Spoken for by God
October 23, 2018
Convivium contributor Alan Hustak catches up with an Anglican Bishop in Saskatchewan who recently completed a cross-Canada cycling pilgrimage for unity and reconciliation.
Voices From the Crowd
Launched on Canada's Sesquicentennial Anniversary to capture Canada's stories of faith from coast to coast, the Voices from the Crowd initiative serves as a powerful collection of unique narrative. We continue to collect stories that reveal the depth and diversity of Canada's unique landscape of faith. Do you have a story to share? Add your voice to the collection today!
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Steadfast Love
August 13, 2018Amid the tempest of arranging her family’s move to England, Krista Ewert found shelter from the storm in the words of Psalms reminding her that God’s wondrous love never falters.
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The Church in Surrey
August 9, 2018Lloyd Mackey explores the rich role of churches and other faith-based ministries in the social, economic, governance and health of Surrey and White Rock, British Columbia.
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Tuned to True Calling
July 9, 2018Pianist Chiara Bertoglio reflects on her two-fold identity, as both a musician and a Christian. When, as a child, she wanted to be the greatest pianist in the world, she now realizes she was trying to be something other than the actual, flesh-and-bone Chiara – and something other than what she was designed to be.
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The Bittersweet Space of Goodbye
June 11, 2018It takes faith not only to grab hold of things, but to let things go, reflects Alida Oegema. As she prepares to leave Canada's West coast for a new city and a new beginning, she writes on the ways she sees God leading, sustaining, and surrounding her and her husband-to-be.
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The Resurrection Does Show Up
June 4, 2018As a psychotherapist, Judith Cooke's vocation is to walk with people through the darkness of their lives. As she listens through Andrew Peterson's album, Resurrection Letters vol. 1., she sees a vision of life that can foster resilience and deep faith. She sees light and darkness side-by-side, with small moments that point again and again to resurrection.
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Love That Wrestles the Imperfect
May 16, 2018For humans in this snow-globe of a planet, where war-shaken cultures are being rapidly dispersed across the continents, to love means to keep re-engaging with each other, writes Voices contributor Karen Esau.
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Only God Never Breathes Goodbye
May 15, 2018In the aftermath of war’s horrors and accidental tragedy, Saskatchewan writer Leah Perrault finds warmth in the God who grieves with us.
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When The World Is Weeping
May 15, 2018Rev. Marie-Louise Ternier, rector of All Saints Anglican and Redeemer Lutheran in Watrous Saskatchewan, reflects on the need to turn to church when tragedy shatters the world into a million pieces.
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Finding Resurrection
May 14, 2018For several panic-inducing hours this Easter season, Convivium writer Brittany Beacham feared she may lose the unborn child that she and her husband have waited more than three years to welcome. Then came the reminder that God will swallow up death forever.
