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Mention September 2001 and most people will recall hijacked airliners and collapsing towers. That does spring to mind, but I also remember that season as a time of significant transition at ChristianWeek. We ended a two-year experiment as a broadsheet…Read More→
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The young woman was feeling positively ecstatic for her wonderful acts of benevolence. “I just raised $2,000 for earthquake victims in Haiti,” she enthused. Such keen responsiveness to the suffering of others is indeed admirable. But just how did she…Read More→
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Call me naïve. I should have realized civil war is not an oxymoron. Apparently it’s a way of life that really works. Confrontational actions seem to be the most effective way to make a point and generate action. Based on…Read More→
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Bil Cornelius wants you to come on down. Demonstrating a remarkable flair for promotion, the Texas megachurch pastor got wide media coverage for his attention-grabbing pre-Easter campaign. “You are the next winner of ‘The Ultimate Giveaway!’ That’s right…With over $2…Read More→
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Soccer is gaining ground in North America, but we’ve still got a long way to go before we begin to match the rest of the world’s passion for the game they know as football. The passions it fuels in numerous…Read More→
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Provocateuse Ann Coulter’s noisy visit to Canada and the unholy rabble of protesters who hounded (and amplified) her strident barbs are a telling example of the dialogue of the deaf that so characterizes our times. She is only one amongst…Read More→
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Karen Hamilton is general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches and a key organizer for the World Religions Summit 2010, a major gathering of global religious leaders June 21 to 23 at the University of Winnipeg. Since 2005, world…Read More→
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Public spats involving religion are increasingly common in Canada and other Western societies. In Great Britain, an unholy foofaraw erupted over the rights of faith schools to deliver sex education in accord with their religious values and traditions. In the…Read More→
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WINNIPEG, MB—Floyd Perras is back in Winnipeg. In the late 1980s he was a college student in the city and ran a drywall business. He was also involved in a couple of Christian ministry start-ups: a church and a soup…Read More→
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Can you believe it? This issue marks 23 full years of publishing ChristianWeek. Our business plan has changed several times during that span and will certainly continue to evolve. Making good use of new technologies and indulging the changing habits…Read More→