The Liberal government introduced Bill C-63 to enact the Online Harms Act February 26. A CBC News article stated: The federal government introduced late last month its long-awaited Online Harms Bill, which proposes to police seven categories of harmful content…
Two resource guides featuring poetry, songs, reflections and more have been produced by Regent Exchange for both Lent and Easter. Conor Wilkerson of Regent College’s Alumni Office wrote: As we move through Lent, it once again feels quite poignant to be…
If you were an alien watching our world over the past several centuries, what might you notice? Sociologist Hartmut Rosa thinks he can boil the answer down into one word: acceleration. The most obvious example is the acceleration of human…
In his brand new book – Improvising Church: Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm and Soul (IVP, February 13, 2024) – Regent College scholar and accomplished jazz pianist Mark Glanville plays with a metaphor of improvisation to chart 12…
The season five finale of Fargo packed a spiritual punch I was not expecting, with a dinner scene that invited everyone to a meal table that had overt eucharistic overtones and that invited everyone to take and eat and be…
The Vatican announced December 18 that Catholic priests can administer blessings to same-sex couples – and the news was widely reported worldwide. CBC Radio’s As it Happens responded that evening by posting an upbeat Q&A with Fr. James Martin. They noted,…
Ross Lockhart, Vancouver School of Theology Professor of Mission Studies, along with colleagues Albert Chu (Tapestry Church and Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership) and Jason Byassee (Senior Minister of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church and former VST Butler Chair) recently published their…
Should the new St. Paul’s building accommodate MAiD [Medical Assistance in Dying]? Can city councils continue to open their deliberations with prayer? Does the Canada Summer Jobs granting process still discriminate against religious groups? What about public Christmas celebrations? A…
Every Christmas season we are reminded by fellow Christians that Canadians have forgotten that ‘Jesus is the reason for the season.” These concerns are true enough; I’ve felt that way myself. A recent National Post comment – well worth reading…
What does it mean to bring our ‘whole selves’ to worship?’ Not just the parts of us that reach our hands out in adoration, but the parts of us that come with open hands, humbly asking, “Where are you, God?…