Budget 2017: ‘Strong, fair Canada’ depends on strong, fair childhoods
Kathy takes a look at the 2017 National Budget with an eye toward how it deals with children and youth issues.
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Vimy Ridge: 100th Anniversary
Four and a half hours later these tired men would climb out of their trenches into snow and sleet and German artillery fire. I think about Great-uncle Tom among them.
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God’s agents of reconciliation (in training): Called to pursue unity
Editor Angela Reitsma Bick discusses race and reconciliation with Bernadette Arthur, Race Relations Coordinator (Canada) in the Christian Reformed Church in North America and Kim Radersma, Race Relations Facilitator.
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A bridge and window to a Muslim school
Peter Schuurman tours a Muslim elementary school in Guelph and finds many similarities to the Christian school that used to inhabit the site.
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Pointing to the Creator
Sonya VanderVeen Feddema interviews Josh Tiessen, about his recently released book, A Decade of Inspiration, written and produced with his mother, Dr. Julie A. Tiessen. Josh’s book deals with his birth to his missionary parents in Russia and their growing awareness that their son had a special gift. Years later, Dr. Joanne Ruthsatz confirmed that Josh is an art prodigy.
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Getting on the roller coaster:
Earlier this month Chapman released his autobiography Between Heaven and the Real World: My Story. Amid some “saddle up your horses” jokes, Chapman sat down with Christian Courier to talk about his music and new book.
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Our solemn, humble, Christ-focused journey of Lent
Personally, I love Lent. It shapes a large part of my worship, giving definition and direction to my spiritual journey. I can’t imagine ignoring the six weeks leading up to Easter, nor would I want to miss the blessing that I receive from it.
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Empathy, anger and the struggle against injustice
The response by the Afrikaners at the conference who spoke up in defense of apartheid took me completely aback. They did not contest the charge of injustice. Instead they insisted that justice was not a relevant category. Order and disorder were the relevant categories. South Africa was threatened with disorder; communists were lurking behind every bush. And as to the whole project of apartheid, they insisted that this was an act of goodwill on the part of the ruling Afrikaners.
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Put people before profit to end the affordable housing crisis
Last year, the value of our home increased half a million, tax free, in one year. Wonderful! No, it is not wonderful at all. More and more people cannot afford a roof over their head. So what can be done? While Christians help the homeless and some churches have built social housing by creatively redeveloping their land and buildings, demand rises faster than supply. It is not enough to treat the symptoms; we must strike at the cause.
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Enemy-love in the Trump era
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.
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Sir Ken Robinson’s new ‘Learning Revolution’ echoes old gospel themes
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.
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Standing against hate through love: Keeping vigil with Muslims
“We have a very caring community. The best security we can offer in our community is relationships.”
