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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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Severe mercy after tragedy
Here were God’s people, descendants of slaves, living in continuing grief, praying for compassion, justice and forgiveness without vengeance. They were consciously and boldly maintaining a small ecosystem of Grace in a city, state and nation that would soon elect as President a man whose campaign championed racist slogans and xenophobia.
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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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When God says “no”
In the Scriptures, there are many instances where prayer was answered with a resounding “yes.” Hannah received the child she prayed for. Elijah called out to God and brought a widow’s son back to life.
But what about when God says no? Why are some healed from life-threatening diseases and not others? Did we not have enough faith? Did we not pray properly? -
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Consulting the faithful:
Much of mainline theology over the last hundred years has been an attempt to repackage the gospel into modern categories. Lutheran theologian Rudolf Karl Bultmann wrote in 1941 that “the task of theology is to demythologize the Christian proclamation.”
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Are we there yet?
This present age between the first and second comings of Jesus Christ is where we experience the ‘already/not yet of the Kingdom of God.
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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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Preparing and caring in disaster-filled times
Disasters and their aftermath can be an opportunity for the local church to do what it does best: care for the vulnerable, get involved and seek out those in need.
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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.
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High Tory calling
Professor Ron Dart has taught Political Science, Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, B.C., since 1990. During that time, he has also authored over 30 books and is renowned as the leading authority on the North American High-Red Tory religio-political tradition. The High Tory tradition is a unique Canadian tradition that is withering away under the domineering trend toward philosophical liberalism.
