If you were to assemble a who’s who of jazz players from the last forty years, chances are good guitarist Larry Coryell has played or shared the stage with the majority of them. He’s certainly the only musician who can boast of playing with Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Dizzy Gillespie and Stephane Grappelli. In Improvising: […]
Alberta’s ‘Honest Ed’ Stelmach opens up about his faith
Alberta premier Ed Stelmach has been described as hard working, reliable and an all-round nice guy. ‘Honest Ed’ is also a man of faith, a profoundly devout Ukrainian Catholic who prays regularly; and he sings in the choir at the church built by his grandparents. Interviewed at his office, Stelmach clarified the effect his faith […]
Cynthia’s Life Story: Broken Promises
“Did you hear? Your Dad and Teddy are dead.” My world came to a grinding halt on October 21,1972. Memories of our family once rich in love faded as darkness overtook my life. Loneliness, anger and depression led me to ask questions a 15 year old doesn’t usually ponder at this time in life. How […]
New Challenges in Europe
For many centuries, Europe was the bedrock of the established church. That state of affairs is long gone, according to church planting expert Murray Moerman. After many years leading Church Planting Canada, he has taken on a new challenge: the evangelization of one of the world’s most secular regions. With his wife Carol, he recently […]
Remembering Pastor Joy Gregory
Pastor Joy Gregory — November 2, 1959 – June 9, 2007 CanadianChristianity would like to honor the memory and ministry of Joy Gregory, pastor of the Joy Fellowship for many years. The Joy Fellowship is an interdenominational ministry in Vancouver, which has as its specific concern the needs of people with mental or physical disabilities. […]
Frowning on Facebook: Is the internet really to blame?
By Peter Jon Mitchell, Research Analyst, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada “In many cases, parents have abdicated Their responsibility, unaware of what is happening online today.” National Post May 2. Recently several eighth graders in the Toronto area made the news because they were caught passing notes. Not the usual folded scraps of paper, […]
Addictions: Roots And Recovery
“As long as we are still wrestling with the problems of desire and gratification, the world will be perceived as not meeting our desire. If it doesn’t have to ‘satisfy’ us then the more free we are to find the material world a gift. The more our desire is for God, the more we can […]
‘Rocky’ Stallone now back in church
“I didn’t have any strong foundation behind me … I was extremely seduced by the newfound freedom.” So said Sylvester Stallone to Catholic News Service recently, regarding the fame which came with his Rocky and Rambo films. “I was alone in the world. I thought I would have to handle things in my own way,” […]
News Briefs – 20041208
Mennonites mark 50 years in Newfoundland and Labrador Delegates to the Mennonite Central Committee Canada annual meeting November 26 – 27 celebrated 50 years of service in Newfoundland and Labrador, during which time 417 workers have been placed in 79 communities in that area. The delegate body asked questions during the Members Forum, participated in […]
Physical evidence of healing?
In his book Faith Healing, Louis Rose, a British psychiatrist, investigated hundreds of alleged faith-healing cures. He questioned all correspondents and sought corroborating information from their physicians. He concludes, “I have been unsuccessful. After nearly 20 years of work I have yet to find one ‘miracle cure’; and without that (or, alternatively, massive statistics which […]
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