November is the calm before the Christmas storm. It is the month in which snow becomes the rule rather than the exception. And more recently, it has become the month in which men who shouldn’t have moustaches grow moustaches – for a good cause of course. However important and necessary these and other November related […]
Nathan Kotylak: A Tale of Repentance, Restitution, and Redemption
Fresh in our Canadian collective consciousness are the Vancouver riots, which have triggered outrage, disgust and disbelief throughout the entire nation, as well as across the world. The new G20 of the west coast, as people have dubbed the events, resulted in injuries, arrests and damages far beyond what we can imagine. Amidst of all […]
Part 1: Is the local church disappearing?
See our ‘State of the Church’ series for past years In 2008 and in 2009, CC.com ran series of articles on The State of the Canadian Church. Both series drew extensively on research by pollsters, academics and church leaders. This year, we are looking at some of the same issues, but from the bottom up […]
State of the Canadian Church – 2010
See our ‘State of the Church’ series for past years Part 1: Is the local church disappearing? FOR SALE: 45-year-old, 270-seat church; $4.5 million or best offer. In the late 1950s, it was the aim of the United Church to have a church in every high school catchment area in Canada. Today, many of those […]
Canadian religion from a secular viewpoint
The State of the Canadian Church — Part 2 Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Each week, CC.com links to stories about religion in the mainstream Canadian press under the banner ‘National Print News‘ (formerly called ‘News Links’). These links are grouped together in categories each week, which provides a […]