Family, belonging, home. That’s what church meant to Amanda Bakale growing up in a Baptist congregation, and then for decades within the Christian Reformed Church (CRC). But now, Bakale says the CRC no longer feels like home. Like a growing number of female pastors, Bakale asked for “honourable release” from ordination in the CRC, citing…
Americans go to the polls every two years for what non-Americans might call a full parliamentary election. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs, and one third of the Senate is at stake. November’s midterm elections gave Democrats control of both chambers of Congress, as many had predicted. That President…
Jeffrey Mackie-Deernsted, Archdeacon of the Klondike, in the Yukon, says he hears the same song at almost every event he attends. Sung by the Hän singers, an intergenerational group from the Tr’ondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation, it is “a prayer song, hoping that the salmon will come back.” “In the six years that I’ve been here,…
At the end of August, CC invited Alberta readers to tell us how they plan to vote in the October 19 referendum. We received 20 responses by email and one handwritten letter. All 21 respondents said they are not in favour of Alberta separating from Canada. Most used all caps and exclamation points to underscore…
Medical assistance in dying is a controversial topic for many Mennonites in Canada and the United States. But a majority of Mennonites in the Netherlands have not only accepted it but are looking for ways to incorporate it into pastoral care. That’s the finding of Dutch Mennonite pastor and theologian Pieter Post, who did research…
As I enter the fourth year of my Bachelor of Arts in English Writing, people often ask me: “What do you hope to do after you graduate?” A reasonable question, one I have asked myself, but I don’t always have a direct answer. There are many things I could do after graduating. However, the focus…
Redeemer’s art gallery is reopening after summer renovations with the exhibit The Book of Nature, featuring five artists’ work inspired by God’s creation. The exhibit includes oil paintings, textile art, woodcut prints, cyanotype images and mixed media artwork incorporating found objects. Bullet holes in the sky “The Book of Nature means, for me, the natural…
The Wendell Berry books were taken from their pride of place in our glass-fronted bookcase and piled around my favourite reading chair. Berry’s essays, fiction and poetry have been a source of wisdom and vision for me since I first picked up The Unsettling of America half a lifetime ago. Hearing of his death at…
“I don’t really like politics” is a sentiment I have heard countless times, even in Christian communities. But immigration, like many other things, is political. Canadians involved in welcoming refugees spoke to Christian Courier (CC) about how to get political by supporting refugee resettlement. “Getting to Canada is only the beginning,” says Kailee Brennan, Executive…
Jordan Staal not only won his second Stanley Cup in June, but he is also, at age 37, the oldest hockey player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy, which recognizes him as the most valuable player (MVP) of his team, the Carolina Hurricanes, in the playoffs. In a phone call in mid-July, Staal and I…
“By meeting and engaging with Indigenous peoples, by walking Indigenous lands, and by engaging in education events off site, we are reminded that we are settlers sharing these lands,” said the Rev. Canon Jennifer Schick from All Saints Anglican Church in Whitby, Ont. For years, her parishioners have been learning that reconciliation is not a…
“All this narrative is being spun about how the Canadian system is failing us,” says John Hiemstra, an emeritus professor of Political Science at The King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta. Recently, he spoke to Christian Courier about the Alberta separatist movement, which he calls “deeply ideological” and “complex.” In October 19, Albertans will vote in…
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