After reading Bob Bruinsma’s informative column in the March 27 issue of Christian Courier describing the week he and his wife spent at an all-inclusive beach resort in Cuba, I want to share with readers another side of life in Cuba that Judy and I enjoyed with my brother John and his wife Sarah. Judy…
One thing is clear: a thoughtful approach to technology in the Christian classroom will help keep new tech from being a distraction or becoming an idol to instead being pressed into service for God’s kingdom.
It probably comes as little surprise to hear that Christian colleges and universities have been experiencing challenging times. What some have called a “perfect storm” of disruptive circumstances has impacted all of post-secondary education in both Canada and the United States.
Christian Courier recently polled communities across Canada to find out what you think about the current landscape of Christian Education
“But then, I told myself, Easter brings out the best in us. It’s hard to be dour when one glorious dawn brings us eternity.”
The gospel message to the zombie culture is that human beings haven’t changed. We have always been a lot more than our material bodies and we still are.
EduDeo Ministries recently celebrated one year of operations at their new office location at in Hamilton, Ontario. The new office space is named “Campus 621” for the street address (621 Barton St. East), and their goal is for this place to be “a space where people will work together for local and global renewal.”
Peter Schuurman tours a Muslim elementary school in Guelph and finds many similarities to the Christian school that used to inhabit the site.
Describing the world as “a powder keg” that feels “more afraid and fragile” than it ever has, British musician and activist David Blower said that he believes the Jonah story and its radical lesson of “enemy-love” has something to say into this moment of history. Blower believes that we were given Jonah so we could stand with him and be shocked by God’s mercy on tyrants and ask ourselves, “To whom do we need to go to find the image of God?” For this we don’t need to go to Iraq. As Gritter observed, none of us is lacking a practise field.
On January 13, 2017, Abbotsford Christian School hosted a “Learning Revolution” event to address the need for significant educational reform across our nation. The event featured world-renowned speaker Sir Ken Robinson, an internationally recognized authority on innovation and creativity in education.
Instant info-gratification has its own perils, but when current events take a dark turn, watch out. In the wake of the election, my Twitter feed became a dark place. Snark turned to cynicism. Debate turned shouty and insulting. Trolls abounded.
I don’t consider myself to be an apologist for the pharmaceutical industry, though in the past I have tended to defend more than attack them. I have pointed out the need for a reasonable profit margin for these companies in order for them to adequately fund the ongoing research and development of new and better medications. The operative word here has always been “reasonable.”
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