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| Listen up, we need to find homes for 30,000 kids - June 8, 2009 With just a few clicks on the keyboard and a send to the printer, I held the document that promises to unlock some of the mysteries in my life. Read More | |||||
| Human rights and the seal hunt, the debate moves north - February 5, 2010 Spike a seal and watch the emotions boil over on all sides of this debate. Should those who hunt seals, like the Inuit of Canada's North, be the ones to determine the future of that species? Read More | |||||
| Truth is the only cleansing agent needed for church and state - April 19, 2010 It was British playwright Oscar Wilde who penned the words, "Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality." No stranger to scandal himself, Wilde would not be surprised by the steady stream of salacious gossip our media has served up of late, from priestly pedophilia to Tiger Woods. Read More | |||||
| Where is the church-led economic recovery? - Mar 20, 2009 There was a time when Canadian churches knew how to help you face the worst that economic storms could wreak. In the Great Depression, for example, there were pockets of faith-based activists who launched social change on such a scale that much of it is still with us today. Read More | |||||
 | The 12 days of Christmas - Dec. 24/08 The Christmas ditty we know as the "Twelve Days of Christmas" contains enough inner meanings to show that the sacred and secular have always enjoyed a competitive dance at this time of the year. It's a shame the church lost this one, but you'd be hard pressed to prove that the sixth century decree to set aside12 days between Christmas and Epiphany has survived its original intent. Read More | ||||
 | Taking refuge in The Shack, Dec. 11, 2008 This book has nothing to do with politics per se. Rather it's a do-it-yourself way to manage your own therapy and figure out why you may be messed up about religion at the same time. Read More | ||||
| Deciding to do little or nothing is still getting involved, Nov. 13, 2008 It was a story that made me wonder if the people who go daily into harm's way crossed their arms and said, "At last, they get it." When the world finally learned of CBC reporter Mellissa Fung's kidnapping in Afghanistan, the subplot was that an entire new community had made choices to protect and care. Editor after editor had to face the truth that individual actions will affect someone's survival. Read More | |||||
| Bus murder opens door to justice re-think, Oct. 24, 2008 Seldom do we get to choose the stories that will shape our future. Things just happen, and when big enough they have the power to become a narrative, even a meta-narrative, over our lives. Read More | |||||
| The credit crisis and the Bible, Oct. 9, 2008 Leadership deficit, consumption, greed, and lying infuse this crisis. We've followed the Pied Piper of our human nature right into economic disaster. Read More | |||||