Category: Recent Articles
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How and when to lament
“Lament is how we bring our sorrow to God…. We need to recover the practice of honest spiritual struggle that gives us permission to vocalize our pain and wrestle with our sorrow …. moving us toward deeper worship and trust.”–…
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Culture ClashesThe PCA investigates Christian Nationalism
Last year, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) formed a committee to study Christian Nationalism.1 The committee’s mandate was: “to study…
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Culture ClashesWhat is Christian Nationalism?
The term “Christian Nationalism” is heard a lot in the US, but it’s only starting to get bandied about north of the border. This pairing…
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Culture Clashes9 tips for talking conspiracies like a Christian
“Crazy Conspiracy Theory to Be Confirmed as Fact Six Weeks from Now”– Babylon Bee Jan 10, 2022 headline The Latin roots to the word conspire…
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ContestsOur merch design contest
Do you have a t-shirt design in mind that’s just waiting to be seen? The perfect phrase for tote bag? Perhaps a cute graphic for…
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Recent ArticlesReal Talk: Bible texts that make us squirm
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ContestsThe “What lessons would you want to share with your 16-year-old self?” contest
It’s been a long time since you were 16, and you’ve had experiences your younger self could never have imagined. What do you know now…
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NewsNew index measures decline of marriage in Canada
Marriage is on the decline in every Canadian province and territory, based on a report from the new Canadian Married Family Index, authored by the…
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Letter Writing“Did God answer her prayer?”
To my dear niece and namesake: First of all, thanks for your letter. It’s great to hear from a niece. The pages you wrote were…
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NewsSupreme Court upholds prostitution law
Canada’s highest court has upheld the country’s prostitution laws once again, this time as it relates to a mandatory minimum 6 months imprisonment for obtaining…
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NewsNew edict has many wondering why have military chaplains at all if they can’t mention God?
On July 29, Canada’s Department of National Defense issued a directive for all Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and particularly Canada’s military chaplains that whenever they…
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In a NutshellTidbits – October 2026
For sale, cheap: my New Kids on the Block CDs I once heard a wise older man teach his listening audience how to evaluate music….
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ParentingSome Psalms & Prayers
Jess Wildeboer knew the kind of devotional she wanted for her kids: something that had them reading the Bible confidently on their own, that helped…
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Recent ArticlesReal Talk: the God of the Old and New Testament
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Recent ArticlesWhy Christians should not buy into AI catastrophism
On September 8, the same day that Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic, he released a string of warnings on X. Making the most headlines was…
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AssortedWhat to do when you don’t know what to do
On the Institute for Nouthetic Studies blog, Dr. Jay Adams offered up some sound biblical advice on what to do when you don’t know what to…
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InternetTechnology and our anxious hearts
As a pastor I get to talk to lots of people. After some conversation, I start to get a sense of where people stand. How…
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NewsCharitable giving drops as government grows…and as faith declines
As the size of government has grown, charitable giving is dropping. That common-sense finding was detailed in the study Whose Job Is It to Care…
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Christian education – SportsA Good Coach is Crucial: the potential and danger of school sport teams
“They’re nice, but not a priority.” Ask Reformed parents about our school’s sports teams and that’s a response you might hear. It’s an understandable answer….
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Recent ArticlesReal Talk: Farming, food, & worldview
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People we should knowJames Ussher
The world loves to laugh at Christians – we all know that – and nothing makes skeptics laugh harder than the idea that the world…
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Culture ClashesGod, non-God & the myth of neutrality
The subtle myth of neutrality! It works something like this: Christians believe that God exists, right? Unbelievers, on the other hand, believe that God doesn’t…
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Parenting“When you coming home, dad?”
Cat’s in the Cradle was once described by the artist’s brother as the song that “…put more fathers ill at ease than any other song…
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EntertainmentMr. Bennet’s dad jokes are too much
Dads like to be funny, and there’s no question about it but that Mr. Bennet – from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice – is a…
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Interview with an artistStephanie Sikma is printing Hamilton
I’ve always thought printmaking was a fascinating form of art – first carving your design into wood or lino, and then pressing that inked design…
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EducationReal Talk: Church, Home, and School
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AssortedThe antidote to desecration
A while back the polling company Ipsos Reid asked Canadians if our country was “broken.” 70% said it was, with younger Canadians agreeing the most…
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AssortedEffective giving
By worldly and historical standards, Canadians are incredibly wealthy, with much more than we need for our daily living. And Canadian Christians are generous givers…
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AssortedWhich bits of the Bible would you walk around with?
The end of the movie Fahrenheit 451 closes with a curious scene. Due to a governmental decision to eliminate all books, the only way any…
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ParentingMatrescence: the process of becoming a mother
I was deeply ashamed. “I just want to go back to before,” I said to my husband, burying my face in his shoulder. I’d been…
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People we should knowJonathan Edwards: The pastor who packed them in the pews while preaching the wrath of God
Much like today, during the early colonial years in America, preachers rarely spoke about the wrath of God – this did not seem the type…
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Recent ArticlesReal Talk: Living as exiles
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Being the ChurchBeloved care
Even today, the Dutch immigrant work ethic and zeal for kingdom-building remains alive in southern Alberta, three generations after a wave of immigrants first settled…
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ContestsScreen-fast 2026: How’d we all do?
Last year’s screen-fast set the bar pretty high with over 900 people signing up to participate. This year, nearly 800 of you decided to once…
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In a NutshellTidbits – August 2026
Great truths from small children Never hold a dustbuster and a cat at the same time. Only Grampa can make money come out of your…
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Recent ArticlesReal Talk: Sunday – rest or rules?
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ParentingThe Pity Party Pit and how to get out of it
Homemaking and motherhood are hard. There are days and even seasons when the monotony can feel palpable as we change one more diaper, wash one…