From January 23 to 25, several hundred people gathered on Treaty One Territory in Winnipeg to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Elijah Harper’s Sacred Assembly. In 1995, Elijah Harper, a Red Sucker Lake Cree leader and politician, convened thousands of Indigenous leaders, faith leaders and public figures to share his vision for Canada. He believed…
“We can only properly do redemptive journalism if our eyes are open to the dangerous times around us.” This statement from Brian Walsh was just one of many profound moments during Christian Courier’s 80th anniversary conference on October 18. Walsh said journalism should center around the act of homemaking, and if the scene in the…
In the beginning was the Word.Before the book, even before language,there was the Word. A calling, inviting, creating,ordering and blessing Word.A Word born of a divine lovethat overflows into all of creation,saturating all things with that love.The Word of the Creator did not return empty. A generative Word. And the Word gave birth to more words.Words…
When the first forerunner of Christian Courier was published in 1945, I was a four-year-old in the Netherlands, newly liberated from Nazi rule. The Hunger Winter was only three months behind us, and my first memory was of terrifyingly loud noises overnight. Only much later did I learn that the scary racket came from squadrons…
At age 11 I published my first newspaper, dubbing it Life and Times. Hand-printed on leftover notebook pages, produced in triplicate using carbon paper, the price was two cents per copy. Featured stories included: where I had gone on my bike that day; how my dog stole a package of cigarettes from the neighbour’s patio;…
Hamilton District Christian High School (HDCH) opened its doors to 10 students in 1956. Student enrolment gradually increased as new grades were added. While property was bought in 1961, the school moved to First Hamilton Christian Reformed Church before the new building was completed in 1962. Organized school sports included bowling and basic gymnastics. These…
Encouraged. Faithfulness. Gratitude. Hope. These were some of the words our guests shared with us as we ended the 60th-anniversary celebration of Shalem’s Mental Health Network on June 1. We gathered with 80 of our closest friends. Staff, board members, both past and present, donors, supporters and community partners visited the Gage Park Tropical Greenhouse…
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