Celebrate Easter, in due course
Easter Sunday is just another day at church for a lot of Christians – a habit. For countless others, it’s one of the two times per year they actually attend a service. For them it’s some kind of a tradition…Read More→
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Articles written by Doug Koop
When “confusion is baseline”
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Too many people know exactly what it feels like to lose their minds. That’s because it’s actually happening to them. While most people with dementia are no longer capable of describing their circumstances very well, its effects are debilitating and…Read More→
Time well spent
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Two years have flown by since Liz Fehr joined the ChristianWeek team. When publisher Brian Koldyk and I first introduced her to staff back then, we said: “It won’t take you long to discover why we offered her the job…Read More→
All things to all people?
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My hackles rise whenever I hear someone suggest that the Church should be the answer. It always seems like an indictment, as if the congregations of our country are a bunch of slackers. “So what?” I want to holler. “What…Read More→
Dependable delivery is a big deal
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Canada Post used to play a huge part in delivering ChristianWeek to readers. No longer. Yes, we do have a base of subscribers who continue to receive this newspaper through the mail. But a majority of our readers simply pick…Read More→
Stereotyping pervades public life
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There is no end of reasons why it’s easy to be misconstrued and misrepresented. This happens all the time in politics, whose practitioners have the noble task of serving the public welfare in a sea of competing interests. Every day…Read More→
V is for “visibility” and more
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Why does ChristianWeek continue to publish a family of newspapers that reach communities in various parts of Canada? Why is Christian media worthy of time and attention? How does this project benefit the people of God in Canada? So glad…Read More→
Academic freedom on trial
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Can a faith-based university provide true academic freedom? No way, insists the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). The organization stands staunchly for the idea that “academic freedom is the lifeblood of the university. It is the right to teach,…Read More→
Survivors (so far)
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ChristianWeek needs your help. To put it bluntly, we’re finding it difficult to make ends meet right now. We are not alone. Consider these two recent developments on the Canadian Christian publishing scene. Item: In 1982, Christian newspaper pioneer Lloyd…Read More→
Go grasshoppers
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The visiting preacher offered words of commitment, conviction and courage to the fragile congregation. He drew their attention to the example of Caleb, the young Israeli spy who believed that Moses could and should lead God’s chosen people into the…Read More→