Join us to chew over articles from the May issue of Christian Courier! We're planning to start our conversation with a question Sylvia Keesmaat mentions in her article reflecting on a recent visit to Palestine and Israel: "Am I that different from the people who live in these settlements?" Which other articles catch your... Read more »
Join the conversation exploring the themes in Andrew Root’s book, The End of Youth Ministry? to consider why youth ministry might be struggling and explore what churches may need to do differently. Our world has changed dramatically in the past several years. The pandemic, the political climate, the explosion of AI, and the overall pace... Read more »
Join Thrive, World Renew, and the Christian Reformed Centre for Public Dialogue for a bi-national four-part justice education series exploring immigration and refugee justice, food justice, climate justice, and gender justice. This webinar series moves participants beyond polarizing headlines by exploring the systemic roots of injustice through the lenses of Scripture and lived experience. Each... Read more »
Join the conversation exploring the themes in Andrew Root’s book, The End of Youth Ministry? to consider why youth ministry might be struggling and explore what churches may need to do differently. Our world has changed dramatically in the past several years. The pandemic, the political climate, the explosion of AI, and the overall pace... Read more »
Join Thrive, World Renew, and the Christian Reformed Centre for Public Dialogue for a bi-national four-part justice education series exploring immigration and refugee justice, food justice, climate justice, and gender justice. This webinar series moves participants beyond polarizing headlines by exploring the systemic roots of injustice through the lenses of Scripture and lived experience. Each... Read more »
Join us to chew over articles from the April issue of Christian Courier! We expect to use the article on page 1 to help us wrestle with the difficulties of choices for the future in a fragile world with finite budgets. The columns by Michael DeMoor and David Koyzis (page 16) and the collage... Read more »
We will be celebrating the 10 years of Dena Nicolai’s work as our Chaplain & Refugee Support Mobilizer work and communally discussing the future opportunities for that work to continue as Dena steps into a new role with World Renew. Facilitator: Advistory Committee of the Chaplain & Refugee Support Mobilizer
Join us to chew over articles from the March issue of Christian Courier! We expect to start with the articles on page 1 and wonder together about whether faith can help us navigate tensions. That's the question CC posed to MPs from BC and Alberta about a new pipeline. It's also a question to... Read more »
Join us to chew over articles in the February issue of Christian Courier! There are lots of interesting articles, but this month we'll start with the page 1 story "Cautious Hope in Venezuela." Can you see parallel ways Canadian Christians respond to political and social tensions? Could our churches be becoming "vaccinated against politics?"... Read more »
Join us to chew over articles in the January issue of Christian Courier! There are lots of interesting articles, but we thought we'd focus on two topics: the feature story on the "Modesty Manifesto" and the reflections on CRC developments in 2025 (an article by Henry DeJong and an opinion piece by former Banner... Read more »
With the changing of the calendar comes the yearly invitation to think again about journeying well and deeply through Lent. Jesus’ wilderness temptations is the story that has shaped Lent from the very beginning. We will trace the narrative arc of Jesus’ baptism, time in the wilderness and early public ministry, exploring the significance of... Read more »
Join us for a conversation about the November issue of Christian Courier! Can we live with unresolved tensions? As a nation? As individuals? As Christians? Consider the tensions between nation-building and the environment as discussed in the cover article "Canada's Prosperity Plan" and in the new CC editors' expressed commitment to living with "competing... Read more »