Dedicated group uses The Story to study Scripture via Zoom Your New Year’s resolution is to read through your Bible from Genesis through Revelation. You start strong, recognizing familiar names, such as Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph, and stories about apples and snakes, a flood topped off with a … Continue reading Study Buddies in God’s Word
Category: Renewal News
A Prayer Testimony
This is a testimony of a couple who for many years, were homeless and travelling around Canada, destitute and struggling with addictions and hopelessness, surviving by living in parks, alleyways under tarps, tents, and receiving handouts in community centres and shelters. They lived “welfare cheque to welfare cheque” and often taking advantage of the compassion … Continue reading A Prayer Testimony
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In the current issue of Renewal News:
- Prayer and Care – by Andy Cornell
- Chafed by Safe! – Ian Shaw
- Drawing guidance from nature – by Andy Cornell
- Living Hope – November 13, 2021
- Anglican Renewal – by Andy Cornell
- Board profile: Glynis Faith
- Good things to know about Renewal
Chafed by Safe
Mis-speaking seems to be almost as endemic in Western society as the COVID virus. Retractions, corrections, additional information and apologies [both abject and ambivalent] are common occurrences in the public sphere. One form of mis-speaking that rarely gets emended is incorrect use of the English language. One misuse in particular has drawn my attention, reflection … Continue reading Chafed by Safe
Drawing Guidance From Nature
Lessons from Squirrel Land. Picture a collection of old trees, filled with squirrels darting up and down the trunks and back and forth across the branches. They are frenetically active. Two squirrels are chasing one other with a walnut in its mouth. Theft? Covetousness? Fun and games? Squirrels just do what they are wired to … Continue reading Drawing Guidance From Nature
Anglican Renewal
Renewal groups can be found in many denominations. From time to time, we will take a look at others who adhere to the authority of scripture and resist bringing secular values into theology. “Gone by 2040?” The stark headline in the January 2020 Anglican Journal was an attention grabber, pointing to the grim conclusion of … Continue reading Anglican Renewal
Good things to know about Renewal
New director: Rev. Meridyth Robertson, of Trail, British Columbia, joined the board as of October 30, 2021. Her profile will appear in a future edition. Let’s get together: Renewal Fellowship’s next annual meeting will take place on April 30, 2022. Location/method (online or in person) TBA. Extraordinary support: Over the past 24 months, Renewal has … Continue reading Good things to know about Renewal
How Now Do We Talk?
The 2021 federal election marked a new low for civil discourse in postmodern times. Leaders being confronted by protesters from other parties is par for the course but hurling eggs and handfuls of gravel at them was something new. We should not be surprised. It was the logical next step from the online anger which … Continue reading How Now Do We Talk?
Seeking Grace Under Fire
As I sat to write this, we were exactly halfway through the federal election campaign and the ‘V’ word had captured media attention. No, not ‘V’ for vote, but ‘V’ for violence - a party leader cancelled an event due to concerns for safety. The violence was a more vociferous threat than virulent action … Read more
Reflections of a Random Nobody
I am neither a minister nor an elder. I don’t have a Ph.D or the title of YAR. I am a Canadian who came to accept Christ as an adult; I became a Presbyterian intentionally. God literally led me to the Presbyterian Church, of which I am still a member. I was not researching Presbyterian … Continue reading Reflections of a Random Nobody
Becoming ‘Tide People’
Back in 2016, I spent three months on sabbatical in Edinburgh. One of the highpoints for us was the week we spent on the island of Lindisfarne, about an hour south by train from Edinburgh. What makes Lindisfarne unique is the fact that when the tide goes out, you can drive across to the island, … Continue reading Becoming ‘Tide People’
Heritage as a Sacred Trust
Of the many surprises in the recent General Assembly, and the strange twists that the debates took, none was more surprising than an unexpected recommendation, dependent on the passing of the remits, that we apologize to the United Church of Lachine for past wrongs. The recommendation suggested that a great wrong had been done to … Continue reading Heritage as a Sacred Trust
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In the current issue of Renewal News:
- How Now Do We Talk? – by Andy Cornell
- Seeking Grace Under Fire – Ian Shaw
- Reflections of a Random Nobody – by Allison Chung
- Becoming "Tide People" – by Kevin Livingston
- Living the Name Prizes for Evangelism – Candice Bahadoor and Mirim Kim
- Heritage as a Sacred Trust – by A. Donald MacLeod
- Living Hope – A Day of Encouragement – Saturday, November 13
- Board Profile – Lisa Baker
Special Committee Pastoral Letter
The 2021 General Assembly appointed a special committee to listen to concerns identified by petitions from the Presbyteries of Eastern Han-Ca and Western Han-Ca. The petitions state "we have experienced treatment at the hands of many in The Presbyterian Church in Canada which has caused us much pain and raises alarm, for we have collectively … Read more
Download the Summer 2021 issue of Renewal News in PDF format.
In this issue:
- God Is Still In Charge – by Andy Cornell
- Definitely Time To Pray – by Ian Shaw
- Renewal Day 2021 – by Andy Cornell
- Renewal AGM – a Snapshot – by Andy Cornell
- Seeds of Hope in Malawi Prisons – by Joel Sherbino
- Trusting God Enough – by Rev. Denise Allen-Macartney
- Hear the Good News – by Andy Cornell
- Remembering Stan Cox – by Andy Cornell
Tales From GA, In Their Words
Was there a defining moment from General Assembly 2021? Often with a major story we’re able to point to an image or remark which sums it up or at least puts it into perspective. Sometimes, it’s an iconic photo – an exhausted, soot-covered first responder. Or a pithy quote – “Say it ain’t so!” or … Continue reading Tales From GA, In Their Words
God Is Still In Charge
At 4:37 p.m. Eastern time on June 8, 2021, the General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church in Canada made official what many had believed for years. The approval of Remit ‘B’, with two parallel definitions of marriage, provided legitimacy for those who interpret and apply Scripture through human eyes rather than submitting to the unfathomable, … Continue reading God Is Still In Charge
Definitely Time To Pray
Wow!! I cannot remember a General Assembly that has been prayed for in advance for such a prolonged time. Dedicated intercessions began early last Fall and have only intensified and multiplied in the past several weeks (I am penning this in late May). Even though military imagery upsets some, for many this prayer onslaught resonates … Continue reading Definitely Time To Pray
Renewal AGM – a Snapshot
Approximately 60 members remained online for the AGM, which was chaired by Ian Shaw. Report of the Chair Over the past 18-24 months we have been wrestling with the thought, “Do we still have a mission in the Presbyterian Church in Canada?” The board has concluded that yes, we do. We offer authentic Biblical thinking, … Continue reading Renewal AGM – a Snapshot
Seeds of Hope in Malawi Prisons
“Please don’t forget us.” I have heard this plea spoken many times by prisoners in Malawi. These words not only resonated in my heart but motivated me to engage and lead a ministry to prisoners in Malawi. So, what are these prisons really like? They are overcrowded, they lack the basic necessities of life that … Continue reading Seeds of Hope in Malawi Prisons