As Association of First Nations former chief Phil Fontaine told CTV News “We’re all in this together.” He was in St. Peter’s Square earlier this week, after meeting with the pope about the legacy of residential schools. We are, indeed, all in this together. We are also on the journey of healing and reconciliation, together. […]
Perhaps the only thing not welcome today was the return of wintry weather. Today, we contemplated the parable of the prodigal son, the story of a father welcoming back a son he thought was long gone, perhaps dead. The son took his half of his inheritance, spent it rather wildly and when tough times hit, […]
Second chances. Imagine if we could redo some event in our life over again. It’s easy and it’s the subject of movies – Groundhog Day and Back to the Future are classics and a new take on that is The Adam Project. The movies have us imagining a second chance to get things the way […]
The days are longer and it’s starting to feel like spring, a time for new beginnings. St. Andrew’s Art Guild – whose tagline is Inspired by God to Create – is half way in its spring art series. Participants are learning colour theory and this past week, they dabbled with alcohol-based inks and how to […]
Just imagine Abram. He was an older guy, in his late 70s and he’d not had an easy life. He wasn’t enjoying fun times with any grandchildren – undoubtedly something many of us imagine from our 20s – because he and his wife Sarah didn’t have any kids to give them grandchildren. Then God said […]
When she takes her holidays from work this spring, Sandra Burns is packing more than her desire to help people get the health care they need: She’s filling her luggage with basics we take for granted – like multivitamins, cough medicine, acetaminophen and even toothbrushes and toothpaste. On April 2, she and her husband are […]
So how do we journey with Jesus during Lent? Do we imagine what He faced as He ventured into the wilderness and what was ahead – death on a cross? On Ash Wednesday, do we consider what our mortality – our being dust – means about how we want to live each day and ensure […]
One of the amazing things in nature is the journey of the caterpillar. The humble caterpillar munches and munches. He seeks nourishment, then cocoons himself and rests. He then emerges an entirely different creature. That’s God’s plan for us. We seek nourishment and abide in our Lord’s love. We emerge a new creation. As we […]
Doing God’s work isn’t something any of us do alone. Partnerships are key. And so it is with the Presbyterian Church in Canada’s International Ministries’ work. Rev. Dr. Glynis Williams – the Associate Secretary for International Ministries of the Life and Mission Agency – joins the Barrie Presbyterial Women’s Missionary Society March 5 on Zoom. […]
Face it: Many of us are tired of winter. This year, we didn’t have a January thaw that reduced the snowbanks to a reasonable level. We haven’t had a real break from the cold, which has often been severe and relentless. But in the snow and cold of winter, there’s a spring that waits to […]