Archbishop Michael Miller returned last week from four weeks in Rome, where he participated in the Synod on Synodality. He had been elected by his fellow Canadian bishops as one of six bishops to represent the Canadian Catholic Church at…
At one time, it might have seemed odd to head along to church to hear some jazz music. Surely it was more suited to smoky night clubs? Non-smoky now, of course, but still not churches. Times have changed, though, at…
Around the year 200 AD, a young mother named Perpetua was asked, “Who are you?” She answered, “I am a Christian” and then met martyrdom in the arena. How many people in the world today would answer similarly? This is…
The Christian year begins earlier than our normal calendar year – with Advent rather than January 1. So this is a good time to buy a calendar which reflects that reality. Produced by University Hill Congregation, Salt of the Earth:…
Loren Cunningham, world-changer, has transferred his citizenship to “life in the age to come.” I first met Loren in London, UK speaking at Kensington Temple in 1991. Shortly after that I joined Youth With A Mission and have been with…
I never expected that at a global conference in Turkiye I would be captivated by a Malaysian who had gone to England early in his life to earn a PhD in micro-biochemistry and ended up running a global fund that…
In a time when the CBC publishes articles with titles such as ‘9,000 churches and religious spaces will close over next 10 years’ and ‘Majority of Canadians say church to blame for residential school tragedies,’ it can feel like despair…
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?…
Some may have noticed that I haven’t been posting anything for the past while. That’s because Margaret and I were away for almost two months – we spent a couple of weeks in Norway, a month in the UK and…
Have you noticed the staggering surge in ticket prices for live events lately? Oy! Either our society is flush with disposable income, or the allure of a live experience justifies the cost. Hundreds of thousands of people spend a mortgage…