featured
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Christian educationLearning like an adult
Students sometimes talk of graduation as being set free. We might be able to empathize, even as this prison-break analogy isn’t that complimentary to the…
-
EducationReal Talk: Church, Home, and School
This episode can also be found on your favorite podcast platform: Spotify, Apple, Podbean, Amazon Music or on our website. Be sure to subscribe to our…
-
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…
-
EconomicsNobody knows how to make a pencil
What is a pencil worth? It’s a simple question, about a simple product, and it highlights just how complicated our economy is, and how very…
-
MagazineSeptember/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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Recent ArticlesReal Talk: Living as exiles
This episode can also be found on your favorite podcast platform: Spotify, Apple, Podbean, Amazon Music or on our website. Be sure to subscribe to our…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Recent ArticlesReal Talk: Sunday – rest or rules?
This episode can also be found on your favorite podcast platform: Spotify, Apple, Podbean, Amazon Music or on our website. Be sure to subscribe to our…
-
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…
-
Economics – Home FinancesBeware the new thieves
Gerry lost his dear wife Margaret in 2020, after nearly forty years of marriage. He never thought that he would be the lonely type, but…
-
PoliticsPerhaps you should run
Every four years, for a brief season, nomination papers open and the question becomes concrete: who will step forward to govern our towns and cities?…
-
Being the ChurchReal Talk: Work is worship
This episode can also be found on your favorite podcast platform: Spotify, Apple, Podbean, Amazon Music or on our website. Be sure to subscribe to our…
-
PoliticsShould Alberta Separate? Why one Christian decided to vote no
“Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it’s doing in the…
-
EvangelismReal Talk: Would you risk your life for the gospel?
This episode can also be found on your favorite podcast platform: Spotify, Apple, Podbean, Amazon Music or on our website. Be sure to subscribe to our…
-
PoliticsAlberta separatism: is it wrong to go?
I have deep roots in Alberta, having lived there for the first 30+ years of my life. I was also heavily involved in politics through…
-
EntertainmentCan I watch a movie during my screen-fast?
1. Can I still do the screen-fast if my work requires I be on a computer? Some didn’t participate in last year’s screen-fast because they…
-
ContestsSign up for now RP’s July 13-22 screen-fast challenge!
Bring peace to your mind while raising $100 for charity. ***** Are you struggling with keeping screens in their proper place? Do you or your…
-
Entertainment“What can I do?” Part II
For our first screen-fast in 2025, we offered up 35 ideas for great activities you and your family can do with your screen-free moments, minutes,…
-
MagazineJuly/August 2026 issue
The 2026 “Log out. Look up.” 10-day screenfast may be done but that doesn’t mean you can’t do your own! Find out all our tips…
-
ParentingGive your kids a super power
I’ve been thinking lately that books are incredible. They are full of adventures and worlds and characters that shape us in profound ways. They make…
-
Being the ChurchLove thy neighbor. Love thy neighborhood encampment…?
What comes to mind when you think of Hamilton, Ontario? The waterfall capital of the world? The armpit of the Golden Horseshoe? Or perhaps you’ve…
-
Interview with an artistLaura Kroesbergen’s hyperrealistic animals
In her childhood, Laura Kroesbergen found she struggled with confidence in her relationships with people, but when she was in nature or with animals she…
-
InternetIs AI helping you, or dumbing you down? Yes.
The Preacher declares in Ecclesiastes 1:9 that “there is nothing new under the sun.” He was saying it with a sense of despair, but there’s…
-
Interview with an artistTrees, rocks, water, sky, wildlife – Sheila Van Delft paints refreshment for the soul
The quiet cool of a forest trail brings inspiration to artist Sheila Van Delft. As an introvert, she finds she can recharge by breathing deeply…
-
MusicWhen the Church stops singing
The first time I realized something was wrong with congregational singing, I was sixteen years old, sitting at the pipe organ bench at Tabor Presbyterian…
-
Recent ArticlesPerfect planet
In our garden is a plum tree. Now this may not sound unusual except that stone fruit trees, like plums, do not grow well on…
-
MagazineMay/June 2026 issue
Our Your Turn contest had a fantastic result, with more than a hundred entries. This issue we’re featuring the six winners and 19 other fan-favorite…
-
ContestsRP’s 2026 Summer Photo Contest: Let’s get real!
