Jefferson Bethke has created quite a lot of controversy since uploading the spoken word poem “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” onto youtube. Although the video has only been up for two days, it has gotten over 2 million views. In the video Bethke asks questions such as, “What if I told you Jesus […]

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced last fall that the Conservative Government will open an Office of Religious Freedom. That decision has led some critics to suggest that the Conservatives are blurring the lines between church and state, that they are more concerned about Christianity than other religions and that they did not consult a […]

On Sunday night, Tim Tebow the starting Quarterback for the Denver Broncos led his team to a 29-23 overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The win also created a firestorm of social media output — Tebow’s actions set a new record for tweets generated by a sports moment at 9,420 tweets per second. This new record […]

Pope Benedict XVI announced January 6 that Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, will be elevated to the College of Cardinals. The College is convened at the discretion of the pope to discuss issues of significance – most members serve on committees covering a variety of matters. When the papacy is vacant (following the death of the […]

On December 26th 2011, Drew Brees, the quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, broke Dan Marino’s 27-year-old NFL record for passing yards in a single season. However, something felt different about Brees’ accomplishment. It wasn’t that his accomplishment wasn’t significant — breaking a 27-year-old record should be cause for pause. It was that Brees’ accomplishment […]

This piece was originally published on Activate CFPL, the law and public policy blog of the Centre for Faith and Public Life:  Well, there you have it. I’ve been outed by the CBC. Yes, it’s true. I was a panelist at the Department of Foreign Affairs consultation on establishing an Office of Religious Freedom. I […]

What do you do when you receive a couple of goats as a Christmas gift? For two widows in West Bengal, India, it completely changed their lives. Those goats also become an integral part of the family. Janya Prachi and Kashvi Shanti are recent widows. Without the income and status that their husbands had provided […]