Rewarding Immersion

15 July 2011Ellen Tabler Lemen, Richmond, B.C.

While I have usually enjoyed David Webber’s contributions, I must suggest that his version of study experience while serving a congregation is not every student’s […]

Community News – July August 2011

15 July 2011communications

Women’s Gathering a Success The International Presbyterian Women’s Gathering drew about 550 participants from across Canada and around the globe for four days of workshops, […]

Boston Marathon

15 July 2011communications

“I believe that running is a form of prayer. It is peaceful and gives me time to reflect on what God is doing in my […]

The Church Has Much Work to Do

15 July 2011JANELLE YANISHEWSKI

Growing up in a rural congregation in northern Alberta and now attending a church in Toronto has allowed me to experience the Presbyterian Church in […]

Staying Awake

15 July 2011Tisha Lynne McComb

I grew up in the Pentecostal church in Ottawa, but live in downtown Montreal where I am at school. I tried a few churches but […]

A Watershed Moment?

15 July 2011Dianne Ollerenshaw

The 137th General Assembly gathered “Down by the Riverside” on the lands of the Chippewas of the Thames, the Oneida Nation of the Thames (Onyot’a:ka), […]

Simple Answer

15 July 2011M. Travis Lane, Fredericton, N.B.

Theology 101, March Thank you so much for the essays by Joseph McLelland and John Vissers. Throughout recorded history people have been saying, “I will […]

Summerside, P.E.I.

1 June 2011communications

Summerside, P.E.I., comes a tumblin’ down. It will rise again.

Dayspring, Edmonton

1 June 2011communications

Things are booming in Alberta: On Palm Sunday, Dayspring, Edmonton, welcomed 19 new members—five by profession of faith, one by reaffirmation of faith, and 13 […]

Was a Useful Purpose Served?

1 June 2011Helen Holmes, online

Re Minister Suspended, April As a long – time subscriber to the Record, I was extremely disappointed to find this article and the editorial, A […]

Community News

1 June 2011communications

Bicentennial in Brockville In the early 1800s, Rev. William Smart, an itinerant preacher with a Bible in his saddlebag, spread the word of God in […]

Embarrassed by Kairos

1 June 2011Cheryl, online

I am embarrassed that the Presbyterian Church is even associated with Kairos. Full marks to the Conservative government and Prime Minister Harper for defunding these […]

Faith and Praxis

1 June 2011Karen Bach

“We preach the gospel daily and sometimes we use words.” This is an expression repeated frequently at Yonge Street Mission where I minister. No matter […]

Is Multiculturalism Bad for the Church?

1 June 2011Daniel Cho

I’ve often heard this said as proof of our multiculturalism. It’s usually easy to connect the idea of diversity with the existence of difference without […]

West Vancouver Presbyterian Church.

1 June 2011Reverend Jane Swatridge

We are a diverse group, a welcoming family that actively tries to live the teachings of Jesus every day in the ways we care for […]

Advice to a Young Minister

1 June 2011Rev. Dr. William Klempa

1. “The pulpit,” Barth said, “is the real arena of the Kingdom of God”. In the busyness of your parish ministry and the many demands […]

When God Blesses Our Little Bit

1 June 2011Herb Gale

We are probably all familiar with the definition of “parable” that I was taught in Sunday school: “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.” That […]