Articles written by Gerry Bowler

1. Columns0

   

   What Do These Mean to Christians: First Nations’ Rights, White Guilt

   By Gerry Bowler on Jul 13, 2018

   These days, Canadians are finding it hard to attend any sort of public event – in a church, a sports arena, or shopping mall – without being told that, before things get underway, there will be an acknowledgement that all…Read More→

2. Stories // News0

   Magi’s tale a new look at an ancient story

   By Gerry Bowler on Dec 1, 2010

   No one likes to see a good story end. Take Homer’s epic Iliad for example. It comes to a conclusion with the Achaean army still camped for the ninth straight year outside the walls of Troy and a seemingly-invincible Achilles…Read More→

3. Columns // Canada Today0

   Tidings of excess and joy

   By Gerry Bowler and ChristianWeek on Dec 15, 2007

   Statistics Canada, that ever-vigilant watch-dog of all we think, do and spend, has been keeping its Argus eyes on Christmas, and what it tells us is no surprise to anyone who has tried to find a parking place at a…Read More→

4. Reviews0

   Christmas meditations beautifully illuminated

   By Gerry Bowler and ChristianWeek on Nov 15, 2007

   Christmas is the planet’s most prominent festival, celebrated with a mixture of materialism and sentimentality in most countries, and a holiday responsible for generating a sizeable chunk of the world’s industrial economy. In Canada we spend at least a month…Read More→

5. Columns // Canada Today0

   Theists can be just as dumb

   By Gerry Bowler on Oct 15, 2007

   A spate of books in the past year has touted atheism while denigrating religion and those who practise it. Themes to which the proponents of a godless society keep returning include the irrationality of religion, its tendency to obscure and…Read More→

6. Columns // Canada Today0

   Virtues isolated go mad

   By Gerry Bowler on Sep 15, 2007

   It’s a crazy world out there. Take, for example, the case of Ann Holmes Redding, an Episcopalian priest in Seattle, Washington, who recently made headlines when she announced that in addition to her Christian faith she also considers herself a…Read More→