A preacher’s daughter, raised in Saskatchewan, Molly Thomas is now the host and senior producer of TVO’s show Big [If True]. Winnipeg journalist John Longhurst interviewed Molly in Toronto at the Canadian Christian Communicators Association conference in May. Big [If True] will be back for a third season this fall. John Longhurst: Tell us a…
During his time as a foreign correspondent and senior reporter with the CBC in the 1980s to early 2000s, Brian Stewart kept bumping into religion. Whether that was interviewing world leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Lech Walesa, reporting from El Salvador, or the Ethiopian famine of 1984 and 1985, religion was not far away….
If your church died, would anyone in the neighbourhood notice or come to the funeral? That’s the question being asked by Laurence East and Brian McKenzie of Reframe Concepts in Kelowna, B.C. “If your faith community vanished from the neighbourhood map, would your city feel the loss in its gut, or just notice a fresh…
When Dan and Emily Coyne attend Sunday services at their church in Evanston, Illinois, they bring their Bibles – and their whistles. The Bibles are so they can follow along with sermons. The whistles are to warn their neighbours if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are in the area. “They’re with us all the…
For Peter Noteboom, General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC), the election of Pope Leo XIV suggests the Roman Catholic Church intends to continue in the way of his predecessor, Pope Francis. “He has indicated that he wants to continue Pope Francis’ teaching on synodality, human rights, concerns about globalization and of the…
Catholic church order will never be the same. After tens of thousands of listening sessions at the parish and diocesan levels on every continent, and two month-long gatherings of bishops and lay people in Rome in 2023 and 2024, the Roman Catholic Church says it is ready to be a synodal church – a church…
In 2011, while on a trip to Uganda, Chris Bosch had an “aha!” moment. Bosch, then working for World Vision Canada, had a chance meeting with Margaret, an entrepreneur whose efforts to help 6,000 farmers improve and grow their farms was stymied by lack of affordable loans. “She needed $5,000 for her project, but she…
“Between friends.” That was the title of a book given by the Government of Canada to the U.S. on the occasion of that country’s bicentennial. The title well summed up – still sums up – how Canadians feel about their relationship to their American neighbours. For 150 years the two nations have been allies and…
It was a bus filled with hurt and hope. Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface, it carried 41 residential school survivors from the First Nations communities of Poplar River, Berens River, Bloodvein, Little Grand Rapids/Pauingassi, Hollow Water, Manigotogan and Sagkeeng to Alberta to hear the Pope’s apology. The hurt came from experiences at residential…
Canadian faith leaders have an important role to play in promoting COVID-19 vaccines, including helping their members overcome vaccine hesitancy. That was the message Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, delivered to more than 1,300 participants of an online information event last Wednesday. The event was arranged by the Canadian Council of Churches, Canadian…
If you love geek culture – Dungeons & Dragons, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Lord of the Rings and more – and you’re a Christian looking for devotional material that combines the two, you are in luck. In May, local publishing company Mythos & Ink launched Thy Geekdom Come, a collection of 42 fandom-inspired devotionals that explores the spiritual implications of the worlds of superheroes, science fiction, anime, fantasy and video games.
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“It’s personal; there are names and faces. It’s not just textbook information now.” That’s how Timothy Khoo, 16, describes what it was like to meet residential school survivors while volunteering with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) at the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ont. in July.
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