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10 September, 2014
Why the Bible sometimes turns people nasty

I teach a class at Ambrose University on spiritual formation. It’s my favourite class, except for my other classes.

03 September, 2014
Treating blisters on the soul

Blisters worthy of emergency room attention were not the only result of walking an 800 kilometre pilgrimage. Otherwise I may not have gone more than once on Spain’s Camino de Santiago. I have thrice been a pilgrim on ...

27 August, 2014
Faith Today’s new look

Faith Today is one of Canada’s top Christian magazines, but maintaining excellence – on behalf of you, the reader, and of the God we all serve – requires a regular influx of new life. The beautiful magazine you now...

20 August, 2014
Will they be back?

50-somethings Disengaging From the Church

13 August, 2014
When life is a monument

When I was still a young woman in my early 20s, I heard a pastor say in a sermon that, “every person is a monument to the decisions and choices they have made.”

30 July, 2014
Why is Christian art sometimes so schmaltzy?

My kids have a lovely relative who buys them Christian novels to read. Lately, I’ve noticed a growing skepticism on the part of my children. They are suspicious of the book if they think it is “Christian.”

28 July, 2014
Canadian churches and Armageddon

It was a war that was not supposed to happen. Growing tensions in Europe were obvious, but recent developments in international arbitration had fuelled hopes that differences between imperial powers could be resolved ...

23 July, 2014
Why I am pro-life

I am firmly pro-life. My opposition to abortion is not based on a careful study of the issue, although it may have begun that way. My position on abortion has been cemented by my family experience.

18 July, 2014
Lunch with the Pope

The inevitable question I’m asked when somebody hears I’ve been with the pope is, “What’s he like?” Here are some personal observations from a recent visit.

16 July, 2014
5 reasons why you should bother with history

My life is saturated with history. I teach it every fall and winter term at Redeemer University College, in the form of courses on everything from the development of Western Civilization to the totalitarian regimes of...

09 July, 2014
Writing the walking wounded

My assignment to write the Walking Wounded, the Faith Today story about soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder and how churches can help, was one of those journeys into the unknown.

02 July, 2014
A church of many colours

I have a “thing” about Ann Voskamp. It’s called envy. Not only of her significant writing ability, but her stillness and openness to the Holy Spirit as well. We are polar opposites – me impatient and easily irritated ...

25 June, 2014
Tools for thinking

When the Canadian Bible Engagement Study was released, we brainstormed how we could help Faith Today readers make sense of the data.

18 June, 2014
What we’ll be reading this summer

Faith Today asked a variety of Canadian Christian leaders about what they hope to read over the more relaxed summer season. Read on for the initial responses!