Mar/Apr 2025 features: Watch the Lamb. Canadian Bible scholar appears on world's most popular podcast. Easter poems. The Christian side of Montreal's Haitian communities. Why our worship space matters. The ministry of a Toronto police chaplain. One on one with children's ministry leader and podcaster Christie Thomas.
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Cover story
Watch the Lamb. The Easter story is bigger than we imagine. By Mark Buchanan
- Version française : Regardez l'agneau : L'histoire de Pâques est plus grande que nous ne l'imaginons
Features
Canadian Bible scholar appears on world’s most popular podcast. By Doug Lett
Easter poems. By Debbie Sawczak, Luke Sawczak, Sarah Klassen and Greg Kennedy
The Christian side of Montreal's Haitian communities. Interviews with leaders in a vibrant church sector. By Phil Cotnoir
Why our worship space matters. What are its vertical and horizontal stories? By Tiffany Robinson
The ministry of a Toronto police chaplain. An ordinary person doing extraordinary work for God. By Alex Newman
The FT interview: One on one with Christie Thomas, children’s ministry leader and podcaster in Alberta, author of Little Habits, Big Faith: How Simple Practices Help Your Family Grow in Jesus (NavPress, 2024).
Fellowship Skills Series. How to fight fairly. By Tim Plant
In each issue
Behind the scenes. From February to Easter. Looking up with surprise at what’s ahead. By Bill Fledderus
Talking points. Milestones, Readers Write, Podcast Lineup, Contributors
News. Notes. Ideas
- Engaging Gen Alpha, Z with the gospel. Alpha Canada launches youth series.
- Competency-based learning launch. Providence University College offers a new blend of education.
- Bestselling Bible translations 2014–2023.
- Women’s shelter for 20. Cambridge church partners with the YWCA.
- Discipling women across Canada. Saskatchewan ministry encourages intergenerational partnerships.
- Faith trends. Bestselling Bible translations 2014–2023.
- Inspiring ideas: Discipleship through evangelism. Unique food bank program. Young adult gap year program. Avoiding waste, feeding millions. A warm welcome.
- By the numbers. How Canadians spend their time.
- Noteworthy: Hopeful trends in podcasting. Secularism in Quebec. Rising belief in miracles. The body is a temple.
- The intersection of faith and disability. Saskatchewan ministry encourages intergenerational relationships.
- Presbyterian leavers can't take churches.
Cross connections. Prayer in turbulent times. What it means that God is our refuge. By columnist David Guretzki
- Version française : Prier en période de turbulences : Ce que signifie que Dieu est notre refuge
At issue: For prayer and action. MAiD often led by existential and social suffering.
The gathering place. Speaking truth in public. Defending our expressive freedoms. By columnist Bruce Clemenger
News from the EFC. Challenge to charity. Faith Matters video series launches. Prorogation of Parliament explained. Prayer card for 2025. Religious freedom case. New women’s network. Opposing advanced MAiD requests.
All things reconciled: News from the Peace and Reconciliation Network. Update on global persecution. Missionary in most dangerous country. Evangelicals work together in Burundi. Half of migrants are Christian. By David Donaldson
Thriving in digital. Strategies to connect with youth. Leveraging digital to connect with Generation Alpha. By Joanna la Fleur
History lesson. Bible school on the Miramichi. New Brunswick Bible class graduated hundreds. By Rachel Baarda
Church and community. Nanaimo church helps neighbours with winter clothing.
Books & culture
- Extended review: Blessed Are the Undone: Testimonies of the Quiet Deconstruction of Faith in Canada, by Angela Reitsma Bick and Peter Schuurman
- Extended review: You Get Bigger as You Go: Bruce Cockburn's Influence and Evolution, by Henry VanderSpek
- Extended review: Why I Help People Take Drugs: Reflections of a Christian Addiction Medicine Physician, by Brenton Diaz
- Extended review: Citizenship Without Illusions: A Christian Guide to Political Engagement, by David T. Koyzis
- Q + A with musician/scholar Mark Glanville
- Canadian Creatives: Agnus Dei, art by Josh Thiessen
- New media roundup
- Hidden in Plain Sight: Sam Goudie and the Ontario Mennonite Brethren in Christ
- Pastoral Care Teams in Churches
- Rags of Light: Leonard Cohen and the Landscape of Biblical Imagination
- When Ministry and Marriage Collide: Honest Conversations on Thriving Through Conflict
- Faithful Choices in Church & Mission: A Group Discussion Resource for Guiding Small and Rural Churches Through Times of Transition
- and more.
Final word. Brian Stiller is global ambassador for the World Evangelical Alliance, host of the Evangelical 360° Podcast and a former president of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (1983–1997).