First Things First
Our current way of communicating in worship just isn’t working. So how do we connect in a communication-crazy world?
Our current way of communicating in worship just isn’t working. So how do we connect in a communication-crazy world?
The Presbyterian Church hasn’t taken much interest in Black History Month. But maybe it’s time we did.
I was just a boy in Pakistan when Mohammed Ali fought Joe Frazier through 15 grueling rounds for boxing’s heavyweight championship in the spring of […]
North Korea Worst for Christian Persecution The international Christian organization Open Doors released its annual World Watch List in January, naming the 50 countries where […]
Mark’s gospel is a breathless, momentum-driven story. Can we catch the gospel’s energy?
As I look out on the wind devils sculpting the snowdrifts on Lac La Hache and try to come up with a reason not to go out into the icy moaning, somehow my mind is dragged back eons ago, to a seeming insignificant conversation late last summer.
Throughout the 2011 General Assembly, one word seemed to emerge over and over again: Vision. The Record asked the nominees for moderator of the 2012 […]
A trip to Haiti confronted me with the harsh reality of life in Port-au-Prince. The solutions aren’t easy, but the need is clear.
What does the demolition of a church building mean, theologically and personally? In the winter of 2011, the building that once housed Summerside Presbyterian Church […]
When St. Timothy’s, Etobicoke, Ont., launched an international mission project in 2010, they hoped it would be a long – term affair. And when the […]
A member of the Psalm 100 Christian church, wearing clothes representing an angel, demonstrates against violence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, last September.” Teens Bring Message […]
We had been anticipating it for weeks, my 10 – year – old grandson, Jacob and I. We had talked about it, dreamed it and […]
The 16th – century Reformers—Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Knox and others—were derisively nicknamed, “the Sola – ists.” They distilled the essence of the gospel in five […]
Eldership in the Presbyterian Church won’t be the same for more than 80 people who joined together in Grande Prairie, Alta., in late May 2011. “Eldership […]
I can’t recall the exact message the speaker gave us that first night, but I will never forget the feeling of God’s presence at the […]
When the Presbytery of Ottawa locked the doors to the sanctuary at St. Giles, Ottawa, to “discipline” the warring congregation, the secular press jumped on […]
For some time now, we have been struggling to come to grips with the apocalyptic predictions of post – modernity in the late 20th century. […]
There has been much debate about the purpose and meaning of the loosey – goosey Occupy movement, as a wide array of folk tented down […]
“Faith leaders gathered at the Presbyterian Church’s national offices to renew their commitments to address HIV/AIDS.” Faith leaders from across the globe gathered at the […]
TOYS Isaac Bros. Bobbleheads hasn’t been around that long but I hope they have a good future ahead of them. Citing Genesis 21:6, “God has […]