Karen Stiller recently gave a presentation at the Ottawa Word Guild writer’s day, on lessons she has learned about writing and faith. Here is an edited version of that talk.

Folks, being a pastor is not always a walk in a holy, blessed park. There are such wonderful, rewarding, beautiful parts to it, yes. But there are the lonely times, and how people think you are no fun, and that they h...

Truth. We teach children to tell it. Courts depend on it. Relationships suffer for want of it. Science and religion both claim to provide us with access to it.

JONATHAN HAMILTON-DIABO is director of Indigenous initiatives at the University of Toronto, working to support reconciliation between the university and Indigenous Peoples and communities. Hamilton-Diabo previously wo...

What should Christians make of this Toronto psychologist?

My one-hour commute from one Southern Ontario city to another takes me through several small towns. Each town has at least one United church and one Anglican church. In most parts of the country, you find the same thing.

This time last year I spent Easter in Northern Uganda. I was part of a small media trip hosted by Samaritan’s Purse Canada, to visit refugee settlements and see the work happening there, deep in the field.

“Dwell here for a while Karen.” That was a common instruction I heard during the last two years as I completed a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Non Fiction. The program is all about writing very well what is true. So...

It starts early. Cries of “me first, mommy!” ring from my kids’ bedroom. Our 3 ½ year old twins sleep next to each other in separate cribs, and both want me to pick them up. Then it’s a fight over who gets to use the ...

“When I use a word, it means what I choose it to mean. Neither more nor less.” – Humpty Dumpty in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. Language is and always has been an evolving thing. New words and phrases...

Educating For Vocation

The lifelong journey of following Christ

Last week I spent several days in Vancouver, recording some podcasts at Regent College and attending a conference. I also had the wonderful opportunity to have coffee with several Faith Today subscribers and readers i...

Over the last several months, I’ve spoken with many people who are doing food ministry a bit differently. Out of those conversations I’ve noticed some common ideas that result in stellar suppers.

An Ontario policy that requires doctors to violate their conscience is wrong and hurts our society