Ottawa Changes Relief Policy
Canadians gave $220 million for Haiti relief efforts to charities of their choice expecting the government would match donations in the usual fashion, which is […]
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Record Website Easier to Navigate
The Record‘s website is now fully updated, fully archived, and stories are easier to access going back to January 2005. To find the stories, simply […]
All Roads Lead to Winnipeg
The Presbytery of Winnipeg is hosting a free exposure tour during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s inaugural event, which will take place in Winnipeg, June […]
Letter from India : Healthy Villages
This morning we were picked up in a small bus hired for the day. Anitha’s organization doesn’t own a vehicle, or any property for that […]
Churches in Scotland Denounce Human Egg ‘Auctions’
A senior member of the Church of Scotland, backed by a Roman Catholic counterpart, has raised concerns around the practice of “auctioning” and selling human […]
A Time to Listen
In our house, one of the most wonderful moments each day is reading books at bedtime to our little girl. So many books and so […]
Rev. Harvey Self, Moderatorial Year, 2009-2010
The Dash Poem (Revised) by Harvey Self; Apologies to Linda Ellis I heard of a man who stood to speak When his Moderatorial Year was […]
Sanctuary Under Fire
Respect for the practice of sanctuary offered by churches to individuals denied refugee status appears to be on shaky ground. Thanks to a policy added […]
General Assembly Coverage Online
The Record and the church’s communications office will be collaborating this year to bring Presbyterians the best coverage possible of the 136th General Assembly in […]
Jamming with Jim and Jean
I first met California singer-songwriters, Jean and Jim Strathdee, at the Naramata Centre, near Penticton, B.C., when I was writing for the church curriculum The Whole People of God.
Life After Death
In a coincidence that I think was unconnected with the loss of a beloved sister-in-law during the last Christmas season, I have read two books about death and resurrection in recent weeks.
Silence
We are a religion of the word and, boy, do we hear a lot of words.
Sing Lustily with Good Courage
There’s an album, now 20 years old, that keeps popping into my conversations. It came up most recently in a planning meeting for the Emmaus Project.
Kilgour Vies for Nobel Prize
Presbyterian PoliticiaN and human rights advocate David Kilgour has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his investigations of alleged organ harvesting from Falun […]
How do we give?
Intentionally and Freely: “Each of you must give as you have made up your own mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion …” — 2 Corinthians […]
Meg & Nicole: a lesson in philanthropy
The Sunday School in Bethel Church, Scotsburn, N.S., was collecting 200 pounds of food for the local food bank. Meg Maxner and Nicole Robinson were […]
LOLing About on the Interwebs
LifeChurch It’s a multi-campus church with 13 “physical sites” from Florida to California. LifeChurch currently leads 49 weekly worship services and reaches over 23,000 people. […]
Canada in 2031: Greater Diversity, Fewer Christians
The number of non-Christians in Canada could almost double by the year 2031 according to a report released by Statistics Canada in March. Of those […]
Like a Long-Suffering Mother
Winter had been unusually long but I just had to get out in the bush. It was a case of maintaining what little sanity I […]
Stewards of God’s Gifts
I never thought that it would be easier to talk about sex in the church than it would be to talk about money. After all, […]