COVER PHOTO: This old stump, iced in for the winter, was taken by Bruce Jeffrey near Prince Rupert, B.C.
ARTICLES
Year
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1998
Editorial: Homosexual Practice
By Calvin Brown. It is a real temptation to downplay the sinfulness of the homosexual lifestyle and follow the world's attitude, treating it as only one of many acceptable lifestyles. It is irresponsible to our youth to gloss over the sin of homosexual practice. … Read more
Christmas
By Eugene Peterson. People worry about keeping Christ in Christmas, but not about keeping the tree in Christmas. In many homes, no carols are sung, no prayers offered, and no nativity story told, but few lack a Christmas tree. But I do remember a Christmas with no tree. … Read more
Getting Things Straight for Christmas
By John G. Stackhouse, Jr. John the Baptist's message is simple: "Repent!" It means to alter one's course, change one's mind, redirect one's life from the heart on out, to straighten up. It means to prepare for drastic change, position oneself for reorientation, and then turn. … Read more
Rainbows and Worn-out Shoes
By Esther McIlveen. Margaret Avison loved and understood the characters at Evangel Hall, an inner city mission run by Knox Presbyterian Church on Spadina Ave. in Toronto Ontario, with about 100 single men. She identified with their poverty, mental illness and aloneness. … Read more
www.prayer.com
By Fritz Clarke. The Renewal Task Force of Eastern Ontario sponsored a Day of Prayer with a workshop dealing with praying with youth entitled "www.prayer.com", led by Fritz Clarke. His workshop notes can be used to instruct people in covering the basic steps to prayer. … Read more
Reverend Walter Ellis
By Ian Rennie. Walter Ellis exerted a profound influence upon Fairview Church in Vancouver BC, although he had passed away twenty years before the author arrived in 1964. He was a forebear of those in the Renewal Fellowship within the Presbyterian Church in Canada today. … Read more
Renewal Through Alpha
By Issa A. Saliba. Nicky Gumbel, who was a barrister, has become an advocate of grace. His testimony shines through much of his presentation, further enhanced by precise diction and a distinctly English accent, which easily grabs one's attention for 40 minutes. … Read more
49. Summer 1998
COVER PHOTO: Margaret Avison (Photo: Institutional Promotions of Canada, Concord ON.)
ARTICLES
Name-Calling
By Calvin Brown. Labelling people is not good when it is used simply to write others off or to demonize them, but it is helpful when we want to have a beginning point for conversation. Avoid stereotypes, and use the words only as descriptive of points of view. … Read more
Margaret Avison, Poet
By J.H. (Hans) Kouwenberg. Margaret Avison, pictured on the cover, has an urbanized, educated imagination. Many of her poems have thoughtful and intriguing word choices. The poetry in her second volume, The Dumbfounding, revealed a deep Christian faith which had not been evident in her earlier work. … Read more
True Community
By Hugh Appèl. Following Alpha at our church, prayer is on the increase like never before. Many people get together for prayer prior to the morning worship celebrations and prayer teams pray with people afterwards. Jesus Christ is being discovered all over again. … Read more
Youth Alpha as a Profession of Faith Class
By Jim Walton. Youth Alpha involves a little more work than its adult counterpart. You can't turn on a videotape and expect the young people to "tune in". One has to "create" the Youth Alpha talk and session from the outline given in the Leader's Manual. … Read more
Renewal Through Alpha
By Alan Rowley. At long last, my faith has undergone a great renewal. Having been introduced to Jesus Christ through the Alpha program, I now have a complete belief in God. This program gave me a positive understanding of belief in the Christian faith. … Read more
General Assembly – For the First Time
By Stan Spavold. Beforehand, the author was in a spiritual malaise, questioning his role as a member of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The Assembly renewed his faith in Christ, reconfirmed why he is a Presbyterian, and reassured him about the future of the denomination. … Read more
I Know Not How To Pray
By James B. Torrance. The music and lyrics of this hymn appear in the searchable, downloadable PDF of the original magazine … Read more
Bill Harrison
By Calvin Brown. The leading of the Lord towards Bill's part-time role as Administrative Assistant at the Renewal Fellowship, following retirement from a 30-year career at Procter and Gamble, fulfils a life-long ambition to serve the Presbyterian Church. … Read more