‘Enough is Enough’
Rev. William Khalil of Almanarah Presbyterian Church in London, Ont., is feeling first hand the immense impact of the Syrian refugee crisis.
AuthorLaura Heming
Confessing Faith Out Loud
Today, the Holy Spirit is shaping and equipping mission communities to be places so different from “country clubs of religion.”
Commemorating a Legacy
An intimate ceremony at Beachwood Cemetery, Ottawa, in late August celebrated the life of Dr. Peter Henderson Bryce, a man remembered as a pioneer for public health. During the event, a plaque was unveiled as part of the cemetery’s great Canadian profiles project.
The Beginning of Life
When a kind doctor told me I had cancer in my lungs and in my bones, I did not realize that I had just heard someone pronounce a death sentence over me.
Matthew Brough Releases First Book in Fantasy Children’s Series
Matthew David Brough has released the first installment of his fiction adventure series, Del Ryder and the Crystal Seed, officially launched in his hometown of […]
Attention to Allergies
Re It’s About Hospitality, January Thanks to Amy MacLachlan for the helpful article on peanut allergies. This useful advice is in the spirit of Christian […]
Call and Answer
In a time of institutional uncertainty, it is all too easy for mainline Canadian Christians to look longingly to the past and forward in fear.
Why Do We Baptize?
I recently attended a baptism at a Catholic church and listened as the priest explained why the church baptizes. First, he stated that it was […]
Caught Between Two Cultures
Second generation Canadians find the immigrant church they grew up in to be an institution that is out of touch, irrelevant and intolerant.
New Birth
Although we recognize death will happen to everyone, how is it that some people are able to die with the assurance that death does not have the final word?
Planning Goodbyes
In ages past, everyone knew what to expect at a funeral. But those once-familiar practices have begun to change.
Listening, Trusting, Learning
Re Do We Trust God? July/August As a retired editor of the Glad Tidings magazine of the Women’s Missionary Society for 24 years, I am […]
Ultimate Church Union
Because the story of Holy Week began with a political act, it is only just that every week began with a political act. What put […]
Thinking Like a Rabbit
You remember the story of the race between the tortoise and the rabbit? Remember who wins? If it were written today, the rabbit would win.
Project Sanctuary
As a teenage Christian in the 1960s, I realized early in my studies how important community is to my spiritual and social development.
Drawing Closer to God
Here are a few simple exercises you can try. Keep in mind, though, that the value of these exercises is not in the practice itself, but in the preparation it provides for drawing close to God.
산 믿음—Living Faith
The whole church accepted that we (the entire membership of the PCC) are confessing our faith in Korean as confidently as we already do in English and French.
From the Archives: Christians are on the Front Lines Everywhere—First
I want to tell you something I have observed as a reporter and finally come to believe very deeply. I have found there is no other movement or force closer to the raw truth of wars, famines, crises and the vast human predicament than organized Christianity in action.
Moncton, N.B.
Travelling with the Ontario Presbyterian Chorus is like reading the Psalms, we sing God’s praises in spreading the gospel through music. It is an experience […]
The Suck-it-Up Culture
Re Ministers as a Mission Project, June There are any number of published studies that clearly outline the affects of “compassion fatigue”—not just pastors. Granted, […]