Articles written by Karen Stiller

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   David Festival growing worship leaders

   By Karen Stiller and ChristianWeek on Mar 3, 2015

   A festival that aims to help churches cultivate worship and the arts is attracting some big names and even more interest as it enters its seventh year. The David Festival started in 2008 with a handful of churches, that many…Read More→

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   The incalculable value of our children

   By Karen Stiller and ChristianWeek on Apr 30, 2014

   I have a love/hate relationship with this Bible story. Hannah, as we all know, is the mother-to-be in the Old Testament who cries out her heart to God again and again, yearning for a child. She makes one of those…Read More→

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   Love looks like something

   By Karen Stiller and ChristianWeek on Dec 4, 2013

   When Damaris Vezentan of Kitchener-Waterloo handed over an Operation Christmas Child (OCC) shoebox to a young girl in Senegal this fall, she arrived full circle. Twenty-two years ago, Vezentan lived in what was then communist Romania. Her family was poor…Read More→

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   Canadian doctor brings hope—and algae—to Angola

   By Karen Stiller on Apr 3, 2013

   It looks like a Swiss Chard Smoothie, and most Canadians can’t think of anything less palatable than that. But Spirulina, a nutrient-rich algae that can be developed into a powerful food supplement, is considered to be the next ‘super-food,’ with…Read More→

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   International ministry grows at Ontario’s fastest growing university

   By Karen Stiller on Dec 18, 2012

   The cafeteria in the business and IT building on the campus of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology is well-lit, comfortable and offers student necessities like french fries, coffee and wide tables, perfect for study and conversation. Graydon Baker—a…Read More→

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   Shoebox gifts packed and prepped with love

   By Karen Stiller on Nov 29, 2012

   Is Batman scary or not? That was the discussion that erupted at our “pod” at the Operation Christmas Child (OCC) shoebox processing centre in Waterloo, Ontario. My daughter Holly and I—who, living in a house with a lot of Batman…Read More→

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   Disconnected with the Word of God?

   By Karen Stiller on May 15, 2012

   I have regularly dropped out of self-imposed routines designed to get me reading the Bible more regularly. A consistent daily quiet-time has consistently eluded me. And I’ve experienced the shame and awkward silence of not knowing answers in Biblical Pursuit….Read More→

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   Canadian appointed to train international preachers

   By Karen Stiller on Apr 26, 2012

   RICHMOND, BC—When Jennifer Cuthbertson sat in a crowded room in Nairobi, Kenya listening to volunteers from across Africa share their passion for the Church, she knew she was in the right place, at the exact right time. It was in…Read More→

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   Memorial service to honour John Stott

   By Karen Stiller on Feb 14, 2012

   TORONTO, ON—On Sunday, March 25, Canadian Christians will gather in Toronto to remember and bid farewell to the Rev. Dr. John Stott, the man evangelical leader Billy Graham famously called “the most respected clergyman in the world today.” Stott, author…Read More→

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    Child sponsorship changes lives forever

    By Karen Stiller on Oct 4, 2011

    PORT PERRY, ON – Child sponsorship began partly as an object lesson for my children – at least in the beginning. I can admit this. As much as we wanted to make a difference in the life of a child,…Read More→