Becoming Neighbors” – Kinship with Refugee Claimants – Anika Bauman with Ron Dart
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A Young Boy and His Father by Ron Dart
Once upon a time, many decades ago, a young boy, his father, mother and sister took a trip to the north. It was autumn, and the leaves were brown, red, gold and rust. It was the season of the year when much was dying or going into hibernation. Frost was on the ground...
A Woman and Her Hawk by Ron Dart
To Karin (Amor vincit omnia). Once upon a time, there was a woman and a hawk. They lived in a small village, in a smaller Swiss canton, high in the Alps. The village was a quiet and peaceful place. The people worked hard, and they certainly knew how to play and dance...
Karanja’s Supper by Kevin Miller
John Karanja was looking forward to supper. It had been a long day in the fields, hot and humid under unrelenting western Kenyan skies, with no one but his cows for company. Karanja had set out early in the morning with his tiny herd of skin-raggled beasts and roamed...
Why I Said, “YET” by Brad Jersak
Amazing the firestorm that one word creates. Hence, the Apostle James’ exhortation to tame the tongue which, though small, can be the spark that ignites a forest fire. And again his warning that not many should be teachers for the greater judgment they will incur....
Atheists and “Echthrosists”
I live in a world of functional atheists and operative “echthrosists.” What is the latter you ask? In a moment. The secular world has no functional place for God. Not even a “god of the gaps” is needed any longer in our superabundantly technologized world, though...
The God We Hear by Brad Jersak
For the last decade, I have given much time and ink to the importance of “Tuning in to the God who speaks.” Mainly, this has involved encouraging Christians to take seriously God’s promise, “When you call on me, I will answer you,” (Jer. 33:3) and Jesus’ own...
The Cancer Conspiracy by Wayne Northey
I received this by e-mail yesterday. The connections made between cancer and our modern addictions, in particular oil, are very disturbing. Please read on, and pursue the links at the bottom. One is a very interesting web page by the doctor behind the article posted...
A Blanket Solution
Sometimes God calls us to do big things for him. But most times, it’s the little things that matter most. Take Elma Voth of Abbotsford, BC and her friend Diane Pohl from Chilliwack, BC, for example. Here are two women—grandmothers even—who...
Making a Difference in Vietnam by Kevin Miller
When retired dairy farmer Tony Vanderwal of Abbotsford, BC boards a plane for Vietnam this fall—yet again—no doubt many of his friends will tell him the same thing they’ve said many times before: “You’re crazy. Why don’t you just go to the beach or buy an RV?” ...
“Wind of the Spirit” Brings Volunteers to SOOP
Verena Hoffman of Rose Bay, Nova Scotia keeps a lot of "stuff" in her car, because she doesn't always know where the Holy Spirit will lead. And for the past fifteen years, the Spirit had kept her pretty busy. Since her immigration...