Last month, for the first time in five years, Ralph and I were able to take a trip together overnight. Our younger two kids were with loving and capable nurses in our home while we flew to Alberta with friends to spend three nights in Canmore. As we drove the highway from Calgary to Canmore,…
When 19-year-old B.C. wildfire fighter Devyn Gale died on the job in July 2023, it hit Ella Ringma, Sarah Phangura and Lucy Roseboom, all members of Terrace Christian Reformed Church (CRC), especially hard. Their kids are also wildfire fighters. “It made it real for our kids too, because this girl was their age. She was…
Another laughing scream, and I send them all outdoors. /
Out, out!
At the end of January, Alberta’s government implemented a set of policies that require schools to communicate more with parents about sexual orientation and gender identity issues. Teachers in the province now need to give parents notice before covering any human sexuality topics. Students under the age of 15 also need parental permission if they…
Jonathan Boone is vice principal at Vernon Christian School and a frequent Christian Courier writer. As discussions about parental rights continue to unfold in our communities this school year, we reached out to Jonathan to talk about some of the underlying issues – trust, justice and healthy communication. Christian Courier: What topics in your courses…
When Jesus centred a child in the middle of the disciples, it was more than an object lesson in humility. Jesus repeatedly treated young people with dignity and respect, as persons created and called by God to be full partners in God’s work. He did so in a context where they had little social status….
Recently the Canadian media have been puzzling over the notion of parental rights, a concept they appear to regard as strange and unusual. Generally, the commentators take a condescending tone, assuming that all right-thinking Canadians would naturally defer to their betters in the provincial public education bureaucracy. The flurry of articles surrounding parental rights has…
My two adult children are both in their early thirties, married, with kids. Whenever I visit them I leave with my head spinning, my heart full, concerned, admiring and grateful. This is my ode, not simply to my children, but to so many of their age, the much-maligned millennials, for the gift that they are….
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