A couple of years ago a friend of mine and I went to the Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing. There, we met another Canadian writer, an older Christian man whom I had met before. I introduced him to my fri...

When was the last time someone went out of their way to thank you? Do you remember what they did? What they said? How you felt?

Yesterday I was Skyping with Ashley Easter, who is doing great work helping survivors of abuse within the church, and promoting healing. And we were talking about how being married to someone with a porn addiction can...

Prof. John G. Stackhouse, Jr. delivered the following message in the academic chapel of Crandall University this September. We thought Faith Today readers, who know Stackhouse from his books and our pages, would appre...

I write as a person with lived experience, as a former pastor who has struggled with dark periods of depression, suicidal ideation and the misuse of alcohol. Mental health problems are generational in the Summerville ...

Witnessing and serving

How should society recognize the uniqueness of religious freedom?

The back to school season often brings yet another disturbing story about a student sexually victimized on campus. Colleges and universities continue to struggle against violent hazing rituals, misogynist frosh chants...

Here’s a sneak peek (with permission) at an article that will be published in our upcoming Nov/Dec issue. Subscribe now and you’ll still be in time to get the full issue.

Investigating the World Mission Society Church of God

It has more to do with our history than we might think

I’m an eternal optimist. After the initial alarm over the bad stats on kids of divorce, I decided to look at the percentage of kids who did well. What happened to make them thrive and overcome the odds? It’s something...

Why contemplation is not just for contemplatives

It is a beautiful thing to have a debate about God and faith, right in the heart of the University of Toronto campus. That’s what happened just this past Friday night.

SHAILA VISSER is the national director of Alpha Canada, which produces videos for interactive small groups that deal with questions of love, purpose and faith. It’s an experience overwhelmingly embraced by Canadian ch...