Category Religion
Thoughts On The Refugee Crisis
As broken election promises go, this is probably a good one. Canada’s new government has realized that it was unrealistic to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees before the end of the year. The target remains the same, but now it will take a couple of extra months. It is still an ambitious goal. The United States, […]
The Fifth Gospel
When I saw the book displayed at the library I knew I had to read it, even though I had never heard of it or its author, despite it supposedly being a bestseller. The Fifth Gospel, by Ian Caldwell, was in the “Express Collection,” the books the Ottawa Public Library considers its most popular. It’s […]
The Niqab Debate
It is a discussion that needs to be had, though it is unfortunate that it became an election issue. Political points were being scored over something that is far more fundamental than party politics. The niqab has been much discussed in Canada recently, with the government and the courts taking opposite positions. Strangely, they are […]
Choosing Evil
The line haunts me still, 40 years later, as Canadians go to the polls today to elect a federal government. The book was The New Left and Christian Radicalism by Art Gish. I bought it because my political thought in those days was more left leaning than right. (These days I would probably be classified […]
The Evangelical Prime Minister?
The intersection of religion and politics fascinates me. In the United States, where church and state are constitutionally separate, the religious beliefs of presidential candidates are always part of the public discourse. In Canada, with no such wall of separation, I suspect 99% of the populace would be hard pressed to name the religious affiliation, […]
War Room
Hollywood does not have a monopoly on film making, though the movie moguls there wish they did. I’m sure it galls them when a movie like War Room tops the box office as it did a couple of weekends ago in the United States. War Room is the latest from the Kendrick Brothers, whose most […]
On Church and State in Rowan County
The case was huge on Twitter and Facebook. Depending on your slant, either a Christian was jailed for her faith or a scoff-law was put in her place, when Kim Davis, County Clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, was jailed for contempt of court (she has since been released). Her crime was to defy a court […]
In The Beginning…
My wife from time to time reminds me that I have a problem with procrastination. I don’t really agree, but I keep putting off telling her that. But that explains today’s post. I saw a newspaper story in September 2014 and thought, “I should blog about that.” So I put the paper aside. Given that […]
Judgement Is Coming
He seemed like a relic of a bygone era, a street preacher standing on a park bench in Ottawa’s Major’s Hill Park. No-one was listening, not even me. Okay, I half-listened, but I wasn’t his target audience. The tradition of oral persuasion, of Christians standing on street corners proclaiming their message is over. Has been […]
Mr. Walker Had A Car
I was running errands with my mother. That means I drive her wherever she needs to go, wait until she is finished, then drive her to the next place she wants to go. I don’t mind doing this. She is 86, and while her mind is still sharp her body has begun to fail her […]
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