The Polarization Express
December 30, 2019
How did we get into the tunnel, and can anything light our way out?
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Drawing To The House
December 30, 2019All sports are distinctly liturgical, writes Catholic seminarian Joseph McDaniel, but the particular physics-defying practice of curling calls us to hurry hard to God.
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Skywalker’s Biblical Beginnings
December 27, 2019In wake of the finale of the massive Star Wars trilogy, Evan Menzies traces the origin of the saga to the pages of the Old and New Testaments.
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Two Popes: One Doctrine
December 27, 2019Alan Hustak finds the new Netflix movie on the papacies of Francis and Benedict XVI tries too hard to exploit their differences via disingenuous disregard for their unity.
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Christmas Comes to the Farm
December 24, 2019Bill Los offers a reflection from his farm, where he contemplates Christmas in the stillness of listening to the animals and reflects on what might be learnt in the stables.
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Shrouded From Chaos
December 24, 2019Looking back on a trip to Bethlehem that evoked peace and solace, Mirjana Villeneuve seeks to walk alongside the Holy Family approaching the manger this Christmas.
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Miracle on the Gaza Strip
December 23, 2019Thanks to activist groups, 50 Palestinian Christians will join family in the West Bank for Christmas. In the fraught area where Christ was born, that is a small miracle, Susan Korah writes.
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When God Gives Himself to Us
December 20, 2019The secret Santa truth is that, for many, Christmas can be more painful than joyful. But true joy, Rebecca Darwent writes, is creating an interior place for the Child to be born anew.
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Putting Chanukah’s Stamp on Canada
December 19, 2019As Hanukkah begins this weekend, Valerie Michailovich reflects on the story from which the holy season stems, and Canada Post’s issuing of stamps commemorating it.
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The Humour Must Come Out
December 18, 2019Humanity's hunger for humour comes from our deep belief that the absurdity and darkness of the world can be absorbed, transformed, and sanctified, writes Peter Stockland.
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Places We’ve Never Been
December 17, 2019After attending a Diwali celebration for the first time, Rev. Cole Hartin examines how Christians might extend hospitality to those courageously visiting our congregations.
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Peace Past Understanding
December 13, 2019Clamour and division surround us, yet as Advent bends into Christmas, Rebecca Darwent writes, the presence of God with us reminds that He is constant.
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Two Kinds of Peace
December 12, 2019In the second of a two-part series, Josh Nadeau examines a way to engage with people who think differently, as well as come together to heal our polarized society.
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Andrew Scheer’s Fight and Flight
December 12, 2019The Conservative leader couldn’t secure electoral gains he’d already made. But his ouster signals a serious threat to democratic difference and dissent, Peter Stockland writes.
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Secularism’s Anti-Charter Ugliness
December 12, 2019Open-minded secularism can bring social benefits but when it seeks to close out religious freedom it injures us all, argues Cardus Executive Vice-President Ray Pennings.
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