Christianity

  • Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

    Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

    Rebecca Darwent

    November 20, 2019

    Matthew 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. 

    Christians are really good at defending their own religious freedoms. When it comes to other faith traditions, however, Christians often seem quite ill-prepared to defend the religious freedoms of non-Christians. 

    This discrepancy was one of two key ...

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  • The Lion, the Beach and the War Horse

    The Lion, the Beach and the War Horse

    Raymond J. de Souza

    July 19, 2019

    Our intrepid Editor-In-Chief Father Raymond de Souza surveys the animal kingdom for tales of leonine pride in Africa, shaggy dog stories in California, and  sorry sagas  at Calgary’s Stampede.

    LONG BEACH, California – I have been to California perhaps three or four times and have seen the ocean, but never actually gone to the beach. I corrected that on this trip, venturing out to Long Beach which, in part, has gone to the dogs. ...

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  • Liturgies of the Moment

    Liturgies of the Moment

    Douglas McKelvey with Hannah Marazzi

    February 12, 2019

    Convivium’s Hannah Marazzi learns from author Douglas McKelvey how we can make every moment holy by seeing even milk, honey and coffee as worthy objects of liturgy.

    Convivium: Every Moment Holy, published in 2017, is a “book of liturgies for the everyday.” When did you first begin to write liturgies for the ordinary, maybe even mundane, bits of life?

    Douglas McKelvey: I...

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  • Last Kiss

    Last Kiss

    Hannah Marazzi with Joshua Harris

    February 7, 2019

    Convivium has been following the journey of writer and documentary-maker Joshua Harris as he unpacks the effects of his generation-changing book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Hannah Marazzi caught up with him as he moves on to the next chapter in his life and work.

    Convivium: Last time we spoke, you were in a race to secure funding through a Kickstarter campaign to launch a more public inquiry into the impact of your best-selling book, I Kissed Dating Goodbye. What was it like to appeal to th...

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  • Faith Among the Seconds

    Faith Among the Seconds

    Joyce Deng

    February 4, 2019

    Through often painful moments listening to a broken man at an Ottawa drop-in centre, Joyce Deng began to hear God’s voice in the briefest of encounters.

    “When you homeless, you don’t wanna hear much of that, cause it’s like, when you get through talking about Jesus, I gotta go back to living in this empty building, you know?" 

    - Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith

    Last year, I w...

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  • Faith Among the Seconds

    Faith Among the Seconds

    Joyce Deng

    February 4, 2019

    Through often painful moments listening to a broken man at an Ottawa drop-in centre, Joyce Deng began to hear God’s voice in the briefest of encounters.

    “When you homeless, you don’t wanna hear much of that, cause it’s like, when you get through talking about Jesus, I gotta go back to living in this empty building, you know?" 

    - Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith

    Last year, I w...

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  • God With Us

    God With Us

    Brittany Beacham

    December 22, 2017

    With the very advent of Christmas upon us, Brittany Beacham gives Convivium readers this irresistible reflection written from the pure-hearted beauty that is the full meaning of Christian faith.

    O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear.

    Through quiet towns, spoken words and silent thoughts, a single prayer moved through the heart of a nation. Come, Emmanuel. Ran...

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