Category: Recent Articles
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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 in history.” Harry Chapin topped the charts with it in 1974, but it still gets…
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AssortedIn Christ
I used to enjoy rock climbing. At least, I thought I did. If you’ve tried it, you know what it feels like to be 50…
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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…
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News4 out of 5 Canadians give like Scrooge
The Fraser Institute’s “Generosity Index” for 2025 revealed that a scant 0.52% of all income is being donated to charities. To add to this, the…
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Being the ChurchOlder men still have a job to do
Faithful children of God may look forward to sharing Jesus’ glory in the presence of the Father. “To live is Christ; to die is gain.”…
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AssortedBlessed are the busy?
It’s not really the worst problem to have: too many good things to do, and not enough time to do them all. Maybe that’s why,…
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AssortedMy journey with books
It has been a long journey of books for me. I grew up with books, and as a child read from The Book of Knowledge…
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AssortedNavigating failure
Fear of failure can paralyze you. There’s a lot to be said about how, in order to succeed, you need to be comfortable with failure…
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Culture ClashesThere is a Hell. Jesus says so.
Some theologians, included big names like Rob Bell and John Stott, don’t believe in hell, or at least that it is eternal. Instead Stott suggested…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 13, 2025
Chickens are cooler than you knew (6 min) We all know chickens have the astonishing ability to turn grain into a key ingredient for Egg…
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AssortedTaming busyness: practical tips
“If I’m caught up on my laundry, does that mean I’m not doing enough for the church?” “Am I allowed to fit in time for…
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Recent ArticlesTopsy-turvy world of bats
People have a love/hate relationship with bats. While these animals are interesting and exciting to some, the more common response is very negative, to say…
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PoliticsCanada’s law was based on God’s Word
Canada’s law was largely based on God’s law. That’s a claim many would dispute – they don’t want to give God credit for the freedoms,…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Dec. 6, 2025
Rosaria raps? Here’s the wild, wacky, and wonderful side of AI – Reformed rap battles that never were, but brought to you anyway with this…
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Adult non-fictionHow an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
by Peter Schiff and Andrew Schiff 2014 / 304 pages Economics affects everyone but few people care to learn much about it. All the numbers…
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Pro-life – AbortionYou can save pre-born lives this summer
Yesterday I stood on a sidewalk holding a sign. It read, Pregnant? Need Help? I watched as the crowds hurried by and saw, on our…
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Dying WellMoth and rust resolutions
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for…
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Interview with an artistCreated to create: a practical person’s thoughts on creativity
I can vividly recall one spring afternoon many years ago when I came across an unexpected sight in the woods near my childhood home: an…
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In a NutshellTidbits – December 2025
Go Ukrainian While canvassing for money-saving ideas I came across one appropriate for this season. As many of our readers know, the Dutch traditionally exchange…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 29, 2025
One reason God gives us each other None of us are God, so we aren’t going to know it all. And sometimes we aren’t even…
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AssortedThe evil of simplicity
If ever there was an idol thoroughly ripe and ready for a great heaving into eternal hell fire, it has to be the idol of…
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Articles – BooksWe are not trashcans: how to analyze stories
Why is it important for Christians to understand stories? Obviously, God loves to tell them. Our world is saturated with His stories and the stories…
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NewsBible labelled as hateful by government MP
Liberal MP Marc Miller serves as the chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. On October 30, 2025, he…
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Recent ArticlesThe “Can You Build it Better?” contest
Last year, in our first ever LEGO/brick building contest, hundreds joined in. So of course we wanted to do it again! This time the theme…
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Recent ArticlesWhen God goes to war: holiness, judgment and hope
“Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?” – Gen. 18:25 We don’t deny God’s wrath. We just don’t talk about…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 22, 2025
Signs and symbols Four rappers team up to take on the tendency among some Christians to look outward for God’s direction, rather than turn to…
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EducationIf grades are dropping, should we drop grades?
Imagine a student who has struggled academically for several years. In the past, their grades would have alerted teachers and parents that intervention was needed….
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NewsParents disrobe to make their point
In what seems to be a bit of a trend, parents have gone to school board meetings and, while presenting to the board, proceeded to…
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NewsBC private property rights in question after court ruling
The City of Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver, sent out a letter in October to some of its residents, informing them of a recent BC…
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NewsArctic sea ice remains steady for past two decades
If you’ve ever fallen for the “Heads I win, tails you lose” trick, the mainstream media’s climate change reporting might strike you as familiar. Whatever…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Nov. 15, 2025
Women don’t belong in combat (5 min) That world won’t acknowledge that it is Who made us, and in Whose Image we are made (Gen….