Seeing Jesus Online
The Homeless Church Though some churches claim to be “church without walls” this one literally is. homelesschurch.org The Internet Monk Christian blogger Michael Spencer of […]
Authorcommunications
Seeing Christ’s Love
On April 28, 2009 eight women from the Presbytery of Lindsay-Peterborough landed in Budapest. Wow! The flowers were in full bloom. Church steeples rose all […]
God by the Book
Judging by how much ink is being spilled these days on books about the divine, God is alive and well, at least in print. Visit […]
Coming Alive in Lent
The lady approached the minister after church and with a frown on her face declared that she didn’t like the first prayer in the service […]
The Promise of Pentecost
It may be that the worship wars — and the contemporary vs. traditional, worship band vs. organ attitudes that went with them — are over. […]
On Making a CD
Re Making a CD, In Song, November 15 Thank you for writing on this important, and sometimes overlooked, topic. If anyone should be paying attention […]
Transcending Man
With interest, I recently read the debate generated by Zander Dunn’s response to Calvin Brown’s article Popping the Question (May, 2009). Duncan Cameron (Letters, Nov. […]
Sand Hill, Kingston, ON
Sand Hill, Kingston, Ont., has a new sign. It’s down the road, on Anne and Gaten Levac’s property, next to Highway 15, north of town, […]
Eastminster, Edmonton, AB
Pat Binnie, Decima Baker and Joyce Beaton experienced quite a day one Sunday in September: a piper, then a wonderful soloist, a great buffet, and […]
Praise for Online Columnists
Re Patricia Schneider’s Online Column I love this writer!
Jubilee, Stayner, ON
Don McNabb served as clerk of session at Jubilee, Stayner, for 37 years. His replacement, Ellen Craig thanked him for a job well done. Behind […]
Concerned About the Record
It concerns me deeply that a significant number of the members of my congregation are discontinuing their subscriptions to the Record. Many are rightly concerned […]
Presbytery of Brampton, ON
The youth society at St. Mark’s, Malton, Ont., hosted the first Presbytery of Brampton youth worship service last September. Rev. Harvey Self, Moderator of the […]
Seek To Be Changed
The concept of church has changed in our secular ultra-individualistic society. Christians often don’t see it as a biblical imperative, rather as a voluntary organization […]
Appreciation
Re Restore Kairos’ Funding, For the Record, January I wish to express my appreciation to David Harris for his clearly articulated comments concerning the federal […]
Celebrating the Presbyterian Family
O sing to the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth. — Psalm 96:1 If I have become convinced of one […]
Let’s Mobilize
Re CIDA Abandons Kairos, January News It saddens me that all the work that went into community and consensus building in many areas — Kelowna […]
Suggested Reading
The thoroughness and usefulness of the book is reflected in 27 pages of footnotes that show us where to find the source in Calvin for the view that is set forth. This is a good resource for checking out what we think we know about Calvin’s teaching and filling out what we don’t.
Communist China
Why not be honest: the only thing communist about China is its government’s physically-brutal, authoritarian rule over its populace and that of Tibet; everything else about China’s government is capitalism based on smug wealth and greed.
Sorry
I’ve just looked at the November 2009 issue of the Presbyterian Record. In it on page 9 is a photo and write-up about Rev. James Grant. The information with the picture is for the most part incorrect.