The rain is on and off this week, and my house is disordered with books. My husband has been bringing boxes of them home from his office at the university because the roof there needs repairs and afterwards, all the staff offices are to be repainted and reassigned. A bit of a shuffle all round….
I generally dislike allegory. I’m in good company. J.R.R. Tolkien once said, “I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.” I never could connect with Pilgrim’s Progress. Nevertheless, I have no problem with the allegorical elements of Godhanger by…
Many years ago, the speaker at a women’s breakfast asked, “Does anyone know where the custom of spring cleaning began?” The words escaped my lips without a second thought, “With my mother-in-law!” The room exploded with laughter. Good thing Mom had a sense of humour. I wasn’t altogether joking, though. She was the one who…
Gaspereau Press is one of Canada’s most iconic independent presses (called “Canada’s most stubborn publisher” by The Walrus) with a long-standing emphasis on in-house printing of high-quality, limited runs of books. Founded in 1997 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, by Andrew Steeves and Gary Dunfield, Gaspereau Press’ legacy and backlist transferred in 2025 to Keagan Hawthorne,…
In his 90 years, John Hofstee has been many things: a teacher, a banker, a factory worker, a book translator, the son of a truck driver, a father, grandfather, great-grandfather and also a Christian Courier writer. His first article, published in Dutch in 1960, was an explanation of the Canadian banking system. He was paid…
If you are ever in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, walking through the central historic business district on James Street North, you may find your eyes drawn to a shop with a stunning art piece in the place of a storefront sign. There’s a mouse with his nose in a book, a knight with a sword drawn,…
In my home province of Alberta, there is currently much discussion and action around the banning of certain books from school libraries, mostly in response to “explicit sexual content.” This has led to the removal of a number of books by order of the Minister of Education. In response to the Minister’s actions, there have…
British thinker and podcaster Elizabeth Oldfield has given the English-speaking world a gift via her first book, Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times. This title comes from a quotation by St. Irenaeus, born in Smyrna (now Izmar) in AD 130: “The glory of God is a human being fully alive.” Oldfield explores…
A manager I worked for at a not-for-profit agency once explained to me why she chose to work there. “I want to make a difference,” she said. She had no children, and here was one way she could leave her stamp on the world. I suspect that everyone longs to make a positive difference in…
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