Editor’s note: A shorter version of this column appeared in the February 2, 2026, print issue of Christian Courier. Do you know whether your investments are a blessing or a curse for the people among whom they are invested? Many of us prefer not to know. But the reality is that many of us are…
On February 2, the U.S. President made unfounded allegations that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has “been run by a bunch of radical lunatics,” followed by Elon Musk stating falsely on his social platform ‘X’ that “USAID is a criminal organization.” These statements followed a January 20 Executive Order to pause all…
Being blessed financially allows parents to do some neat things with and for their kids and provides some great advantages. However, financial wealth also brings complexity and unique risks. It is hard to walk the fine line between using our money to bless our kids and overdoing it such that our financial blessing starts to…
It finally came to the park down the street from us. First one tent went up. Then another. And then several tents formed a small makeshift city – the latest in a series of homeless encampments that have gone up in parks and other underutilized spaces in our community. With them come litter, unsanitary conditions,…
On June 22, 2021, the Senate of Canada approved Bill C-218, making it legal for Canadians (19+) to participate in mobile sports betting. If you are uninterested in sports, this probably has little effect on you except for the frequent advertisements and commercials from FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, PointsBet and many more. But it’s worth paying…
In 2011, while on a trip to Uganda, Chris Bosch had an “aha!” moment. Bosch, then working for World Vision Canada, had a chance meeting with Margaret, an entrepreneur whose efforts to help 6,000 farmers improve and grow their farms was stymied by lack of affordable loans. “She needed $5,000 for her project, but she…
If you’re new to my column, two of our four kids, Rachel and Janneke, are disabled teens who live with significant needs that require complex care. Recently, the dietician assigned through the home and community care agency asked for updated weights of the girls. When Rachel and Janneke were younger (and lighter), I would hold…
Recently, the National Post and Canadian Press reported that since 2021, 70 percent of all tuition paid to Ontario’s post-secondary schools comes from international students. The federal government is planning to reduce the number of foreign students because too many are being used as cash cows for our own domestic educational programs. In addition, housing…
This October, Edmonton City Council passed a renewed Zoning Bylaw that would – amongst other things – permit the construction of three-story apartment buildings, townhouses/rowhouses and duplexes in any residential zone in the city. In so doing it ended decades of restrictive zoning that made it very difficult to build anything other than detached single-family…
Members of a Winnipeg church are feeling shocked and bewildered after the revelation that multiple households in the congregation were defrauded of a total of more than $1 million. Leaders at Bethel Mennonite Church informed the congregation in June of the case of affinity fraud – an investment scam based on assumed trust that targets…
I have purposely not written a column expressing my opinion on the 2022 Christian Reformed Synod’s Human Sexuality Report, and specifically not about the report’s recommendations concerning same sex relations. My reason is that, from the outset, I judged the entire process to be disingenuous. Handcuffing the committee members with a mandate that forced it…
If you borrow money for a car and can’t pay it back, the lender will take the car. If you borrow money for education and can’t pay it back, do we take away your degree? Of course not. But when graduates in many fields cannot find an appropriate job and student debt continues to go…
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