Respect is about how we evaluate and treat others. It’s not so much about civility or good manners, but about attitudes and behaviours rooted in how God treats us that should shape how we treat others.
We all claim we are friendly, hospitable churches but it’s the newcomer who can tell us the truth.
The Presbyterian Church in Canada contributed $1.3 million, its maximum commitment under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, with the understanding that even if other […]
Luke gives us some details. The mourners walk with a widow. Her only son has died. This is how Luke frames miracle stories. An important relationship has been broken.
Restaurant There is something to be said about visibility. I’m not a huge fan of using people’s money to build gigantic cathedrals when a congregation […]
I grew up confident in the knowledge that God hated me.
As the devastating fires continue to burn through Fort McMurray, Alta., the congregation of Faith Presbyterian is doing their best to move forward during this difficult time, says minister Rev. Lisa Aide.
The Presbyterian Record was named amongst the best Canadian church magazines of 2015, picking up two dozen citations at the end of April for excellent work done by its editors, writers, art director, designer, columnists, bloggers and freelancers.
As of April 4, Rev. Dr. Jonathan Dent is the new national director of the Canadian Bible Society. “It’s a very interesting time in Canadian […]
Two decades ago, in 1996, a so-called “Silent Exodus” was declared in the United States, drawing attention to the incessant—albeit hushed—departure of young Asian Christians
Let’s plan to be radically countercultural in how we encourage faith development. Let’s cross the generations as we learn and grow together so that seniors, millennials, children and youth teach and learn from one another. Hardly radical, you say? I believe it is.
Little people love repetition. They find comfort in their favourite game, or song or story, repeated time and again. And again and again.
It’s easy to become inward looking—concerned more about how we feel than how newcomers feel; concerned more about our buildings than about building a community where people experience God’s love through our deeds.
Rev. Joel Sherbino was once sitting in a conference. This is how he tells it: “The whole conference was based around this one question: ‘If your church were to disappear tomorrow, would anyone in the community notice or even care?”
Some would say that the Church is dying out and failing in the 21st century, at least in the Canadian context. But is something else happening besides failure?
Vancouver School of Theology Date: Monday, May 9 at 7 p.m. Location: Kerrisdale, Vancouver (2733 West 41st Ave.) Speaker: Rev. Dr. Lillian Daniel Honorary doctorate […]
This is a snapshot of a typical Protestant congregation today, which is likely to have more people attending on a Sunday who have no strong denominational ties.
The Kenora Fellowship Centre is urgently seeking donations to keep its emergency shelter open after the city council delayed an amendment to a new zoning […]
Here’s a Christian assumption that shapes life: the world, and everything in it, is created. The ecosphere comes into being from outside itself.
“It’s like God has been looking out for me,” she wrote. “I don’t know why God does this. I’m feeling so worthless and so down because once again, I’ve been lied to, and humiliated.”