Rev. Dr. Chinchai Wang, noticed that Taiwanese seniors were isolated. They complained that Canada was a beautiful country but they were blind, mute, deaf and crippled. Their eyes did not understand English, their mouths could not speak English and they could not drive or get directions.
The second volume of Profiles in Mission is a smorgasbord of historical morsels picked from the history of the Atlantic Mission Society and its predecessors.
The DRC is home to vast mineral deposits, but this natural wealth does not contribute to the wellbeing of the Congolese people
Joseph’s love for Jesus was different. Not less, just a different kind of love. Mary carried Jesus inside her for nine months. She knew he was as much her flesh as he was God’s Son. Joseph’s love, however, is the tremendous, powerful love of adoption.
It’s a story of tragedy and hope that has elicited support from across the country and around the world. On Oct. 12, in the town […]
Overnight, the temperature had plummeted to far below freezing. Our shallow end of the lake must have frozen in an instant. I imagined it happening almost cartoon- like, perhaps to the sound of a single chime from a tinkle bell.
My two rural churches will open their doors to a good number of visitors this Christmas Eve. As our context becomes more and more secular and un-churched, there is a growing challenge for us to convey more than a partial story of the greatest event in history.
When we are empty, there is nothing to give. Sometimes, from that empty state, we give anyway. This can lead to renewed energy in the short term: It’s refreshing to take our eyes off ourselves. After all, isn’t our purpose to serve?
There are two Christmases. One is the Christian Christmas and the other is the secular Christmas. This winter festival still carries the Christmas name, and, for nostalgic reasons, still holds to many traditions. This is the tricky part for Christians.
Every year since 2005, to mark the 100th anniversary of Grace, Calgary, a group of us has driven down to Mexico to build homes.
Somehow we expect God’s justice to always be fair. And, in turn, we expect that we should be fair as well.
An annual meeting of the Atlantic Mission Society is kind of how I imagine a kitchen party.
When I was a teenager, someone in my congregation gave me a dire warning about university. He made claws with his fingers and got a nasty look on his face. “They’re wolves,” he said. “And they will rip you apart. They’ll tear the Christian faith right out of you.”
The Life and Mission Agency committee met in November to hear from LMA staff about their work, to chat with the General Secretary, and to […]
On Nov. 12, the Presbytery of West Toronto voted to donate $100,000 toward Presbyterian World Service and Development’s Typhoon Haiyan emergency appeal. The funds will […]
A couple of hundred well-wishers gathered at Shaughnessy Heights United Church on Friday (October 18) to celebrate the installation of Richard Topping as principal of Vancouver School of Theology.
Presbyterian World Service and Development has launched an emergency appeal to help those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. The devastating tropical cyclone, which is one of […]
It began in 2008 with 12 women and a trip to India. As part of an exposure tour with the Women’s Missionary Society, the group […]
Downtown Toronto MP Olivia Chow speaks at the ECUT benefi t at St. Andrew’s, Toronto. All young people, away from home for the first time […]
“The challenge of theological education today is to prepare leaders for a church that we can’t quite see yet.” Rev. Dr. John Vissers speaks from long experience.