With a stack of Kung, Armstrong, Frye and others by my side, I embark on a voyage of biblical exploration. I imagine hearing pitiful screams of tiny angels losing their grip on the crowded heads of pins. Often a phrase will cause me to lift my eyes and gaze out the window. Why didn’t Jesus tell his disciples about the universe his Father created?
The New Day Drop-In Centre at Knox, Georgetown, Ont., was launched at a January annual meeting when in light of Canada’s economic downturn, session agreed […]
The first batch of free websites created by the Communications office are now in use by half a dozen congregations and ministries in the Presbyterian […]
An October fundraiser for Presbyterian World Service & Development attracted 140 people and raised $4,752 for the church’s relief and development agency. Ticket sales accounted […]
Here’s one of my favourite stories. It appeared in the March 2005 Record in an article on Crieff Hills Community, a retreat centre north of […]
Elizabeth Brewer joined the Ministry and Church Vocations office on Nov. 3, replacing Jeffrey Crawford as program manager. An elder and administrator at Runnymede, Toronto, […]
“We know there’s a cycle of poverty, and to break the cycle of poverty education is key,” said Rev. Thomas Kim, minister at University, Toronto. […]
ENI – A Muslim group that opposes the maintenance in Canada of Shariah, part of Islamic law, is calling on the federal government to ban […]
Buildings decay and become old-fashioned – this is a challenge facing all churches. Many congregations, regardless their history, are wondering whether to renovate or rebuild. […]
ENI – An unusual Bible was presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair in which the scriptures have been compiled in the form of almost 4,000 […]
“The stellar’s jay was at the birdfeeder today,” Linda said. “I haven’t seen him for more than a month. And the pileated woodpecker was in […]
Print and video resources dealing with refugee issues, stories and sponsorships are now available at presbyterian.ca/refugees. Most resources are produced by various national church offices […]
It’s complicated, love is. It’s what makes the world go round, yet we often feel it could slip away in an instant; it’s as fragile […]
Joan Osbourne, a contemporary song writer penned a wake-up song entitled: If God Was One of Us. In some ways it is a Christmas song, […]
First Sunday after Christmas, Year C Luke 2:41-52 (1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26) I must have missed this. Maybe I knew it and forgot. As Luke […]
Interfaith leaders are calling on the world’s industrialized nations to seek peace, justice, and environmental sustainability as they prepare for a historic G8 and G20 […]
Relativity theory does not mean that nothing is stable; rather that everything is relative to an Absolute. Is there a theory of relativity for religious […]
ENI/RNS – The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. will open a new permanent exhibit on the “discovery and understanding of human […]
WARC – Twenty years ago, Christians in the former East Germany gathered in Wittenberg to celebrate Reformation Day at the church where on Oct. 31, […]
Recent studies conclude that almost six in three Canadian women are relieved when the relatives leave after Christmas. The season can leave us exhausted and […]