The Present of Advent’s Presence
December 9, 2019
In this bustling Advent season, we might benefit from slowing down, taking the time to contemplate and just “be,” writes contributor Melissa Payne.
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A Place of Great Debate
December 6, 2019After this week’s Munk Debate in Toronto, Peter Stockland wonders if the somewhat positive conversation on capitalism would have yielded the same response in a different crowd.
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The Point of Darkness Around the Light
December 5, 2019In the second of her weekly reflections on Advent, Convivium’s Rebecca Darwent notes that even in biology certain flowers need a time of darkness before they flourish. So, spiritually, we need winter’s night in our souls to encounter the blazing light of Christ.
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Why Turn Our Backs On Cherry?
December 4, 2019In response to Peter Stockland's defense of Don Cherry's firing, David McKernan wonders if the decision overstepped Canada’s values of inclusivity and politeness.
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Stitching an Abrahamic Tapestry
December 4, 2019During the years he spent knitting together a vast artwork of ecumenism, Kirk Dunn thought he might be wasting his time. Convivium’s Rebecca Darwent writes that what he produced is just what our present time needs.
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Space For Forgiveness
December 2, 2019Former hockey coach Bill Peters was under fire after allegations of targeting player Akim Aliu with racial slurs 10 years ago. While the act itself cannot be excused, missing from the conversation is the key element of forgiveness, writes contributor Tyler Brooks.
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Questioning the Outrage-Apology Cycle
November 29, 2019The routine offense-apology-criticism as a response to issues of political correctness does not answer the deeper problems that could be addressed simply by slowing down and asking key questions, Peter Stockland writes.
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A Tolerant Canada
November 28, 2019Ray Pennings examines the findings of a recent Angus Reid Institute study, which cites both hopeful and worrisome numbers in its summary of Canadians' opinions towards religious freedom.
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Bill 207 is Dead. Now What?
November 27, 2019The main reason for Bill 207's defeat is because we trust our institutions will stand even when we ignore their foundations, writes Ryan Topping.
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An Advent(ure) of the Heart
November 26, 2019Why rush ahead to Christmas, Convivium’s Rebecca Darwent asks, when this very moment of the Advent season – right now! – affords yet another glorious step on the journey toward Christ?
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The Killing of Conscience
November 25, 2019Defeat of legislation protecting the conscience rights of doctors has Albertans expecting the unexpected from Premier Jason Kenney’s normally conscientious United Conservatives, Jason West contends.
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All Are Welcome
November 22, 2019Christian YouTuber Brian Holdsworth has helped university student Tyler Brooks find ways to have respectful conversations on sensitive issues of differences in ways to worship.
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A Clue From Settlers of Catan
November 22, 2019In their new book, Your Move: What Board Games Teach Us About Life, Joan Moriarity and Jonathan Kay challenge the monopoly video games have on our attention spans. Reviewer Anna-Liza Kozma scrabbles to pass go in the new golden era of tabletop risk-taking.
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The Aftermath of Falling Walls
November 21, 2019Father Raymond de Souza reminds us that bloodshed rarely ends the instant freedom rings out. When the Berlin Wall fell, tyrants still murdered the innocent.
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Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
November 20, 2019Matthew Kaemingk, recently named Hamilton-based Redeemer University College’s 2019 Emerging Intellectual, challenges Christians to defend the religious freedom of all faiths as they do their own.
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