September/October 2026 issue

This edition is all about celebrating 25 (more or less) issues of Come & Explore! Inside you’ll find 10 pages worth of activities and puzzles to enjoy plus a little behind the scenes from our resident artist, Stephanie Vanderpol.

This month’s highlights:

• Come & Explore: The stickers have disappeared and we need your help finding them back!
• Alberta separatism: Two articles on the separatism movement in Alberta and how to consider your vote
• Screen-fast feedback: Nearly 800 of you participated in our screen-fast last month. Here are some of the comments we received from those who participated.

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INDEX: The Pity Party Pit and how to get out of it / Should Alberta separate? Why one Christian decided to vote “no” / Is it wrong to go?…and other considerations in deciding how to vote in Alberta’s separation referendum / Ruin and restoration and our part / The Amazing Generation: Your guide to fun and freedom in a screen-filled world / Screen-fast 2026: How’d we all do? / Interview with an artist: Stephanie Sikma is printing Hamilton / E.D. Update: You are holding a gift / Beware the new thieves: Clever online scammers are targeting Christians, old and young – here’s what to watch for / Mr. Bennet’s dad jokes are too much: a literary dad who can teach us what not to do / You might relate to Mary Bennet, but you’re not supposed to imitate her / Come & Explore: The Case of the Missing Stickers / Matrescence: the process of becoming a mother / Perhaps you should run: Obedience belongs to us: The results belong to the Lord. / The antidote to desecration / Global wealth is growing / More homeowners facing insolvency / Social media pushes pornography on children within minutes / Ontario’s “conservative” government opposes bill that would have banned gambling ads / Nearly 60% of violet crime cases now being stayed or withdrawn / Liberal party support highest among baby boomers / Sophie Cunningham is tearing down transgender lies, but only God’s people can offer up his truth / Global fires are down – is that how it felt to you? / 17 babies born and left to die in Alberta / Done before the first down / Just be yourself, they say / Have scientists created life? / Great truths from small children / Hocus pocus! / That speck in your neighbor’s eye / Why not fund my educational trip to Europe too? Boys, do you want this to happen to you? / Why $5 bills are pro-life / Jubal was way ahead of his time / Have to evangelize without converting anyone at all / The inexplicable Jewish bible / Familiarity breeds contempt?