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On a drive through the southern United States this summer, I could not but help notice the polarization of the society to the south of us. Republican billboards for Congressional elections held little back in attacking the current president as…Read More→
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By the time you read this column, the G8/G20 Summits held in Ontario will be over. You are likely going about your day like any other—wondering if you’ll get through all the e-mails on your computer, what you’ll have for…Read More→
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People of Canada rejoice! Eighteen months after Canadians sat mesmerized by America’s dazzling new president, we now have a new foreign leader to envy—and a major case of leadership envy to nurse. In fact, Britain’s new coalition government is led…Read More→
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Churches, especially at the denominational level, encounter the same types of public relations challenges that any large organization faces. Public accountability, building trust with customers (primarily the people in the pews and those they are trying to reach with the…Read More→
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A recent study from Statistics Canada suggests that in 20 years, today’s so-called “visible minorities” will represent a “visible majority” in urban Canada and make up one-third of all Canadians. It predicts big changes ahead for the face of the…Read More→
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On the office wall of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada’s (EFC) Centre for Faith and Public Life is a special document. It lists the names of 50 religious groups that signed the groundbreaking Declaration on Marriage on November 20, 2006….Read More→
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Few people worry more about what might be called “excessive nationalism” than Canadians. Just look at the national hand wringing that occurred when, in an effort to wipe up enthusiasm for Vancouver’s recent Olympic Games, we were urged to get…Read More→
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If there is any good to come out of the Haiti earthquake disaster, it may be that relief organizations and other non-government organizations (NGOs) have shone in what they do best: doing good. Canadian NGOs, in particular, seem to have…Read More→
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Canada has always prided itself as being an international “good guy.” While those nasty American, Russian, Chinese and other not-so-nice-guys were out scheming and intriguing with their wars and espionage, everyone could count on Johnny Canuck to be doing “peacekeeping”…Read More→
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TORONTO,ON—For many Jews, recognizing Jesus as the promised Messiah has often been equated with giving up their Jewish identity. But if Joe Gray has his way, a new Messianic Centre in the heart of Toronto’s large Jewish community will mean…Read More→