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Christian Courier Short Story Contest!
I: Send in your original short fiction (1000 to 3000 words) on any theme by May 1, 2012. First prize receives $100 and publication in a summer issue of Christian Courier. Please note that this contest is for short stories, not essays or articles. Second prize receives a year’s subscription. All stories must be submitted electronically to cathy@christiancourier.ca. Entries over the word limit will not be considered.
II: Our readers 8 to 14 years of age can participate in the category for youth. There will be two divisions: junior (Grades 3-5) and Intermediate (Grades 6-8). Send your short stories (500 - 1000 words) to cathy@christiancourier.ca before May 1, 2012. Entries over the word limit will not be considered. The first-place winner in each division will win a gift certificate to Toys’R’Us valued at $50. All stories will be considered for publication in CC..

Attawapiskat and the First Nations crisis

Chandra Pasma

Before Christmas, Canadians were shocked to see the living conditions in Attawapiskat, a First Nation community in Northern Ontario. In -20 C weather, families were living in tents and plywood shacks with no insulation, heated only by a single wood stove. Children suffered from rashes, respiratory infections and burns from the wood stoves. Sewage was being dumped in a ditch. The Canadian Red Cross moved in to help – this was a humanitarian crisis in our own back yard.
But it was a humanitarian crisis that had been going on for awhile, and one that is not limited to Attawapiskat. ...Full Story

Implications of the ruling on polygamy in B.C.

Kathy Vandergrift

“I have concluded that this case is essentially about harm,” wrote Chief Justice Robert Bauman in the B.C. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the prohibition of polygamy in section 293 of the criminal code. After a year of gathering world-wide evidence about polygamy, hearing from experts, and listening to first-hand testimony, the court ruled that prohibiting polygamy does infringe on the religious freedom rights of those who practice it, but that infringement is justified by the state’s duty to protect the rights of children and women. “Polygamy is not to be protected by religious freedom as the practice tends to ...Full Story

FEATURE - Love that lasts

I remember the intense physical reaction I had to the news: stomach churning, muscles fluttering, icy cold enveloping me. My mind was racing, struggling to ...Full Story

COLUMN - Lloyd Rang

Pick up sticks By [courage] I don’t mean the lack of fear which some people have, which enables them to do very dangerous or frightening things ...Full Story

In our current issue (subscribers only)

• What does the Bible got to do with it?

• Books on Black History month for children

• Love for a lifetime

• Heron River: It is about what is real

• Thoughts about excellence and authority in Christian schools