The biblical drama of sin, mercy, healing, salvation and liberation will reassert itself
Originally Published in the National Post: Thursday, February 22, 2007
It has been remarked for a long time that the centre of gravity in the Christian world is shifting from north to south, from North America and Europe to Africa and Asia. The meeting of Anglican Primates this past week in Tanzania might be marked as the moment when that shift made its first global impact. Continue reading
Originally Published in the National Post: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
It remains to be seen what was accomplished at the Fatah-Hamas summit held earlier this month. Yet one thing was made abundantly clear by the very fact of the meeting – Palestinian Christians have new cause to worry about their religious liberty. Continue reading
Originally Published in the National Post: Thursday, February 15, 2007
What is the most important freedom protected in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? We could start with the first one listed: “freedom of conscience and religion.” This week’s series on the 25th anniversary of the Charter has addressed at length equality rights, which have dominated Charter jurisprudence, but what about the first freedom?
Originally Published in the National Post: Thursday, February 08, 2007
Football is America’s game, and racism is America’s aboriginal sin. That the former might offer a measure of redemption for the latter is just too good to be true. Continue reading
Originally Published in the National Post: Thursday, February 01, 2007
CALGARY – It was a dash across the country from grandeur to simplicity, from the celebrated to the unremarked, from the soaring cathedral of Toronto to the parish church where I grew up. Continue reading