When a random intruder left newlywed Jessica Ziakin-Cook with a severed femoral artery and nearly took her life, some people at church said it was a lesson to increase her dependence on God. But Jessica drew theological conclusions from a deeper well. I met Jessica Ziakin-Cook at the University of Victoria last December, and she…
A lead crystal vase graces the shelf of our old hutch. I hold it, feeling its familiar weightiness. My finger traces the fluted rim until it catches on a jagged point and I’m transported back to my childhood. I was very young, but the event is engraved as deeply in my memory as the design…
The sky was blue and so was the mood in the drop-in center. Everyone kind of moped, here on Main Street, in this place where the homeless and vulnerable gather daily for cheap meals and free conversation. I came in as I always do, Wednesdays at lunch, to sit at the long rectangular table and…
On a regular basis Angela Reitsma Bick, Editor of Christian Courier, sends out an email to columnists like me with a reminder of due dates and with a heads-up about issue themes. In November she reminded us that the December issue would have two themes: Christmas (no surprise there) and “In Praise of Broken Things.”…
I remember about five years ago, newly separated and in the thick of depression and emotional pain, I attended my church’s Blue Christmas service. It was my first Christmas in this new reality of no longer being a family of four, and I wasn’t quite sure how to handle it. And this service – created…
One of my earliest memories is of Christmas 1957. I was just short of three years old, and our family was living in a rented one-storey bungalow on Pershing Avenue in Wheaton, Illinois, then on the outskirts of town. We had a tree in the front bay window facing north, and the five of us…
It is common to hear people say “our healthcare system is broken.” Or they say the education system is broken. The Emergencies Act inquiry is exposing how broken our police and security systems are, in spite of huge budgets, sophisticated equipment and impressive uniforms. In Egypt, COP 27 is exposing broken promises to reduce harmful…
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