“Bekett was such an incredible human,” Kristel Forcier tells me. She’s sharing her memories of Bekett Noble, the 34-year-old Redeemer University student who died by suicide November 23, 2022. At the memorial, Redeemer President Dr. David Zietsma described Bekett as “kind, likeable, funny and direct. This is a tragic loss for our community.” Bekett Noble…
Forbes Africa named Sandra Chukwudozie a trailblazer in their 30 Under 30 Class of 2022. Chukwudozie is the founder and CEO of Salpha Energy. “This was a company born out of a desire to tackle injustice,” wrote Forbes Africa. Salpha Energy addresses energy injustice by working towards a future where solar energy is accessible to…
Adapted from a eulogy given by Ian Dewaard, CLAC’s Ontario Director, at Harry’s funeral. If you knew Harry, you know that he had a deep and abiding passion for his vocation at the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC), where he worked for 35 years. He was a man who had ordered his working life…
If anything has kept me up at night in my life, it’s unresolved conflict. Lying in bed after a strong disagreement, I find myself wondering how an innocent conversation turned into a stressful debate and then an argument. Have you had nights like that too? Especially lately? The apostle Paul pictured this painful disagreement as…
Several of the world’s billionaires – of which there are now more than 3,300 – are publicly giving away much of their fortunes. Even corporations are recognizing the need to appear “socially responsible.” Those among us who faithfully insert money into a small envelope every Sunday, or make regular e-transfers to church, might be forgiven…
The parents of 16-year-old Miriam have no income. She enters a relationship with an older man so she will be provided for. She becomes pregnant, but her relationship has given her more than daily provision. It has also given her HIV/AIDs. In order to not pass the virus onto her child, she does not nurse…
“‘Monsters aren’t real, are they mommy?’ And time stood still as everything I hear [in court], every day, flashed in my mind . . .” Rachael Denhollander was the first woman to publicly accuse sports doctor Larry Nassar of sexual assault, part of the army of more than 200 Nassar abuse survivors whose testimonies led…
Could it be that God is using a Canadian Supreme Court decision to teach me something about the meaning of the seventh commandment for the 21st century? In an unusual case, the court ruled that refusing to wear a condom during sexual intercourse could be considered sexual assault, if one’s partner only consented to intercourse…
Doing ministry in new ways is an act of faith. And when the staff and volunteers at ARISE Ministry moved its outreach to people in the sex trade from street-level to online, they wondered if the switch would bear fruit. “It’s very clear that the sex trade has shifted to online,” says Rev. Deb Stanbury,…
If you’re on Tiktok or Instagram, chances are you’ve seen a clothing haul. In these videos, bubbly influencers unbox new outfits while captions boast a ridiculously low cost-to-clothing ratio. Maybe you’ve even clicked an affiliate link, discovered an ultra-fast fashion brand like Shein and started filling a cart of your own. But before you get…
When 19 children and two teachers are murdered we cry, where’s Jesus? When a white supremacist kills 10 African Americans in a supermarket, where’s Jesus? When nations wage war bringing death, destruction, famine, homelessness and economic chaos, where’s Jesus? When loved ones suffer from cancer or mental illness, where’s Jesus? One might treat this question…
In the 1967 movie The Graduate (the first movie my wife and I saw together), Benjamin Braddock, contemplating his future, is steered toward an outstanding career with one word: “plastics.” Plastics, it was believed, could do anything. Fifty-five years later, we now know plastics have horrible downsides – they last almost forever and are causing…
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