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In April 2013 the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed on thousands of Bangladeshi workers, killing more than 1,100 people. Television viewers around the world watched in horror as body after body was pulled from the rubble. The subsequent investigation gave…Read More→
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The subject of money and stewardship produces dread, fear, or (at best) anxiety in many churches. But it doesn’t need to be that way. How we handle our money is a reflection of our relationship with Christ; conversely, avoiding the…Read More→
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God has blessed our world. There is sufficient food on the planet to feed all of us. But many Canadians appear to be insulated from that truth. World Vision Canada recently commissioned an Ipsos Reid poll that revealed only 57…Read More→
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A new year invites reflection, particularly for those of us who are striving to become more like Christ. In the Gospels, it appears that Jesus often took time to go away and seek the Father’s guidance in the midst of…Read More→
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SOMALIA—Earlier this fall, World Vision Canada took the unusual step of sending out a special e-mail alert to Canadian Church leaders, appealing for prayer for the horrific situation in Somalia. While issuing that alert was an uncommon thing for us…Read More→
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The royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, set to take place in April, promises enough glamour to satisfy the most romantically inclined. Yet for many people today, marriage is more about economics than romance. I was reminded of…Read More→
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When news broke this summer of plans to build an Islamic community centre and mosque near the site of the former World Trade Center in New York City, the media gave ample voice to the sorts of tensions that can…Read More→
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Mission. It’s at the very heart and nature of God. Just as God broke through time and space to become flesh, live among us, love us and save us, God also calls the Church to “go” and be Christ’s ambassadors,…Read More→
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I’ll never forget Eric—who lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—nor what he managed to accomplish in and through community. I met Eric, a former child soldier in a violence-plagued town called Beni, in the country’s northeast this past…Read More→
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American missionary Bob Pierce founded World Vision in 1950. Globally, a lot has happened in the six decades since. Our planet’s population has more than doubled from 2.5 billion to 6.8 billion. Technological developments have changed just about every aspect…Read More→