
As we look towards a future of nourishing Christian communities and making disciples in a post-Christendom Canada, part of our “leadershift” is in forming teaching and ruling elders who are evangelical, entrepreneurial and effective. But how do we know if we are effective in ministry?