Category: Columns
Bieber, abortion and babies
by Ken Maher One of the first exposures I had to Justin Bieber came a few months ago. I sat amazed as his video of the song Baby enthralled and delighted my youngest daughter. As my precocious toddler danced through the living room, looking ever…
True love for St. Valentine’s Day
by Peggy Pedersen Next to Christmas, St. Valentine’s Day is probably the biggest gift-giving day of the year and like St. Nicholas, commercial purposes have co-opted St. Valentine. Although little is known about him, he was, like St. Nicholas, probably a bishop or priest in…
The End is near! Or is it?
by Edward Kettner What is going on in the world? The news is filled with strange events—birds falling from the sky for no apparent reason; masses of dead fish washing ashore. It seems this winter has been extreme, with record- setting snow falls (called in…
Funding … and the face of Jesus
by Robert Bugbee In the devotional book What Jesus Means to Me, Herman Gockel writes of a Christian mother who visited her son in his university dormitory room. It grieved her to see the suggestive pictures he had on his wall. But she said nothing….
When faith and work are in conflict; the Saskatchewan case
by Edward Kettner You likely heard (or read) that the Saskatchewan Court of Appeals denied the appeal of a marriage commissioner in Saskatchewan, so that he could refuse to marry homosexual couples on the grounds that his religious beliefs forbid him to do so. This…
Sure-fire predictions for 2011
by Peggy Pedersen Every year at this time people make predictions and resolutions. The predictions are always false prophecies and speculations, some based on trends or data, some not, but within all of them is fear of what the future holds. As Christians, we do…