Extending God’s Love for Us
A book cataloguing a decade of international medical – scientific achievement and a magazine article challenging the tenets of the Occupy Wall Street protest are […]
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Beyond Sunday School
I recently travelled to Stratford, Ont., to see Jesus Christ Superstar for the first time in my life. The rock musical hit the stage in […]
Beyond a Sunday School Faith
I recently travelled to Stratford, Ont., to see Jesus Christ Superstar for the first time in my life. The rock musical hit the stage in […]
We are Called to be Angels
Do you ever think of yourself as an angel? Me neither. And my family, much as they love me, wouldn’t let such a perception last […]
A Matter of Perspective
If you’ve been following some of the theological articles in the Record over the past several years, you’ll have noticed that Christianity seems to be […]
It’s All About Relationships
One of my favourite newspaper cartoons was about a Nova Scotia judge who had been making sexist comments to female lawyers and clients based on […]
A Probabilities Test
Sexual abuse is grim; sexual abuse in the church is even grimmer, because the church sets high moral standards for its adherents and especially its […]
Encountering God is the Goal
My German classics professor, trying to explain to us how a verb in Greek could have two apparently opposite meanings, put it ever so succinctly: […]
The Church of R&R
Okay, so you’re wondering just what Presbyterian church I visited that prompted the headline, The Church of R&R. Rest and relaxation? In a Presbyterian congregation?? […]
All That Fits
One of the two questions I’m most often asked at social gatherings when I tell people what I do, is what kind of stories do […]
Don’t Make God Small
On my way back home from a recent business trip I picked up an airport novel for the long flight. I’ve long been a fan […]
Risk It All
For the last three years, I’ve been on Assembly Council. I’ve had the opportunity to talk with people from across the country, and time and […]
I Am Christian
Do you remember Joe “I am Canadian!!!”? Joe was the exuberant character in the Molson beer ad, untypically Canadian in his extroverted pride in our […]
Beyond Truth and Relevance
The late DeCourcy Rayner edited the Presbyterian Record from 1958-1977. A minister and journalist, he was elected moderator of the General Assembly in his last […]
Forgive Us Our Sins
There’s a great scene in the movie Invictus in which the newly elected South Africa president Nelson Mandela is justifying his policy of including the […]
A Time to Listen
In our house, one of the most wonderful moments each day is reading books at bedtime to our little girl. So many books and so […]
Rearranging Priorities
“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” So said the Preacher. It was all I could think of as I picked up the glossy real estate […]
Populist Thuggery
The headline in one of my community newspapers said it all: Low Murder Rate [an] Anomaly: Cops. It was a classic case of not letting […]
The Hold Fire
Blame it on Aristotle. If you happen to miss church on Feb. 28 because you are watching the men’s gold medal hockey game, that is. […]
Restore Kairos’s Funding
Mainline Canadian Christians were given a sackful of coal by the federal government just before Christmas when Stephen Harper’s Tories abruptly cut funding from Kairos, […]