Seeking God’s Presence and Finding It
I can’t recall the exact message the speaker gave us that first night, but I will never forget the feeling of God’s presence at the […]
Ministry
Ministry? What Ministry?
Just so you know, this is no theological paper! It’s more of a reflection on ministry. In his letter to the Ephesians (4:1 – 16), […]
Change From the Inside Out.
It was a meeting with the Holy Spirit. The Eldership Unleashed conference was just that, for all of us. It revealed to me why I […]
Good to Great
“…and Peter said to them, ‘You yourselves know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile; but God has […]
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 […]
The Secret of Ministry
The hallowed halls of seminary are behind me now, and the first years of ministry have quickly passed. In my time in seminary, I learned […]
Table Talk
I remember with fondness the Sunday lunchtime con-versations I enjoyed during my first pastorate in North Carolina. It was the regular practice for us to […]
Fishers of Men
In the dozen years I have been a member of the Presbyterian Church in Canada my life has been touched and transformed by some remarkable people. Many of them have been other lay members whose friendship and inspiration have nursed life’s bruises and rekindled flagging spirits, but important in a different sense have been those called to the ministry of word and sacrament.