Prayerful Witness
My facebook status right now reads: “Kind of touched to hear how concerned the Presbyterian Church in Canada is that …
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The Palestine of Herodotus… and Wikipedia
During yesterday’s discussion of the Kairos Palestine Document, there was a bit of a scuffle over the proper use of …
Living, breathing stereotypes
It was true that the seventeenth-century Dutch were a very practical society, concerned at least as much with their economy …
Churches on Judaism and Israel
As mentioned in the post on Canadian Presbyterians and the Jewish people, the Committee on Church Doctrine of The PCC …
Church of Scotland General Assembly #2
Here’s the summary of decisions taken at Church of Scotland General Assembly today. In short: ministers in same-sex relationships who …
Ash Wednesday
For me and many other Christians, this is the first week of Lent, so I found myself marking Ash Wednesday …
Women and Religion: A Follow-up
In discussion after the initial post, a friend commented that the statistics on The Presbyterian Church in Canada fell into …
In the Churches of Bishops: Some Reflections on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
1. After attending eight out of nine worship services for the week, I sat down and realised that I had …
Women and Religion: Thoughts spurred by the question of ‘unity’
Here in Jerusalem, the observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by the ecumenically minded will begin Saturday …
1 Good Samaritan = 9 Bad Jews?: A Tragedy of Christian Exegesis
In the Gospel according to Luke, there is a story of Jesus healing ten lepers (17:11-19). He is travelling towards …