The fascination with AI media creation, be it pictures, videos, and music, has turned sour for many of us. AI images are increasingly felt to…
-
EconomicsWhy family businesses still matter (and why the Church should care)
I grew up with dirt under my fingernails and the sound of machinery in my ears. My grandparents’ farm sat on the arable land; our…
-
DocumentaryTruth Rising
Documentary 2025 / 127 min RATING: 8/10 83-year-old Christian author and apologist Os Guinness has assembled quite the cast for his new free-to-see documentary Truth…
-
AssortedReal Talk: Lead with intention or lose the mission, with Peter Greer
This episode can also be found on your favorite podcast platform: Spotify, Apple, Podbean, Amazon Music or on our website. Be sure to subscribe to our…
-
Being the ChurchTitus 2 young men are not boys
In Titus 2 Paul gives instructions to older women, younger women, older men and younger men, and gives instruction concerning the care of children. Every…
-
Culture ClashesWhich conspiracies are true?
A quick survey of X or the top YouTube-influencer-content on the Right reveals that conspiracy theories have never been so widely spread or fervently believed….
-
EconomicsThe Parable of the Talents: the Bible and entrepreneurs
The parables of Jesus teach eternal truths, but they also offer surprising practical lessons for worldly affairs. In the Gospel According to Matthew (chapter 25,…
-
PoliticsWhy I’m grateful for the notwithstanding clause
Legislatures make laws, the executive enforces them, judges interpret and apply them in specific cases. Three branches, checks and balances – that’s Civics 101. As…
-
Recent ArticlesThe beauty of 52 Sundays
There is something disarming about the Heidelberg Catechism. It doesn’t begin with abstract definitions, but with comfort. Our only comfort. Many of us have encountered,…
-
Recent Articles6 days or 24 years: why does the difference even matter?
I recently set about the task of making an enclosure to keep animals, and I want to tell you how I did it. This may…
-
AssortedWhen there is smoke…
You think you know someone. Five years – truly, has it already been five years that we have spent morning, noon and night working side…
-
Recent ArticlesWild about beetles
From a young age some people are fascinated by beetles. For example, English author A. A. Milne wrote a delightful poem concerning a boy and…
-
Being the ChurchRetirement: What are you retiring from? What are you retiring to?
“Retirement is unbiblical,” she told me, her fist firmly pounding her desk. Alice had been the company bookkeeper for about 50 years. She lived and…
-
HistoryThe case against the draft
Across the Western world, military recruiting is sputtering. In 2022 and 2023, the United States Army missed its enlistment targets by tens of thousands, prompting…
-
MagazineMar/Apr 2026 issue
WHAT’S INSIDE: We’re excited to share the winners of this year’s brick building contest. Once again, we received hundreds of entries, and once again we…
-
Culture ClashesWhen sports is an idol
In July 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell refused to race in the qualifying heat of the Olympic 100-meter competition. A devout Presbyterian, Liddell had been…
-
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…
-
AssortedBlessed are the caregivers
Although we don’t get a diploma and cap, many of us graduate from the role of caregiver when our youngest child spreads their wings and…
-
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…
-
Recent ArticlesRP is looking for a Managing Editor!
Note: This job positing is now closed. Thank you for your interest. If you are interested in working for Reformed Perspective, please don’t hesitate to…
-
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….
-
Christian educationWhere has all the creativity gone?
“Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?” That was the question asked by a recent Atlantic article about the sheer number of prequels, sequels, remakes, and expanding…
-
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…
-
Movie lists300 movies Christians can love
Great minds think alike, and the same month I was first compiling this article two of those great minds belonged to a missionary in Brazil…
-
MagazineJan/Feb 2026 issue
WHAT’S INSIDE: You can’t fight screens with nothing This time around we’ve got two contests, and the start of RP’s Bucket List Book Club, where…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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….
-
MagazineNov/Dec 2025 issue
WHAT’S INSIDE: You can’t fight screens with nothing Given how popular our summer screen-fast challenge was, it’s evident that our tech usage is an issue…
-
ParentingThe importance of risky play
“Make sure you’re home by suppertime… and don’t get your feet wet!” Mom called out as my brother and I hurried to our bikes. We…
-
AssortedLearning
“It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.” – Psalm 119:71 Is it possible that something bad can…
-
Articles – MoviesReading films: are Christians as discerning as they used to be?
