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CC subscriptions increasing despite tough times for publishing
Last fall, CC launched a subscription campaign with an audacious goal: to gain 500 new subscribers by the end of January.
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Canada 150 celebrations focus on country’s future
Understanding our history and thinking about our future may help cure the short-term thinking that plagues politics by asking what kind of country we want Canada to be before we reach our 200th anniversary.
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God’s infinite love:
After their son’s suicide, Chris and Christy knew they wanted to make something good come out of this tragedy. They knew they wanted to speak out about the danger of depression and to challenge the stigma around mental illness. “If we kept it all hush-hush, then we’ve lost our son and nothing good comes of it and Satan wins. We’ve tried to make the best of a bad situation and bring glory to God. There’s an opportunity for grace and . . . awareness, talk and more openness.”
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The Bible as a fantastic comedy
C.S. Lewis once argued that realistic fiction might actually be the most dangerous genre of literature for Christians, including Christian children. As he pointed out, few children really expect to meet a dragon because of reading fantasy, but many may come to believe that getting rich through hard work is a primary human value after reading certain “realistic” fiction.
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Exhibit ‘A’
Henry de Jong creates an exhibit by setting meaningful items of his late mother’s in nature.
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The uncomfortable pew:
“It’s a myth that religion is dying in Canada. There remains a solid core – about one third of the country – who deeply value faith. Another one third reject it, and the final third make up the ‘ambivalent middle.’”
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The story behind Our Lives:
A wise friend of mine once said something I’ve never forgotten: “I wonder what God will do next.” I recalled her comment as I pondered how God recently led me to a unique, surprising experience – writing a drama based on the lives of women at a St. Catharines, Ontario, inner city program.
