London “street pastors” help Olympic visitors
As the 2012 London Olympic Games winds toward its conclusion on August 12, so-called “street pastors” have been helping visitors make sense of an event spread over 13 venues in the British capital.
As the 2012 London Olympic Games winds toward its conclusion on August 12, so-called “street pastors” have been helping visitors make sense of an event spread over 13 venues in the British capital.
Protestant churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo have issued a “cry of distress” following increased killing and displacement of civilians in the fighting between the army and rebels in the eastern parts of the country.
A broad spectrum of U.S. religious groups—Christian, Jewish and Muslim—are condemning killings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that authorities described as an act of “domestic terrorism.”
It’s Sunday morning and the women’s choir is belting out, “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound/ Which saved a child like me …” And somehow […]
While the violence between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria is the worst between members of the two faiths since the Bosnian war of 1992-1995, the sectarian conflict is driven by poverty, inequality and injustice, according to a high level Christian-Muslim taskforce comprising the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Royal Jordanian Aal Al Bayt Institute (RABIIT).
Since this was my first time as a commissioner, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, Rev. Andrew MacDonald held an outdoor memorial service. “I wanted to do something worthy […]
The Mattinson family celebrated one confirmation and four baptisms on Sunday, May 13, 2012. After twins Taylor and Mackenzie asked their clerk of session if […]
PRESBYTERIAN minister and former MP, Rev. Walter McLean was presented the Distinguished Service Award by the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians on June 4. The […]
The 96 year old May Jones became St. David and St. Martin’s “newest saint” on April 1st, 2012. For the last 12 years May has […]
As I walked through suburban St. Catharines, Ont., it was strange to think that behind one of those doors lives a couple whose work reaches […]
It’s a tradition at this church for a lady to wear her best bonnet on Easter Sunday. This year, a member graciously shared one of […]
Sunday School students present handcrafted signs, created to teach the church about how they can support farmers in Pakistan, who are still recovering from the […]
Re ‘Unfit Mother’ Speaks Up, June The true horror is that society and good church-people didn’t want to accept us unless we presented ourselves as […]
Isaac Jjingo, a CANHAVE-supported student, with Joseph Kabali, CANHAVE’s Ugandan coordinator. Isaac hopes to take science at university. Whoever welcomes a little child like this […]
Re ‘Unfit Mother’ Speaks Up, June I love that the PCC is working to acknowledge and reconcile so many of these painful experiences. As a […]
Joy, joy, joy,” I wrote across the top of the page. It was almost intermission at the Broadway staging of Godspell and my notebook was […]
Re International Ministries Reconsidered, May My recent experience visiting our mission partners in Malawi tells me that one of the greatest needs in the global […]
On the last day of General Assembly, five people from across the country shared their reflections on two questions: What does it look like for […]
Re A Dialogue of Love, May Thank you for this needed and courageous editorial. The Presbyterian Church in Canada needs to have this conversation. Belief, […]