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24 June, 2022
Be open and listen

Be open and listen! That was the advice given to Edith and Neill von Gunten before their first ministry experience in an Indigenous community many years ago. It soon led to a valuable lesson right in their living room...

26 May, 2022
What drives the violence between Russia and Ukraine?

Ottawa scholar Vern Neufeld Redekop explains how the conflict derives from national identity needs.

03 May, 2022
Trauma-friendly church?

New free video series prepares Canadian churches to help people such as Ukrainian refugees who've been scarred by tough life experiences.

07 March, 2022
Russia invades Ukraine: A guide for Christian response

Phil Wagler of the Peace and Reconciliation Network reflects on what God might be calling us to do: Pray Kingdom prayers. Be aware of the humanity of our neighbours and those in the conflict zones. Be sacrificial, and...

24 February, 2022
Un-fracturing the Church

How can Canadian churches deal with division? Two pastors in Kelowna, B.C., discuss (on video) a small group approach designed to bring divided Christians together.

26 November, 2021
Beyond pestilence and flood - The story of a BC church

What happened the week the waters rose. A report from Justin Lueck of City Life Church in Chilliwack, B.C.

12 November, 2021
Moving on from November 11

Beyond remembrance, we are called as the disciples of Jesus to be blessed peacemakers.

28 September, 2021
What is reconciliation anyway?

God has made a reconciliation with us, and now we're invited to participate in God's work of reconciling the world, writes Phil Wagler.

16 July, 2021
Conflict reimagined – Deepen discipleship, not division

Sarah Nicholas of The Colossian Forum introduces resources to help Christian leaders transform cultural conflicts into opportunities for spiritual growth and witness.

11 June, 2021
The news from Kamloops and the ongoing ministry of reconciliation

How does God's call on Christians to be ambassadors of reconciliation lead us to respond to news about the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School? Phil Wagler reflects.

17 May, 2021
A story of forgiveness from a Uganda mission trip

Malachi 4:6 says, “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

22 March, 2021
Panniversary: Lessons for the Church from a year of pandemic

Can we find a deeper place of Christlikeness and missional awakening? What we need to do now?

12 February, 2021
In whom do we place our trust?

Why do some Evangelicals support politicians who stoke division and demonstrate behaviour inconsistent with our stated theological convictions?

26 January, 2021
Forgiveness can be contagious

God’s mission uses human super-spreaders of forgiveness to bring healing to people sickened by sin.

13 December, 2020
A reconciling Christmas inspired by "those days"

The shepherds are examples of how we too must respond to the Incarnation and the declaration of the Messiah's prophetic arrival

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