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NewsSaturday Selections – Aug. 9, 2025
Four guys, one piano, doing a One Direction cover The Piano Guys, getting clever… Anything can be an idol “I have worshiped an hour of…
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NewsCanada just about had a ballot as tall as you
On August 18, voters in the riding of Battle River–Crowfoot will go to the polls to elect one of the 214 candidates on the ballot….
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AssortedYea, all things
come not by chance but by His fatherly hand – Lord’s Day 10 ***** The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision…
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NewsCan you track all the ways you’re taxed?
Each year the Fraser Institute observes a “Tax Freedom Day” – this year it happened on June 8 – that tracks Canadians’ total tax burden…
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Recent ArticlesHow to stop taking the Bible for granted
“Scripture has never been easier to obtain, and Scripture has never been more difficult to absorb.” Let that sink in for a minute. I read…
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NewsSaturday Selections – Aug. 2, 2025
Josiah Queen’s Dusty Bibles As a tribute to everyone who participated in RP’s just-complete screen-fast challenge, Josiah Queen’s newest. Lunar tales: what’s going on here? Even kids…
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NewsSupreme Court of Canada upholds prostitution law
In an important decision that didn’t get covered by the mainstream media this July, Canada’s highest court made a unanimous decision to uphold key parts…
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Adult non-fiction8 Errors Parents Make and How to Avoid Them
by Michael Brock 2024 / 224 pages Climbing the ladder out of the tranquil waters of Middleton beach, my ears were assaulted by an angry…
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Book ReviewsAkimbo and the Lions
by Alexander McCall Smith 1992 / 66 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Alexander McCall Smith is best known as the author of the The No. 1 Ladies’…
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Recent ArticlesRP’s 2025 Summer Photo Contest: Double the fun; two challenges in one!
This summer we’re doubling up on our photo contest with one challenge for the adults and a completely different one for the under 18 set….
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 19, 2025
One man band This is an amazing performance – one guy sounding like a whole band – on quite the machine! “Scottie Scheffler’s take on…
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AnimatedThe George Müller Story
Animated / Biography / Drama 2019 / 30 minutes Rating: 8/10 In his day, I’d imagine George Müller (1805-1898) was accused of being irresponsible, or…
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Recent ArticlesRP’s 10-day screen-fast challenge is going nationwide July 21-30
If you want to register for the July 21-30 nationwide challenge click here. If you want to learn more about why you should consider it,…
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Book lists50 “Great Books”
What are the “Great Books”? There is no one list, but the term is meant to describe a compilation of classics from Western Literature. Some…
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EconomicsOn why freer trade is best
The following is based on Real Talk’s episode #126, “Mere Economics and the Issue of Tariffs,” with host Lucas Holtvlüwer talking to economics professor and…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 12, 2025
Josiah Queen’s “A Garden in Manhattan” On the crowded streets, all the people that I see Want them to know the Jesus that I know…
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NewsCanada’s population almost shrinking
The latest population estimation from Statistics Canada is revealing a startling change: Ontario, Quebec, and BC all saw population declines in the first quarter of…
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NewsYou now live on šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street
“911, I need an ambulance at 232 šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street, and quickly please!” “Sorry, I didn’t get that. Can you repeat the address?” “The first letter…
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NewsGovernment quietly disbands inquiry into residential school graves
Allegations of “mass graves” of indigenous children at residential schools in Canada was one of the top news stories of 2021, making ripples around the…
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NewsAre you still able?
A nation-wide challenge to experience life without screens ***** It used to be different, not all that long ago. Carrie is a teen who always…
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NewsSaturday Selections – July 5, 2025
On boys, and not failing to launch As singer Brian Sauvé wrote of his song Old Neptune, He’s Roaring, “I wrote this… for my boys:…
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NewsMP says: No MAiD for the mentally ill
BILL C-218 PROPOSES TO SCRAP EXPANSION OF EUTHANASIA FOR MENTAL ILLNESS ***** MP Tamara Jansen has introduced a new bill that would repeal the expansion…
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Recent ArticlesCreation stewards in a logging town
My little blue Kia Soul didn’t quite fit in, as I drove through the industrial section of the small forestry town of Houston, BC. Not…
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InternetWe took the “No Screens Challenge”
… and now we’re changing our habits ***** Do you remember the last time you were without your phone for a day? Maybe you left…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 28, 2025
The Franz Family and “Somewhere in glory” If you liked the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou?, you’ll love this but of bluegrass gospel……
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NewsProfessing God’s Name, unashamed, at the Stanley Cup
If you’re a keen hockey fan, you probably watched the last game of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. And…
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Book ReviewsDon’t trust fish
by Neil Sharpson and Dan Santat 2025 / 40 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Can you look at this title and not open the cover? And it…
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AssortedAm I lazy or just relaxing?
What does Proverbs say? ***** After a long and hard day at work or school, the last thing someone might want to do is more…
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AssortedOur forever home
Reflections on finding permanence from someone who has lived in 27 homes. ***** Home is Where the Heart Is. God Bless Our Home. Home Sweet…
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Entertainment“What can I do anyways?”
35 screen-alternative ideas ***** You can’t beat something with nothing (as Eph. 4:28, Matt. 12:30, and Matt. 12:43-45 make clear). That means if you want…
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AssortedSliver Mustard’s journey
Perhaps as many as a million people lived in Noah’s Grove. A thriving community, it had begun small but had grown over decades and centuries….
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NewsHow far Christians can go to defend their property
Ontario premier Doug Ford recently remarked that “like down in the U.S., we should have the castle law” in response to a recent attempted theft…
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NewsSaturday Selections – June 21, 2025
Pay it flowered Here’s a fun one… and it brightened more than just the recipient’s day. Your marriage doesn’t have a communication problem… Admittedly, that…
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Interview with an artistRachel VanEgmond is exploring God’s general revelation
Artist Rachel VanEgmond attributes her love of nature to her childhood experience of growing up on a rural property near Grimsby, Ontario. Sharing time with…
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PoliticsMan Up: ARPA leaderboards and the call to courageous action
We live in a time of deep confusion about truth, morality, identity, and even the basic purpose of life. Many young people today are unanchored,…
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InternetHow to stay sane in an overstimulated age
Reconnect information and action ***** In today’s hyperconnected world, information comes at us fast and furious, from every direction, 24-7. We wake up to news…