Category: Recent Articles
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NewsHealth-adjusted life expectancy plummets
Canadians can expect 3.5 fewer years of good health compared to a decade ago, according to recent data published by Statistics Canada. Life expectancy has…
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AssortedA crowd can make you crazy
Crowds are scary. Many of the stupid, foolish and sinful things we do involve a crowd, even if the crowd is just one or two…
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AssortedHow to plan for your next chapter as a senior
By the year 2030, one in four Canadians will be over the age of 65. In my role as the CEO of two seniors’ living…
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In a NutshellTidbits – March 2026
Still true in some places… Johan had left Edmonton to go up northward, near Neerlandia, for a bit of skydiving. Late Sunday evening he was…
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AssortedThe slippery slope is real
Some weeks ago I wrote a piece about a San Francisco pastor, Fred Harrell, who had recently attacked the doctrine of penal substitutionary atonement. In…
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Culture ClashesWhen sports is an idol
Eric Liddell showed how Christians should do sports differently ***** In July 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell refused to race in the qualifying heat of…
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MarriageThree questions for you
Here are three questions you should ask yourself about your communication with those you love. The way you answer these questions provides insight into the…
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Bricks2026CAN YOU BUILD IT BETTER? – the brick-building contest results!
We had another wonderful response to our brick-building contest. We asked whether entrants could think of “things that aren’t but should be” – we wanted…
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EducationLife skills every high school graduate needs to know
What skills should every child learn? Schools have traditionally focused on the 3 R’s of education: reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmatic. (All right, whoever came up…
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AssortedA theology of cleaning?
Solomon was a wise man. But as a king, he passed over some vivid illustrations in the futility chapter of Ecclesiastes. Allow me to add…
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Economics – Home FinancesA business tithe on sales?
Not a requirement, but what an opportunity! ***** Every sale has a story and an opportunity behind it. • Someone trusted you and chose your…
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AssortedBlessed are the caregivers
For they will be given care ***** Although we don’t get a diploma and cap, many of us graduate from the role of caregiver when…
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Recent ArticlesOf baby birds, and death before the Fall
Today we started off the day with a funeral right after breakfast. Bluey Leapey Wieske died during the night. We buried him at the back…
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Interview with an artistAnne deJong is taking a palette knife to the Rockies
Breathe in the crisp mountain air. Allow the hustle and bustle of everyday life to drift away on the breeze. Drink in the beauty of…
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NewsNo jail for man who admits to killing his partner
“An Ottawa man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his ailing husband has been sentenced to two years less a day of…
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Recent ArticlesShould a Christian ever be discontent?
She sat across from me, sipping coffee, her forehead wrinkled with unhappiness. She’d struggled for two years in a job that clearly made her miserable,…
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AssortedHow to catch Ice Age Man using digital reindeer
What would happen if we assumed ancient man was intelligent? One man did just that, and I haven’t been able to stop talking about it…
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In a NutshellTidbits – February 2026
For want of a comma In her best seller Eats, Shoots and Leaves, author Lynne Truss highlighed the importance of commas with the story of…
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Amazing stories from times pastCarried
Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob, all the remnant of the people of Israel, you whom I have upheld since your birth, and have…
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AssortedThe definition of patience
Patience. It’s a word we would never bother looking up in the dictionary because we already understand its meaning. But sometimes a well-known word can…
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Recent ArticlesProverbs: a different sort of devotional
“Do you have a devotional that you would recommend?” I get asked this question in various forms from time to time, and I think my…
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Christian education – SportsGod and the 2014-15 Seattle Seahawks
All about God’s sovereignty, Man’s free will, and American football ***** When the editor suggested I write a piece about American Football, I was a…
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Recent ArticlesRP is looking for a Managing Editor!
Are you looking for a meaningful and long-term career where you can devote your time to equipping Christians to think, speak, and act like Christ?…
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HistoryOur heroes have feet of clay
You find them everywhere. They’re the people we look up to. They sing, they dance, they play hockey, they win battles and they found nations….
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NewsCourt rules that Emergencies Act against “Freedom Convoy” was unlawful
Four years ago, in February 2022, Canada’s federal government invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time since it was enacted back in 1988, granting…
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EntertainmentYou might relate to Mary Bennet, but you’re not supposed to imitate her
Mary Bennet gets a lot of good press. In Pride and Prejudice, she is one of the heroine Elizabeth Bennet’s three younger sisters, and she’s…
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Christian educationWhere has all the creativity gone?
Education needs to be about great books and great ideas… **** “Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?” That was the question asked…
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Recent Articles#3 – The unknown Commandment
“You shall not take the Name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His Name…
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AssortedIn Christ
The antidote to works righteousness and the anxiety, exhaustion, and resentment that comes with it. ***** I used to enjoy rock climbing. At least, I…
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NewsCourt case seeks to force religious groups to provide euthanasia
Providence Health Care, a Roman Catholic organization, is being challenged in a BC court for not providing euthanasia in their facilities. The same activist group…
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ParentingThe part about parenting I didn’t find in any parenting book
I tend to be a fairly methodical person, so what does a methodical person do to prepare for parenthood? Why, read a small library of…
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AssortedThat which bubbles up to the surface
The Reformed theologian R.C. Sproul, (1939-2017), is quoted as saying: “… laughter is precisely the kind of thing that will always confound scientists because it…
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In a NutshellTidbits – January 2026
Thrill seeking Ray Comfort is generally a pretty calm and tactful sort, but he has little patience for Christians who want to get a rush…
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Christian educationTeaching English from a Christian perspective, as brought to you by the Letter C
As Christians, we are rightly thankful for what has been brought to us by the letters A, B, and C, and the letters D through…
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Recent ArticlesTop 10 articles of 2025
Below is a listing of the top 10 articles we published in the magazine during 2025, starting at #10 and counting up. Click on the…
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AssortedBusyness in the home
If you have a family, you know that your loved ones are greatly affected by your decisions around time management – and your children are…