Articles from Volume 1

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April 2009

Of Grant and Judy

We live, in the greater Toronto area, at the cen­tre of the world’s most diverse meet­ing of cul­tures. Con­fronted with this flood of unfa­mil­iar faces, those of us whose fam­i­lies have been here a bit longer often … Read the full article

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January 2009

Have you ever run your fin­gers over the carved choir pews in West­min­ster Abbey or got­ten lost in Wil­low Creek Com­mu­nity Church? I ask that because these build­ings make an impor­tant his­tor­i­cal state­ment. They and the thou­sands of oth­ers like … Read the full article

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December 2008

In the New Tes­ta­ment, the term “evan­ge­lism” specif­i­cally refers to the good news of the king­dom of God. “To evan­ge­lize” lit­er­ally means to pro­claim the good news of God’s reign. Jesus came “pro­claim­ing the good news of the king­dom, and … Read the full article

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July 2008

Often it’s assumed that for­give­ness is easy – lit­tle more dif­fi­cult than pro­nounc­ing the word. But in fact there are few things more dif­fi­cult. Blows wound. Wounds pain. Lac­er­a­tions fes­ter. Of itself time doesn’t heal. Then what will heal? What … Read the full article