Category: Columns

January 14, 2011

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…

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January 5, 2011

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…

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December 28, 2010

Christianity is for everyone or, ‘Ooey-gooey no more!’

by Thomas Prachar “Churches geared to women, author says.” That was the headline of the September 9 edition of The Globe and Mail that caught my attention. To be sure, this article wasn’t on the front page but was minding its own business in the…

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December 22, 2010

God showed up for Christmas

by Robert Bugbee God showed up. That’s what you and I will celebrate again this Christmas. So will hundreds of millions of others around the world. God showed up. He didn’t show up as people expected. He certainly didn’t do it the way I would…

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December 20, 2010

Finding God

by Peggy Pedersen Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 The Word was made flesh, He lived among us, and we saw His glory, the glory that is His as the only Son of the…

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December 18, 2010

Who gives what to whom at Christmas?

by Don Schiemann Recently a television news show featured some unique Christmas gift ideas. One gift was a particular model of Jaguar, of which the automobile company makes only 250 a year. If you care to order one, go to your Jaguar dealer and put…

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