It is easy to see the heroism displayed by people who play a role in tragic or cataclysmic events. But what about those of us who live out our lives without finding ourselves in situations of danger? What does ordinary heroism (if we can call it that) look like?
Yonge Street Mission took a bold step in October, announcing it has sold its namesake property at 381 Yonge Street, Toronto. The building has been […]
Confessions The world is changing quickly. But so is confession. If you are or know a good-quality Catholic who has some unforgiven sin guilting his […]
The Presbyterian Church, led by Presbyterian World Service and Development, endorsed the Proud to Protect Refugees campaign earlier this year. To highlight this initiative and […]
A voluntary exit program at Presbyterian-supported Kairos means three people have resigned as of Oct. 4. Jim Davis, Julie Graham and Adiat Junaid left the […]
The World Council of Reformed Churches has published a booklet on the Heidelberg Catechism, marking its 450th anniversary. The Catechism, produced in 1563, is a […]
While worship has a ritual and a tone, both of which are always under discussion, there is a hidden element we rarely talk about.
The combination of Christian compassion, social justice concerns and business acumen is at the heart of successful projects.
We rarely stop and give thanks to John Calvin, one of the founding theologians in the Presbyterian tradition, for the gift of divorce. We should.
They have moved three times this year: They moved their worship from a North York, Ont., banquet hall to a rented facility in a new […]
The padre scrambled over the stony beach dodging machine gun and mortar fire. It seemed like every few feet he came across another Canadian soldier lying wounded.
The young people looked at me and asked, “Moksanim (pastor), what good is the gospel if all it offers is life after death and does nothing to help us with this life, here and now?” I had no answer for them.
Honesty “can be painful,” Rev. Dr. David Sutherland, moderator of the 139th General Assembly, said to those gathered at the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission […]
What surprised not only Roman Catholics but the whole world were Pope Francis’s comments that the church needs to pay less attention to rules and morals and focus more on pastoral and social justice issues.
Repentance is not a prerequisite to being found and loved and valued and accepted by Jesus.
While other churches long for days when pews were full of young families, Rev. Lynne Donovan said St. Andrew’s, Picton, Ont., has learned to embrace its age.
I think of the early church out of Jerusalem with its clarity of message and transformative power. I think of our own church and congregations as we face the realities of a secular Canada.
A young German soldier climbs out of the trenches with a flag of truce and walks right into the gun sights of the other side. Soon men from both sides put down their weapons and walk into No Man’s Land as peace breaks out in the midst of war.
One of the Presbyterian Church’s oldest, and perhaps most revered, members passed away on Aug. 25 in Toronto. Rev. Dr. Kenneth McMillan, a member of […]
The renewal of the church will not come from human plans or resolutions from General Assembly. Rather, renewal will come from the edge, the outside, the places no one pays attention to.