Anna Farlie, left, Dora Daroczi, and Abigail McGuffin are the THEO Trio The THEO Trio overcomes and presents a powerful witness HAMILTON, Ont. – It was the final sederunt of the 2025 General Assembly of … Read more
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General Assembly 2025
We are invited to deliberately seek Spiritual assistance and speak the truth in love HAMILTON, Ont. – This was the most collegial General Assembly I’ve attended, although my experience goes back only a decade or … Read more
A Sense of Urgency
What’s the church being called to do in this extraordinary time? A wide ranging conversation by believers. … Read more
How to Prepare for General Assembly
Some thoughts and advice on how to speak the truth in love and remain standing. … Read more
Systems and Systematics
In this increasingly fractious world, the need to be grounded on systematic theology is greater than ever. … Read more
Praise and Prayer for Peace
A template for a special gathering to seek God’s intervention in an extraordinary time. … Read more
A Church for an Extraordinary Time
In an age of Artificial Intelligence, American imperialism, Generation Z, and declining church membership, how is the authentic church to respond in these extraordinary times? … Read more
Advent-ures in social media
We are to make room in our hearts for the Divine; why is it so difficult to make room for each other? … Read more
Standing on the rock
The other day I was leafing through the alumni magazine from the University of Waterloo. The theme of this issue is “happiness” – specifically exploring the things “that are helping to create a world where happiness and well-being are possible for everyone.” It’s a worthy goal for sure – who doesn’t want to make the world a better place? One article especially caught my eye. It was about a course called The Science of Happiness. Among the assignments is to … Read more
General Assembly 2024
After lengthy and spirited discussion at the 2023 General Assembly, there was anticipation of something similar in 2024. The audacious hope was that different liberal voices who spoke up in defence of liberty in 2023 might show similar support. Sadly, none of that happened. And the entire report and discussion was concluded in only 28 minutes. While the clerks brought a slightly reworded recommendation than 2023, it had the same … Read more