Rebuild Our Connections
This is the story of two presbyteries – though I think of many – and two surveys. Both presbyteries participated at the Emmaus Conference in […]
church development
Simply Christian in a Secular Age
Most Canadians, young and old, don’t attend church even though they believe in God. The reasons are varied and complex and it may be that some find the church’s theology hopelessly conservative and outdated. But it’s also possible that they stay away because they don’t see the point.
Members For Eternity
The meaning of church membership is relatively difficult to define in a very comprehensive way. We know the sacrament of baptism is the moment of […]
Kingdom Building
Dec. 12th could not come quickly enough. Finally, our Ask Me About My Church campaign began. It involved seven of the nine churches in Keswick, […]
Can You Imagine!
A well-meaning business friend of mine sent me a little tidbit on how a corporate culture change guru is effecting change in a car company. […]
Learning Experience
We had struggled for several years at Melville, Toronto, to persuade the adults of the congregation that Christian education is for them as well as […]
A Shift in the Wind
I wonder if I am the only one, or if other Presbyterians are fully aware of the gradual shift that is being made in the […]
What’s the Story?
We don’t always get it right. Or, I suppose I should say, for every article published in the Record, there is always another perspective. At […]
The Guru Tour
When Gateway Community Church, Toronto, where I had been a worshipper, member and elder, over nearly 40 years, was dissolved by presbytery this summer, it […]