Think of Reepicheep madly paddling in his coracle (and no doubt giggling with glee and curled whiskers) on his way to the Utter East, anticipating a reunion with a Lion he once met. Or think of Elrond, Galadriel and a small host of elves setting out for the farthest western lands to an eternity without…
In Prime Minister Mark Carney’s famous Davos address, he offered up a phrase that deserves reflection beyond its political moment: “Nostalgia is not a strategy.” For churches shaped by deep memory and long tradition, the line names a familiar temptation: the quiet drift from faithful remembrance into paralyzing idealization. That is, trying to do what…
Today’s sunshine is a welcome sight for winter-weary eyes. A delicate hoarfrost coats every deciduous branch, transforming our side yard into an enchanted silver forest. Under the cerulean sky, ice diamonds glint, randomly scattered across a royal mantle of snow. There’s no denying the glory of winter, even one as long and harsh as this…
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the demise of the Soviet Union, a tyrannical state that kept its people imprisoned under an ostensibly liberating ideology. After it passed out of existence, many of us had moderately high hopes for the fragments left in its wake. Might Russia finally end its centuries-long efforts at territorial…
When I was around 10 years old, my parents bought me a telescope. Although my major adult interests would be in the social sciences, arts and humanities, as a child I had a pronounced affinity for astronomy. Something about those bright celestial objects easily fired the imagination of a schoolboy. Two years after my birth,…
“More than 3.3 billion people live in countries that are spending more on debt payments than on health or education,” the petition begins, “standing in the way of sustainable development. We call on public, private and multilateral creditors, along with political leaders, to stop the debt crisis now.” But this call for biblical justice –…
“I’m not sure I believe that God, like, talks to people or gets involved in day-to-day things,” a friend of mine said recently. “That just doesn’t make any sense to me.” I should mention that he’s a pastor, and his comment got me thinking about secularism and its impact on Christianity. In his book A…
Screen-stained fingertips, / blue-lit fingerprints. / Is humanness obsolete? / A like; a follow; a friend. / A city’s patronage / blunted by estranged neighbours.
The sky holds a smokelike hue / as the simmering substance of fire rises. / Fingers of light mold the clay of creation, / sculpt vagueness, uncloak ambiguities, / gathers the world to itself again.
Worldview is a frequently used term among Christian Courier readers, but not always well understood. It is easy to assume everyone knows what it means – the way we view the world – but people have very different understandings of what that includes. John Valk, a professor of Worldview Studies, draws on more than two…
In church we talk about global and local missions. In justice circles a common slogan is “think global; act local.” In Canada these days the global is local in new ways that may prompt Christians to rethink our roles as Christians, as Canadians and as global citizens. Climate change and the pandemic bring the global…
In 2015 the United Nations (partly at the instigation of two women from Colombia, Paula Caballero and Patti Londoño) agreed to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These 17 goals were intended to be reached by 2030 and include things like no poverty (Goal 1), quality education (Goal 4), gender equality (Goal 5) and climate…
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