The Intersection of Faith and Culture
“What do you do,” her voice strained, “when everything inside of you feels like you are supposed to do this thing, serve God in this particular way, and then someone comes and completely delegitimizes that desire?” I was struck, as she sat there, red-eyed and silent, by the complexity of […]
When I was in my teens I was terrified that some day I would wake up and “be an adult.” No more parties, no more concerts, no more fun times late at night with my friends. It would, in my nightmare vision of the distant future, be mostly working and […]
At the beginning of March I joined a group of Christian journalists from all over Canada for a tour of the Holy Land. The Israel portion of the trip was sponsored by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. Unfortunately, I was not able to include writing on all the places […]
It is not uncommon for me to log onto Facebook and find friends who have posted the most recent viral Fox News gaffe. Nine times out of ten the gaffe is something that I have seen before — a news anchor putting their conservative foot in their mouth or a […]
Looking beyond feminism: What Christianity and feminism have in common A grade 12 student of mine amazed me recently in her critique of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech. “It was visionary for his time”, she quipped, “but we can’t stop there. We need to have an […]
My dehumanization I used to watch a lot of sci-fi movies when I was a kid. My dad was into the weird ’80s stuff, and let me watch things he probably shouldn’t have, like Dune, Total Recall, and Terminator 2. There are lots of sci-fi movies that warn us of […]
