Mar 27, 2022 |
How did you celebrate Mr. Rogers’ Day? I hope you had a chance to spend time with a neighbor. Inspired by the marking of Mr. Rogers Day on March 20, the Advocate has spent the last few weeks exploring what it means to be a neighbor; what it means to choose...
Mar 20, 2022 |
Happy Mr. Roger’s Day! It is not only a beautiful day in the neighbourhood, it is a beautiful day to go out and meet our neighbours. Mr. Rogers was above all else a good neighbour; more important than being a teacher and entertainer of children (and even their...
Feb 6, 2022 |
These past few weeks the Advocate has been reflecting on Lent. If you missed out reading any of these articles, or just want to revisit a thought or idea one more time, here are the first few lines for each posting with links attached to the titles that will that will...
Jan 23, 2022 |
by Tori Smit It was a Good Friday service I will never forget. I was perhaps eight or nine years old and since children in my church rarely joined the adults in the sanctuary for any part of worship going to worship on Good Friday was a very big deal for me. I wanted...
Jan 16, 2022 |
by Rev. Dr. Patricia Dutcher-Walls Isaiah 43:14-21 Using words that resound with hope in the face of suffering and uncertainty, Isaiah 43 is one of this year’s lectionary texts for Lent. Reading this poetry with an eye to its themes and poetic beauty can...
Nov 14, 2021 |
Are you getting excited? In less than three short months our APCE Annual Event will take place in Chicago. And it won’t be just any annual event, it will be a spectacular anniversary celebration as we come together for APCE’s 50th – plus one. So,...
Nov 7, 2021 |
by Joyce MacKichan Walker, Princeton NJ Almost a year ago, in an Advocate article titled, “The Role of Advocacy for Educators in the PC(USA),” I wrote: Advocacy is something you do until what matters – what is flawed or broken or unjust or simply “not right” – is...
Oct 24, 2021 |
Lift Every Voice and Sing! En la lucha hay vida! No matter what people say, you are a child of God! On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., wrote from his jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama, that “our destiny [that of Black Americans] is tied to America’s destiny.” ...
Oct 17, 2021 |
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us” Hebrews 12:1. From an early age, we understand...
Oct 3, 2021 |
Advent is coming! Let’s get ready! These four wonder-filled articles featured in the Advocate over the past few weeks are designed to help you prepare for the season of Advent. If you missed out on reading them before now, we invite you to grab a tea or coffee...
