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11 June, 2021
The news from Kamloops and the ongoing ministry of reconciliation

How does God's call on Christians to be ambassadors of reconciliation lead us to respond to news about the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School? Phil Wagler reflects.

17 May, 2021
A story of forgiveness from a Uganda mission trip

Malachi 4:6 says, “He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.”

22 March, 2021
Panniversary: Lessons for the Church from a year of pandemic

Can we find a deeper place of Christlikeness and missional awakening? What we need to do now?

12 February, 2021
In whom do we place our trust?

Why do some Evangelicals support politicians who stoke division and demonstrate behaviour inconsistent with our stated theological convictions?

26 January, 2021
Forgiveness can be contagious

God’s mission uses human super-spreaders of forgiveness to bring healing to people sickened by sin.

13 December, 2020
A reconciling Christmas inspired by "those days"

The shepherds are examples of how we too must respond to the Incarnation and the declaration of the Messiah's prophetic arrival

24 November, 2020
Cultural understandings of trauma

Loving our neighbours means not imposing our concepts

25 September, 2020
Reconciling the iceberg: Healing the pain of our hearts

Can peace and reconciliation be experienced in the heart of one who has been deeply wounded?

10 September, 2020
Little reconciliation

What is the little act of reconciliation God is calling you to do today?

17 August, 2020
The Church has left the building. Now what?

As we think about the role of church buildings in these times of pandemic restrictions against large gatherings, what does it mean that the Church is the Spirit-dwelt people of God?

07 July, 2020
Does systemic racism exist in the Canadian Church?

Watching out for us-and-them thinking in our congregations.

19 June, 2020
Forgiveness, the Church’s best kept secret

If we journey the path of forgiveness, the world will notice and be drawn to the irresistible grace of God that leads to reconciliation, writes Chris Pullenayegem.

02 June, 2020
Christian in the collapse?

Phil Wagler calls us to lament and repent; receive the gospel; love Jesus more than our politics; stop reducing church to a room; live small in a big way; and speak up.

22 May, 2020
Getting reconciliation rolling

How do we live in a world of violence and fear? What does it mean to be Christian, to be the Church here and now?

01 May, 2020
Disney, COVID-19 and a moment for peace and reconciliation

Faith Today is partnering with the Peace & Reconciliation Network to launch a new twice-monthly blog series offering inspiration and equipping related to peace and reconciliation. Here's the first post.