Pregnancy care centres have been accused of being anti-choice with hidden, secret agendas. Let’s take a look at the situation.

An important moment for interfaith discussion in Canada

Is it really possible to pray – and listen – without ceasing?

The same sermon theme will be preached in over 150 Vancouver churches on Sunday June 11. Our theme: welcoming the stranger. I feel giddy with anticipation as I type! This is a response to what can sometimes be a fe...

In November 1984, Wilma and Cliff Derksen’s 13-year-old daughter Candace went missing on her way home from school in Winnipeg. Seven weeks later her body was found. Twenty-two years after that, charges were laid and a...

I wish I had learned…

Privately-sponsored refugees are more likely than government-sponsored refugees to have Canadian friends for the long haul. That was one of the insights presented about immigration and refugees at the “Our Whole Socie...

Last week the March for Life wound its way through downtown Ottawa. Thousands of people filled the streets carrying pro-life signs and banners. As I thought about the issue of the day, I couldn’t help but reflect on t...

have always liked wildflowers. There is something exciting about scattering seed and waiting and watching to see what comes up. However, through the years I have sometimes been disappointed when few seeds germinate...

Ask most parents what they most need within their busy schedules, and they might say an occasional safe place to talk and share and be supported in what is one of the most difficult jobs in the world: being a good par...

Trading in picture-perfect faith for authentic experience with Jesus

I knew that I knew her from somewhere. The woman at the end of my row in a workshop at the “Our Whole Society: Religion and Citizenship at Canada’s 150th” in Ottawa was eerily familiar, but I couldn’t quite place her.

Second thoughts on discipline in a Christian organization

For many frustrated pro-life advocates, 2017 got off to a great start. The movement received some unexpected attention when the network of Women’s Marches took the world by storm.

Is Christ Relevant to Politics? Theologians tackle how faith shapes public life.