Choosing God
Mark and John aren’t interested in it and Matthew and Luke can’t agree on the details of it. You think you know the nativity story but there is no agreement on what actually happened.
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A Bumpy Year
In my child’s world same-sex unions, families headed with same-sex partners, are commonplace. In her world this is not a debate.
In the Outer Courts
I was born into a Presbyterian family, have been a member of this denomination for over 40 years, have been an elder, occupy a visible position within the church. But I’m still a Paki because I do not look like a supposed demographic that defines the Presbyterian Church in Canada.
Honouring Women of Faith
Six incredible women received inaugural Woman of Faith awards at a gala dinner on May 18. All six have spent their lives serving God and […]
Off the Beaten Path
If General Assembly represents the Main Street of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, then the Women’s Gathering and Canada are two of the side roads, or crossing arteries. Good theory perhaps; but like so many municipalities, the landscape is shifting.
Intelligence and Beauty
The word “business” is bandied about often in relationship to General Assembly. But what is this business?
Deconstructing Work
Ten years later the stacks on my desk are replaced with folders in my computer. I no longer have a visual marker for my work. It’s still the same work, still the same amount of work, but I can’t visualize it in the same way.
Spring Humour
Two jokes—one with truth in it and one that’s true.
A Discipleship Book
One of the things that I very much appreciated about the book is that it’s not really an environmentalist book. It’s a discipleship book. It’s a missional book.
Accommodating Reasonably
An argument could be made that the battle for religious freedoms has been a defining force in Canada’s story.
Defining Church
Ask a room full of people about church and you will open up not just a box of stories but a range of meanings, connotations and denotations that are as varied as the people you are speaking to.
Motivating Change
“It’s not so much that people don’t mind change, they just want to keep on doing what they’re doing as well. And by the time they’re finished doing what they’ve been doing, they’re out of time, money and energy to do anything new.”
A Church of Now
Like so many others my church is no longer a neighbourhood church, yet not quite something else either. It is locked in its physical location in search of an identity.
Fallen or Graced
Why does a discussion of homosexuality tend inevitably to shift into a discussion of holiness versus sin, or wholeness versus brokenness?
Faith-Based Healthcare
When you go to some of the most rural areas, particularly in Africa, but elsewhere as well, often the only healthcare you come across happens to be faith-inspired organizations.
Thinking About God
For five years and over nearly 60 articles, the column has attempted to address some of the 1,000 questions of faith.
UnCommon Grace
“What happens to others should make me care,” says Rev. Victor Kim on the phone. “This person, forced into labour, is my sister. We are […]
An Uncomfortable Topic
There is something silly about grown men parsing Greek and Hebrew to discuss sex acts acceptable to God.
Heavy Hearted Holidays
I enter this season heavy hearted. As I write the weather is cooling, the leaves turning, falling. This year I feel sadness and anger. A dear friend died and I can’t think of a good reason for it.
Inclusive Chaplaincy
Downtown Toronto MP Olivia Chow speaks at the ECUT benefi t at St. Andrew’s, Toronto. All young people, away from home for the first time […]