It’s time to put the ‘art’ back in Christian art
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It’s time to put the ‘art’ back in Christian art

I was driving home from work flipping through radio stations when I stumbled upon Praise 106.5, the local Christian radio station here in B.C. Instead of flipping the channel off like I frequently do, I decided to give the station a chance. Much to my disappointment, my scepticism was justified as a boring pop-rock song…

How to Visit the Holy Land
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How to Visit the Holy Land

“One of my lifelong dreams is to visit the Holy Land!” My wife Karen and I often hear those words when people learn that we lead guided group tours to Israel. For most individuals a visit will be a once in a lifetime experience, and many approach such a trip with a singular purpose in…

This is how a heart breaks

This is how a heart breaks

Sometimes your heart can even break for things that happen nowhere near you. For people you’ve never met, in places you’ve never been, in circumstances you’ve only read about.
There’s a lot of that kind of heartbreak, these days.

Q: If Christianity is the only true religion, why do other religions have a belief in the afterlife?

Q: If Christianity is the only true religion, why do other religions have a belief in the afterlife?

As it turns out, belief in the after-life is rather widespread. It goes back to the oldest known literature. The epic of Gilgamesh is an exploration of the possibility of life after death. Ancient