Sunday Afternoon at General Assembly
The debates and discussions continue in the live blog of the assembly’s sixth sederunt.
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Sunday Morning at General Assembly
Debates and decisions from the fifth sederunt on our live blog.
Saturday Evening at General Assembly
Read what happened during the fourth sederunt on our live blog.
Saturday Afternoon at General Assembly
Here’s what happened during the third sederunt as we live blogged it from the assembly floor.
Saturday Morning at General Assembly
Check out our live blog from the second sederunt of the General Assembly.
Friday Afternoon at General Assembly
Check out our live blog from Friday afternoon.
General Assembly 2016 Reports
Download the various reports to the 2016 General Assembly.
On Belonging
Early in ‘72 Dad had to go to Yemen where he had a job through the United Nations. The Sunday before he left, he made an announcement at the start of worship: “I have to go away for work and I’m leaving my family in your care.”
Called to the Church: Rev. Bill Elliott
For many years I tried to conform to the heterosexual norm that seemed to be the only acceptable way of being in my world. The loneliness and despair I often felt were a burden I feared I might never be free of.
Space to Grow
At the end of the month, my firstborn is turning 10. A milestone for both of us.
Supportive Readers
The first thing I want to do is say thank you to the 380 ministers who completed our online survey and the 30 people who wrote me in response to the April editorial with suggestions on how we could improve the Record.
My Church, My World
My church is not made of brick and mortar. It does not have hard wooden seats or songbooks. My church is not contained within four walls of a building.
Called to the Church: Rev. Mark Chiang
To my family, there was nothing more evil, more beyond the power of God’s love, than being gay. As my dad would write in the PCC chat rooms, gay was a choice you made after rejecting God and abandoning yourself to hedonistic lust.
Complicated and Uncertain Times: An Interview with Rev. Ian Ross-McDonald
“Jesus does not say to the disciples, ‘Fear not,’ but … ‘Have courage.’”
The Parable of a Lighthouse
In 2004 as a meditation at a ministerial meeting, our local Catholic priest read us this powerful story. I often think of it and it challenges me and should challenge us all.
Called to the Church: Aubrey Hawton
It hadn’t been drummed into me, but it certainly was clear: good Christian boys dated good Christian girls, got married and had kids—and it had better happen in that order, too!
The Record Picks Up Two Dozen Awards
The Presbyterian Record was named among the best Canadian church magazines of 2015, picking up two dozen awards at the end of April for excellent […]
Born Again Mission
The New Testament church existed on the margins of society, often functioning underground. It was a counterculture community. In that sense, it was a prophetic community.
PSALT: ‘Concerned with the Vast Shift’
A group named PSALT—short for Presbyterians Standing for Apostolic Love and Truth—has sent letters to all sessions and presbyteries within the Presbyterian Church in Canada, […]
Presbyterians Help Evacuees from Fort McMurray
When they first evacuated on Tuesday, May 3, many of the residents of Fort McMurray, Alta., had no idea how bad things were going to […]