We all have hard days. Some people have only a few of them, at least for the present. Some face an unrelenting succession of difficult times. And some have sadness woven so deeply into their souls that it seems joy will never return (and if that’s you, please do seek professional help as well as […]
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One Flag for Each Canadian Baby Aborted Every Year
In every crowd cheering at a hockey game, listening to a concert, or running a marathon, people are missing. Our country is full of empty spaces, and so are our lives. In fact, in all of Canada, over three million people are missing, nameless, and forgotten. These people have never laughed or cried or seen […]
Review: A Vine-Ripened Life by Stanley D. Gale
We live because of Christ, and we bear fruit by abiding in him. Those are fundamental facts of life for Christians. But what does ‘bearing fruit’ mean in practical, everyday life? And how, exactly, is that related to abiding in Christ? A Vine-Ripened Life discusses this by exploring Galatians 5:22, 23: “But the fruit of […]
Review: The Good News About Marriage by Shaunti Feldhahn
We all know those ‘facts’ about marriage: half of all marriages fail, most marriages are unhappy, it takes years of painful work to fix a bad marriage, remarriages are unlikely to succeed, and Christians’ divorce rates are the same as unbelievers’. What if these ideas were not true? What if they were based on misunderstanding […]
Review: Home to Chicory Lane by Deborah Raney
Landyn, married less than six months, runs back to her parents’ place with a U-Haul in tow, crashing the opening celebrations of her parents’ new bed and breakfast, Chicory Inn. Her parents, Audrey and Grant, are stretched to the limit financially and emotionally by Audrey’s dream of an inn. Her husband Chase, a fairly new […]