“Moving pictures” have only the briefest of histories, spreading throughout North America early in the twentieth century. The first movie theatres were converted stores with…
-
Interview with an artistPaula Roth loves painting her studio
It’s no surprise that someone who has lived in as many beautiful places as Paula Roth has, would be drawn to landscape as the subject…
-
Conferences2026 Summit Reformed Young Adult Conference
I once heard a sermon in which the pastor compared faith to salmon. “A dead salmon floats downstream with the current,” he said. “A living…
-
PoliticsIntroducing ARPA Academy
RP’s Nov/Dec 2024 issue – the “Get Educated, Not Schooled” edition – described all sorts of opportunities for young people to consider for after they’d…
-
Church historyMarcion: a heretic we need to know
When one asks the most influential thinkers in the modern evangelical church are, one might find names such as Jim Packer, John Stott, and Don…
-
AssortedCharlie Kirk in context
If you have liberal friends or family, then in the days and weeks after Charlie Kirk’s murder, you probably saw all sorts of Kirk quotes,…
-
AssortedWhy Charlie Kirk’s death hit so hard
For a time, in September, my Facebook feed – I’m sure yours too – was full of tributes to Charlie Kirk. At this point, I…
-
Christian educationEducating Royalty
We must teach our children to be Kingdom heirs—not just laborers in the marketplace **** “Who are you?” a university student once asked me. Odd…
-
AssortedVeya’s story
“Our sweet Veya Hope ran into the arms of Jesus yesterday.” So shared Veya’s mother, Krystal Vanderbrugghen, on her Instagram page on August 2, 2025….
-
Culture ClashesWhat will Canada look like in 2040?
“Canada to Become a Dystopian Nightmare, Households Will Flee: Gov Report.” A Christian friend shared this article with me, from Better Dwelling, a news outlet…
-
Apologetics 101What Truth sounds like: sometimes calm isn’t appropriate
Some years back, Justin Trudeau made it a requirement that all Liberal MPs had to support abortion. MP Lawrence MacAulay had, to that point, been…
-
Pro-life – AbortionJudges vs. justice: a history of abortion in Canadian courts
In 1988 Canada’s Supreme Court’s gave their Morgentaler decision which struck down all restrictions on abortion in the country. Shortly afterwards the Supreme Court again…
-
MagazineSept/Oct 2025 issue
WHAT’S INSIDE: Screen-fast, photo contest results, and our the merch store! A whopping 900 of our readers registered for our 10-day screen fast over the…
-
PoliticsWhat if everything was about God?
It struck me, just recently, that I’ve been regularly promising to praise God’s Name “among the nations.” This pledge, to talk about God outside of…
-
Recent ArticlesPracticing the Sabbath: on living out the 4th Commandment
It is not uncommon. Under pressure at the office or on the job, at school or right at home, vacation can’t come soon enough. “Ah,”…
-
InternetScreen-fast 2025: Less screens = more life
We were hoping for 200 to sign up. Turns out a lot of us were ready for this – more than 900 registered for RP’s…
-
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…
-
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….
-
MagazineJuly/Aug 2025 issue
WHAT’S INSIDE: Screen-fast, sports betting, & environmental stewardship Our 10-day screen-fast challenge that we presented in the last issue is getting traction. Marty VanDriel has…
-
ContestsRP’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,…
-
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…
-
AssortedAm I lazy or just relaxing?
After a long and hard day at work or school, the last thing someone might want to do is more work. So, some don’t. Instead,…
-
Entertainment“What can I do anyways?”
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 to do RP’s 10-day…
-
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…
-
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,…
-
InternetHow to stay sane in an overstimulated age
In today’s hyperconnected world, information comes at us fast and furious, from every direction, 24-7. We wake up to news alerts about a major earthquake…
-
Being the ChurchChristians don’t pray
Who says that Christians don’t pray? Of course, Christians pray, don’t they? Isn’t prayer one of the essential characteristics of Christian life? Every time the…
-
InternetHow to use AI like a Christian boss
Imagine you’re the boss of your own company. After months of searching, you’ve just landed the most brilliant assistant in the country. He’s lightning-fast, top…