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26 October, 2015
Urbana, refugees, James Bond, poverty and more. Here comes Nov/Dec Faith Today

We’ve just hit “send” on the Nov/Dec issue of Faith Today. It’s a great one, if we do say so ourselves (and on behalf of all the writers whose hard work it showcases, and all the Canadian stories it tells).

20 October, 2015
When easy answers don’t help a marriage

I’ve been a blogger since 2008, and my blog, To Love, Honor and Vacuum, has grown quite large. I’ve been writing books at the same time, but my main ministry is that blog. And I rank really high in Google search engin...

13 October, 2015
Writer Julia Cheung takes us behind the scenes with Vancouver story

So clearly God’s gift to us—a hint of His character and of His goodness—beauty reveals God to a blinded humanity. Beauty opens us up to worship.

05 October, 2015
Steve Bell on Freedom Road activism

Several weeks ago, I found myself an interviewee-in-waiting at CBC’s complex on Portage Avenue, situated in sunny downtown Winnipeg. Talk-show host Ismaila Alfa requested an interview, having noticed I had publically ...

30 September, 2015
Clean water in Cambodia

A 12-day trip in Cambodia brings clean water – and some insights on short-term mission trips

29 September, 2015
Hearing the truth, working for reconciliation

Evangelical leaders reflect on the TRC report.

29 September, 2015
What grows in the dark. Fighting human trafficking In Cambodia

My sister Miriam and I were walking down a dusty street in Poipot, a border town in Cambodia, with Thailand a stones-throw away, when the darkest moment in our trip took place.

28 September, 2015
Christians should move swiftly: A response to the Syrian refugee crisis

The image of young Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body washing up on the shore is the result of inaction. This tragic story has come to symbolize the ‘Syrian refugee crisis’ however it provides Christians with two incredibly p...

24 September, 2015
Community and dating again: Alex Newman goes behind the scenes with her recent Faith Today story

040 Read Alex Newman’s piece “Middle-Aged, Divorced and Dating Online” in the Sep/Oct Faith Today When I was in my 20s, I loved writing caustic letters to friends about hilarious antics, real or imagined, while doin...

21 September, 2015
Digging deeper into ministry wellness project

The May/Jun Faith Today featured The Wycliffe Wellness Project, a research project to discover what brings wellness to clergy and others engaged in ministry. You can read the article here. We decided to have an update...

15 September, 2015
Ministry in Canada's poorest postal code

Faith Today visits Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to understand what it is like to minister in this hard, hard place.

14 September, 2015
Behind the scenes with Faith Today’s story on Omar Khadr

I can’t even remember the first time I heard about Omar Khadr, but I’m sure it was years ago. What I heard was a young teenager who was a Canadian citizen, had been incarcerated at the notorious military prison in Gua...

08 September, 2015
Why do evangelical churches do better in today’s Canada?

With the first national study of its kind, Sam Reimer and I published our book, A Culture of Faith, on evangelical congregations in Canada.

02 September, 2015
In search of … adequacy

Meeting the challenges of our time with intellectual rigour