Christ in Us

1 May 2010Dong-Ha Kim

Ministers, ordained and lay, have always known that shorter sermons are generally more difficult to craft than longer ones. I should have been the wiser […]

P.E.I. Church Tackles Oil Spills

1 May 2010communications

Tyne Valley Presbyterian, just west of Summerside, P.E.I., faced near-bankruptcy in March when cleanup costs for an oil spill on the church’s property hit $20,000 […]

Share, Save, Spend: Teaching Stewardship and Generosity

1 May 2010communications

If you give your children an allowance, give it to them in portions of 10, so they learn the meaning of tithing and cultivate the […]

Connected

1 May 2010afaiz

You think you’re doing just fine, but it’s only afterwards you find out what a mess you were (are!). The day, mid-March, when my mother […]

The Book of Praise Now in Braille

1 May 2010communications

Thanks to a group of Baptist volunteers in Rochester, New York, Presbyterians in Canada can purchase the Book of Praise in braille for nearly the […]

Thirst for the Gospel

1 May 2010Ronald E. Vallet

“Think of us in this way, as servants of Christ and stewards of God’s mysteries.” — 1 Corinthians 4:1 “Like good stewards of the manifold […]

The Story Behind… the Book

1 May 2010communications

Opening Windows: Glimpses of Grace was born when its four editors invited the congregation of West Vancouver to submit prose or poetry describing inspirational people […]

Those People We Don’t Like

15 April 2010Keith Randall

It certainly doesn’t vibrate with Christian compassion but, let’s face it, there are some people we just don’t like.

Two Canadian Religions

15 April 2010Andrew Donaldson

When I was seven years old, I lost my faith in organized recreation.

Following Different Paths to God

1 April 2010Keith Randall

I’ve often wondered whether we all must diligently travel along the same path, desperately seeking God. Is the only truth our truth, the legacy that was recorded in the Old and New Testaments?

Do You Know Your Book of Praise?

1 April 2010Andrew Donaldson

Looking for contemporary songs in contemporary language? Here are some—surprise, surprise—in the Book of Praise.

Toronto Missions Receive $1 Million

1 April 2010conniepurvis

With a possible one million dollars in government funding announced on Feb. 2, Toronto’s Covenant House and Yonge Street Mission are stepping up plans to […]

Crossing the Border

1 April 2010conniepurvis

On Nov. 12, 2009, Greg Wagland stood vigil near a pile of trash in the Sonoran Desert, one of the largest and hottest deserts in […]

I am a stranger

1 April 2010David W. T. Brattston

Any article on attitudes to racism in the Christian church’s foundational period would be necessarily short. There simply was none. The matter is far different […]

Ethnicity, identity & isolation

1 April 2010afaiz

Canadians seem to have forgotten that multiculturalism didn’t begin with Pierre Trudeau. He extended policies begun by Lester B. Pearson and opened wide the immigration […]

The Story Behind… The Rabbi Preacher

1 April 2010communications

Rabbi Dr. Stan Chester, head of Torah Light Ministries, appeared in the pages of the Record’s December issue as he celebrated Passover at St. Andrew’s, […]

Laws and Motions

1 April 2010Calvin Brown

Partly in honour of Charles Darwin’s 200th annivesary, the movie Creation has recently been made available in North America. I suspect there will be many […]