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OTTAWA, ON—Should the Church apologize to the world for its failings? Does it have anything to apologize for? These are the questions that playwright Megan Piercey Monafu is currently asking people across Canada. The We’re Sorry theatre project is a…Read More→
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SARNIA, ON—The fabric of our country is torn and frayed, says artist Rozanne Leystra, and the potential for its healing lies in Jesus’ hands. In one of Leystra’s recent paintings, she has depicted her vision for Canada as a damaged…Read More→
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Max Ehrman is looking forward to teaching campers and their parents a new word this summer—zorbing. A relatively new phenomena, zorbing involves rolling down a hill inside a large, transparent ball. Erhman, director of summer ministries at Camp Arnes in…Read More→
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VANCOUVER, BC—Winter can be a particularly hard time of the year for people suffering from mood disorders, says Sharon Smith of Sanctuary Ministries. However, the Church can play a vital role in helping them through. Smith is trained and experienced…Read More→
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I stared at my bank balance in horror. My account was empty. Just seven days before my winter vacation thieves “skimmed” my account off a debit card transaction. They stole every last penny. I called my bank immediately, who assured…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—In churches, theatres and meeting halls across Canada, an expectant hush falls over the audience as the lights dim and actors from The Arts Engine project take the stage. Funny and thought-provoking, heartbreaking and inspiring, Arts Engine productions have…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—The discovery in late 2012 that someone had stolen more than $2 million dollars of toys, school supplies, personal hygiene items and food from The Salvation Army started with a phone call to the organization’s national whistleblower hotline. While…Read More→
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TORONTO, ON—For more than four decades, Imago has provided a “safe haven” for Christians involved in the arts, says executive director, John Franklin. “Christian artists are sometimes marginalized by the Church because of their art,” he says, “and marginalized by…Read More→
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MILTON, ON—Of all the gifts a man could give his children, one of the most important to father-of-four Dean Martin, is a sense that the world is bigger than just ourselves. “I’ve become increasingly aware,” he says, “as I think…Read More→
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ORILLIA, ON—Playwright S. C. Pinney was working at a famers’ market in Orillia when his ears were drawn to a conversation between three men with intellectual disabilities. As he listened to the warm, animated banter, snippets of dialogue sifted their…Read More→