Magazine, Past Issue
May/June 2026 issue
This month's highlights:
- Your Turn contest results: Check out the top 25 entries for the Your Turn contest.
- It's your turn: After receiving over 100 entries and selecting our winners, it's your turn to pick your favorite!
- 2026 photo contest: Our yearly photo contest is back!
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INDEX: Your Turn contest winners and finalists / When the church stops singing / Why family businesses still matter (and why the church should care) / Interview with an artist: Sheila Van Delft paints refreshment for the soul / How to plan for your next chapter as a senior / That which bubbles up to the surface / No jail for man who admits to killing his partner / Alberta introduces law to restrict euthanasia / Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes / The very bestest picture books / Health-adjusted life expectancy plummets / Man most responsible for global population collapse has died / Aussie senator shows us how to do it... and how not to do it / US VP thinks UFO accounts involve demons instead / When they went after Barry Neufeld / Perfect planet: It all had to just right for life on earth to survive and thrive / Come and explore: the camel / The limits of the "two-books" metaphor / Executive director update: hold us accountable to our non-negotiables / The next time you're grumpy / Updating a "classic" / On logic / Sola Opus Dei / What is the purpose of your home / Can God make a square circle? / Diversity / On patience / O Canada / Man vs. beast / Simply and truly... / 4 of a kind / The government can't run our lives
News
1 in 7 dog owners would give up partner to prolong Fido’s life
How much do North Americans love their dogs? Apparently, sometimes more than they love their spouses.
A 2025 survey of nearly 2000 American pet owners, commissioned by a high-end dog-food company and cited in the National Post, revealed some intense feelings. Half of owners say they would clone their dog if they could, with ten percent claiming there was “no limit” to what they would spend to do so. Over 90% felt their dog’s health was “as important” or “more important” than their own (though many felt guilty for neglecting their dog’s dental care). And one in seven admitted they’d give up their relationship with their partner/spouse to extend their dog’s life by three years.
The survey (and other data) shows a progression through the generations, with millennials more likely than Gen Z or the baby boomers to identify their dogs as full family members, and to consider themselves as “pet parents.”
Now, dogs can be a wonderful blessing, providing unique unconditional love and real support. And if we take on the care of a pet, we should certainly be kind and humane owners (Prov. 12:10).
But it’s a troublingly upside-down world when pet neglect is met with outrage, while human life is often held cheaply. and when we know how to love our pets well, but not our neighbor as ourselves.
Today's Devotional
May 1 - Introduction to 1 Peter
In May, we will study the Epistle of 1 Peter. I am not able to cover the entire book; however, we can take a good look at chapter one, most of chapter two, some verses in chapter three and chapter five. This epistle is a very practical book, not just for those who lived during Peter’s day, but also for us as we experience growing hostility in our society as >
Today's Manna Podcast
Our salvation
Serving #1194 of Manna, prepared by Marc Jagt, is called "Our salvation".
