A Long Way to Go

1 September 2014Kristine O’Brien

After we said grace, Jack looked across the table at me and said: “You should know that I didn’t sign your call. I don’t believe that women should be ordained ministers.”

Burst Forth

1 September 2014Judith Farris

For each woman, the event was extraordinary—out of the ordinary—a time of leaving our various small corners to experience the vast, worldwide family of God.

Army Ants and Civil War

1 September 2014Beverly Gellatly

Our oldest son, Ian had just turned three when we began our first tour in the coastal city of Calabar, Nigeria. Painful as it was taking him away from his grandparents, the Nigerians assured us that they would be our family.

A Century of Service

1 September 2014Elizabeth Keith

The Women’s Missionary Society was formed on May 15, 1914 when three women’s groups came together at Knox, Toronto.

When God Calls

1 September 2014Keith Randall

The Montreal Arabic Presbyterian Church is not located in Montreal; since 2010, it has rented facilities in an Evangelical Baptist church on the adjacent island of Laval. But it was not always so.

Why Christians Should Write

1 September 2014Jayne Self

For years I never wrote anything longer than a grocery list. I’d given up journaling—as a mom of three boys, I thought sleep was a better use of any rare spare moments I might have.

People Do Remember

1 September 2014Diane Munier, Ottawa

Re Letter to an Unknown Soldier, The Messy Table, Online Thank you for a beautiful letter, Katie. I, too remember the homecoming ceremony of the […]

Technically Speaking

1 September 2014Margaret Mullin

*&^%$#@***###!! Fooled you, eh?? That is not swearing, it’s me whistling a gentle, relaxing, somewhat off-key tune to calm my frantic mind.

Webber’s Ink

1 September 2014John Ross, Edmonton

I always read David Webber’s article first each time a new Presbyterian Record arrives in our home. I’ve checked Amazon.ca to see if his books […]

A Quiet & Attentive Spirit

1 September 2014Phil Reinders

The spiritual practice of silence is simple, but it is one of the more forbidding disciplines for our day. It is a prophetic practice because it challenges our cultural way of being.

Reunion for Ministers

1 September 2014Jean Lawrence, West Vancouver, B.C.

It is interesting that more ruling elders are in favour of biennial General Assemblies, as opposed to teaching elders. With technology as it is today, […]

The Crocheted Cross

1 September 2014Gail Knight

I enjoy my life for the most part, am grateful for my health and family, but at that time I was feeling that I was on a treadmill going nowhere. Nothing significant seemed to be happening. I was 61 years old and wondering if I was on the right track.

‘A Cause Anyone Can Support’

11 July 2014Elizabeth Keith

The Presbyterian Church has a long history when it comes to caring for women and children.

Honouring Nicholas

1 July 2014Pamela McCarroll

Pat pleaded, “What are you saying?! How long does he have?” The oncologist replied, “With kids I’ve known with this kind of tumour, it is usually a matter of months, though sometimes we can be surprised, and it may be a bit longer.” The devastation in the room was palpable.

The Horizon of Hope

1 July 2014Glynis Williams & Pamela McCarroll

While I was working on my dissertation, I was also serving in spiritual care, in palliative care, in pediatric trauma. Here I was writing and thinking about these big picture ideas about hope when I was walking with people who were facing endings and facing their own death.

The Big Picture

1 July 2014communications

When I arrived at General I had no idea what to expect. How could over 200 people attend the same meeting and get anything done? What will happen when people disagree?

Proclaiming God’s Will

1 July 2014Willard Pottinger, Hamilton, Ont

Re Voices of the Faithful, May Scotland may affirm “a constitution that adopts a rigorously secular stance and delimits religious involvement.” Even so, as our […]