A bad actor only “acts” when speaking and goes dead when they have no lines. A good actor is most alive on stage when they have no dialogue. May I be so bold as to say that you and I, and most of us in our denomination, are really bad actors?
As I write this, I look east over the hills of Jerusalem.
How does it happen that these worlds, theirs and mine, come together, meld, form something that is both and neither? A new work in Christ.
Approximately 80 current and former members of the Ontario Presbyterian Chorus gathered to celebrate 25 years of music ministry on Nov. 9th at Jubilee, Stayner, […]
The church of my youth gathered each New Year’s Eve to usher in the New Year with prayer. It was the acknowledgement that the enormity of the challenges ahead could only be faced with divine help.
Rev. Dr. Kevin Livingston is associate professor of pastoral ministry at Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto. He’s ministered at churches in British Columbia […]
Rev. Marion Barclay MacKay serves St. Andrew’s, Sydney Mines in beautiful Cape Breton, N.S. She started her ministry career in the Presbytery of Calgary-Macleod as […]
Rev. John Barry Forsyth has served churches in four provinces: Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Ontario and most recently Quebec, where he is at St. Andrew’s […]
Rev. Helen Smith has served in many places in many ways. She’s currently minister at Centennial in Calgary, Alta., and has also served in churches […]
Rev. Dr. Nancy Cocks has served in pastoral ministry and taught theology in five presbyteries across the country. She was a professor of pastoral theology […]
Update: On April 1, 2015, the votes from presbyteries were tallied and Rev. Karen Horst’s name will be presented to the General Assembly as sole nominee […]
The presbyteries of East Toronto and Calgary – Macleod both agreed at their November meetings to ask the church’s highest court to make the denomination […]
The human heart, like clay, is soft and pliable; throughout our lives it is conformed and shaped. The question is, into what?
Advent gets a bad rap this time of year. It gets drowned out in all the tinsel, traditions and time constraints of the season.
Christmas Gifts Retro Festive is awesome! They specialize in Christmas kitsch. Ever wanted that crazy leg lamp from A Christmas Story or a real Red […]
Philanthropy literally means love of humanity.
Jesus Christ is not ideology. Both modern day liberals and conservatives would have rejected him equally, though for different reasons, in his time.
Each September, members of the Atlantic Mission Society gather for an annual meeting. This year’s, held in St. Andrew’s, Dartmouth, N.S., in September, was the […]
As a child growing up in Nigeria, I often wondered what being a “proper” missionary kid was like.
I get in trouble every year for ruining Christmas.