Healing at the Forks
The first day of the event was bright and sunny, then the next two days were gusty and rainy, as if Mother Earth was there […]
AuthorVivian Ketchum
Experiences Of Ecumenism
Two events, each the culmination of two years of preparation, took place this June on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Nearly 300 people from 60 […]
Cooke’s, Chilliwack, B.C.
Mrs. Margaret “May” Allen celebrated her 100 years of life on Saturday, July 3rd, 2010. She has been a member of Cooke’s, Chilliwack, B.C., for […]
A Spiritual Struggle
Re Laws And Motions, May No wholly new species has ever been observed to emerge in real time. We have seen many species go extinct, […]
Laurel-Lea-St. Matthew’s, Sarnia, Ont.
This church is beautiful, just look inside the door. Our choir is a heavenly choir, we could not ask for more. The choir leader is […]
Psalm 121
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Let Justice Flow, Not Noise
Re Unable To Act, July/August When I read Ruth Houtby’s piece “Unable to Act” (July/August pages 30-31) ideas began to swirl around in my head. […]
Exciting Times
Phyllis Tickle, lay eucharistic minister in the American Episcopal Church, author and feminist, spoke in Toronto in May. “[History will, I wager] see the [past] […]
WCC: Repeal Blasphemy Law
“Great dismay” at the killing of two young Christians in Faisalabad, Pakistan, in July was expressed by the World Council of Churches’ general secretary Rev. […]
Live And Learn
Re. Long Time Coming, and Some Personal Reflection, Letters, July/August On reading the two letters by Scott and Whitehead I didn’t know what to think. […]
The Standard
This year celebrates the 450th anniversary of the establishing of our ecclesiastical mother as the national Church of Scotland. We can’t help but think of […]
Malawi a ‘Dictatorship?’
Malawi is quickly sliding into a dictatorship where it is a crime to hold dissenting views to government policy, leaders of the Church of Central […]
Otherwise thoughtful
Re Forgive Us Our Sins, July/August In his otherwise thoughtful article “Forgive us our sins” (July-August), David Harris says that Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s martyrdom did not […]
Youth Raise Thousands
The Grade 9 and 10 youth group at Leaside, Toronto, raised over $9,000 in less than six months to build a well in Tanzania through […]
Ratho, Ont.
Joyce Ferguson, June Milson and Isabel Archer are amongst the ladies at Ratho who weave empty milk bags into sleeping mats. These help keep waste […]
Good Memories
Re Quantity Not Quality, online blog by Patricia Schneider Isn’t it great to have good memories of your childhood. You and I are blessed to […]
Summerside, P.E.I.
Sixteen children, ages four to 12, and six youth volunteers learned about world hunger and how they could help feed the world and the local […]
Praise for Presbyterian Mystery
Religion blogger Janet Sketchley offered praise for Caught Dead, a mystery novel by Jayne Self that currently runs as a serial on the Presbyterian Record […]
A Matter of Perception
Re Goldilocks Goes to Church, July/August Very cool story. It’s about wonderful people who recognize that none of us and none of our human creations […]