What a difference a decade has made! In 2004, Montreal West was facing closure. Today, Montreal West counts some 140 members and adherents, many of them English-speaking Cameroonians from nearby suburbs, who have made the congregation one of the fastest growing in the presbytery. What made the difference?
As I think back over my life at Knox, Drayton, Ont., it was the little things not written down on paper that I remember.
The organ at St. Paul’s is one of very few Breckels and Matthews organs still in its original condition.
The Government of Canada has extended its deadline for matching Syria relief donations to Feb. 29. For each dollar donated by Canadians to registered charities […]
Last summer I took a meandering tour to explore some of the history hidden in plain sight amongst the Presbyterian churches of Waterloo-Wellington presbytery.
Last summer, I had the joy and privilege of being the chaplain at Glen Mohr camp for one week. My first confession about this experience is that I had never been to camp before.
Are you familiar with the concept of choosing a word of the year? The idea is to pick a word to focus on, meditate on and reflect on in daily life throughout the year. In January 2015, I chose the word joy.
Re Very Adult Business, December 2015 What’s with the piece on Justin Trudeau by Jonathan Scott? For the most part it reads like a paid […]
Re The Birth of the Continuing Church, March 2015 I read with interest the article on Church Union. I was a boy growing up in […]
Re Planning Goodbyes, October 2015 I want to express my appreciation for this article by Kristine and Patrick O’Brien. I have journeyed with many families […]
When I was approached by session two years ago about restarting a junior choir, my first thought was, “With whom?” Did they expect me to have a choir of four? Then I remembered El Sistema
Paris had a trying 2015—there was the shooting at the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in January, and then the attacks in November. A few weeks […]
Knox Presbyterian church in Harrington, Ont. (southwest of Stratford) welcomed eight new members into the fellowship of Knox Church on December 20, 2015. They were from […]
I can say I have found the world of ministry more supportive for women in the last 15 years than the first 15 years of my service.
National Offices Celebrate Retirement of Rev. Dr. Herb Gale Current and former colleagues at the denomination’s national offices praised the work and ministry of Rev. […]
The Designated Women First, I want to respond with my gut feeling about being a woman leader in the PCC today. We’ve certainly come a […]
For Sarah, the picture of the fetus on her ultrasound confirmed that it was a reality. And when Sarah lost her first baby in the 16th week of her pregnancy, being told she was “only four months along” made it no easier to lose.
This was the third time in four days that Canadian troops had gathered to say goodbye to friends in arms. This piece of tarmac in Kandahar is holy ground, as chaplains from Canada and allied countries have said many prayers, and comforted many more soldiers.
A huge congratulations to our cover art winner, Hannah Watson of Warkworth, Ont.!If you can believe it, she’s only eight years old. She did get […]
Child of a Presbyterian manse, Jane Philpott is the first doctor to be Minister of Health.