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Montréal is a lovely place to attend a conference and spend a weekend. I thoroughly enjoyed my few days in late September, soaking up the ambience of a mesmerizing city with a distinctively French and old world flair. And although…Read More→
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Our world is changing more quickly and dramatically than many of the dedicated women and men who work at the long and lonely task of promoting Christian unity can appreciate. The modern ecumenical movement, which was born about 100 years…Read More→
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CALGARY, AB—At one of the most significant conventions in Canadian Gideon history, members voting at the Bible distribution ministry’s annual gathering narrowly defeated a wide-ranging set of changes to the agency’s general operating bylaws. “We lost by 50 votes out…Read More→
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In the midst of a two-week vacation at the end of August, Margaret and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. Thirty years is a milestone worth marking. Neither of us had been alive for that long when we first uttered…Read More→
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September 11 came and went with more than the usual rites of remembrance this year. A war of words and clash of symbols dominated the proceedings, despite the best efforts of many to remember the victims of the infamous 9/11…Read More→
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Doug Koop ChristianWeek Staff SAN ANTONIO, TX—Max Lucado preaches and writes. The Texas-based pastor has delivered a lot of sermons in his 55 years, and much of his teaching material has been turned into books—very popular books. In fact, in…Read More→
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Maybe it makes sense for some calculating faction in the Afghanistan conflict to murder a group of nonpartisan medical care providers. Under certain sordid circumstances a reputation for brutality may well be desirable. It’s conceivable that a cowed populace and…Read More→
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September is a time of new beginnings. Summer screeches to a halt and normal activities resume. Churches kick off their new ministry year with fresh programs and refreshed workers. School starts. Stylish clothes and neat bundles of sale-priced stationary signal…Read More→
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WINNIPEG, MB—Do a Google search for “Plan B” and you’ll come up with pages of information about the morning after pill. It isn’t exactly what Nashville pastor Pete Wilson had in mind when he wrote his first book. But he…Read More→
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WINNIPEG, MB—Cornelius Buller got a wake-up call about six years ago when he heard about two pre-teen boys who locked a younger boy in a shed and set it on fire. As an academic working at an ethics centre, he…Read More→