As a Palestinian Christian living in Vancouver, I find myself inhabiting multiple realities during the unfolding devastation in Gaza. While recent ceasefire negotiations have brought hope through the reunion of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners with their families, history shows…
This article is part of a series called ‘Christianity: a missionary religion.’ As I said in the introduction to the series, mostly, I’ll look at recently published books. It is encouraging to see that, while most churches and Christian bookstores have largely…
“Divine Wisdom is superior to artificial intelligence,” Canadian AI technologist Joanna Ng told watchers of the American Scientific Affiliation AI and Christianity live webcast during the organization’s Winter Symposium this past weekend. Rosalind Picard, founder and director of the Affective Computing…
The Evangelical Fellowship (EFC) of Canada submitted a stakeholders report January 24 to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, for its 32nd session, March 3 – 21, 2025. Following is the beginning of the eight-page report. Report…
This article is based on the author’s presentation at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization held in Seoul, Korea last September. (Go here for other posts about Lausanne 4 on this site.) God’s love for the needy and vulnerable has…
Open Doors has released World Watch List 2025 (WWL), which ranks countries by the severity of persecution and discrimination endured by Christians living there. The 2025 list highlights the plight of Christians in central Asia, with Kyrgyzstan adding seven points to its…
I’ve had a few interactions recently that strongly suggest to me that church tradition trumps Scripture when it comes to a definition of mission. Many Christians from a Protestant background would define mission as crossing from one culture to another…
This article is part of a series called ‘Christianity: a missionary religion.’ As I said in the introduction to the series: Mostly, I’ll look at recently published books. It is encouraging to see that, while most churches and Christian bookstores…
Michelangelo once described his artistic process by saying, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” World-renowned Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz made a similar observation in his keynote speech at this year’s Corpus Christi–St.…
I posted seven articles earlier this year in a series called ‘Christianity: a missionary religion.’ At the time, I said the seventh one was the last – but I’ve changed my mind, having discovered that many good books on missions…