Troops of the Cloth
Re Remembering the Padres, November 2013 I too was pleased to see this article. Currently serving Canadian Forces chaplains of the Presbyterian persuasion would like […]
AuthorPadre Dave Kettle, Ottawa
Critical Thinking
In Eichmann in Jerusalem, Arendt described the Nazi bureaucrat as all too ordinary, as “terribly and terrifying normal.”
Community of Christians
Re God’s Love in a Digital Age, February I wonder about the many Christians out there who don’t have a computer. Unbelievable as it may […]
Big Wheels Go Round and Round
Re Round and Round She Goes, January David Webber reminds us of that old proverb: “Blessed are those who go round and round in circles […]
A Community Conversation
Re The Question is Coming, November 2013 “I, the Lord, do not change” (Malachi 3:6). The Rev. Blair Bertrand wrote: “… need to acknowledge that […]
A Printed Error
Re Equality and Dialogue, Letters, February The letter ascribes an act of blatant sexism to a Jew. The actual event was a complaint by a […]
Church Compromise
Re Out With the Old, February Another, “Out with the old, in with the new” article. In earlier times, this could have been the theme […]
Never Forsaken
I sit and listen as my friend Ingrid pours out her story. The tears are wet on her cheeks as she spells out this special time of her life… when the Lord reached out and touched her.
Presbyterians Honoured with Cree Naming Ceremony
Pictured are Paula Sampson, director of VST’s Native Ministries program; Dorothy Visser, Hummingbird Ministries elder; Patricia Dutcher-Walls; Mary Fontaine, executive director; Rebecca Simpson; Laura Fortin, […]
Embracing the Stranger
Re An Uncomfortable Topic, January I recall a closing paragraph in one of John Stott’s books back in the ‘60s where he made the following […]
What is it Like to be Ninety?
In many ways I don’t feel any differently than I have for years. But of course, that’s on the inside. The “outside” of me, now that’s a different picture entirely and has nothing to do with being 90 and everything to do with being old.
Out With the Old
Last year Andrew Faiz asked readers to share their stories. Here’s one. For almost 15 years, I’ve been the keeper of our family tree and […]
Christian Charity
Imagine my surprise when I heard the news that the hydro crews working hard to restore service in our community during the recent ice storm […]
Christian Hope
What do we do while we wait for God? Some critics of the faith say that this kind of hope is an opiate, a pacifying pharmaceutical.
Thanks from the AMS
Re Coming Together, December 2013 I just read Amy MacLachlan’s AMS story—I ended up with tears running down my cheeks! You really caught the true essence […]
What I Learned at Camp
I learned that the teens who attended camp come back year after year and that most do not attend church on a regular basis and some never do. I heard that they like to come because this is the only place they learn about God.
Being Church
Isn’t it fitting to imagine the church as one expansive social network, a web of interconnected communities, extending to the far reaches of the globe?
Living Hope in the Present Tense
When reading Living Faith, I can’t help but wonder how these words relate to faith that is alive in the day-todayness of the believer’s life. In many ways it seems so lofty, so distant.
Reading the Nativity
Scott McAndless does not tinker with the Christmas story as it’s found in scripture; instead, he is seeking to clarify what the biblical account is really saying.
Church in Cyberspace
After a long media career, I turned to media theorist Marshall McLuhan, who early shaped my mindset, as I reflected on what we might call Numerical Decline Anxiety Syndrome in mainline churches.