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Dr. Kevin Leman is an internationally known psychologist, Christian author and speaker. He has written numerous books, including his most recent, 8 Secrets to Raising Successful Kids: Nurturing Character, Respect, and a Winning Attitude. Today on Connections, Dr. Leman shares some of those secrets and how we can incorporate our faith into everything we do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Jennifer Siran is a Manitoba author and a mom of a child born with a congenital heart defect. Jen's book "When Your World Stops: Finding Hope in your Child's Medical Journey" is full of short, easy-to-read chapters to encourage parents trying to navigate a new piece of parenthood they may not have expected. As a believer, much of Jennifer's strength for the journey came from her faith. Today on Co...

Ben Harder will be leaning on God as he heads out on a 983 kilometre bike ride to bless his friend's son, who needs a new kidney. Today on Connections, Ben shares how and why he is doing this.

Jenita Pace is a licensed professional counsellor (LPC) in Minnesota. She is also a pastor's wife. She experienced a battle with depression and anxiety that led her down a path of destruction. After several years of prayer, counselling, and pursuing God, Jenita and her family experienced God’s grace and restoration. Today on Connections, Jenita shares her story of restoration. She'll also share ho...

Jon Seidl hopes that by being brutally honest about his battles with anxiety and OCD, he can help others who are struggling and fix the rampant stigma surrounding mental health challenges. Today on Connections, Jon shares ways to cope with anxiety. He also shares how we as a church can do a better job supporting those who are struggling.

Happiness is considered a destination, but the finish line is constantly moving—when we get married, find that dream job, move away from home, have a baby, build a dream house, etc. We are promised that a happy life is tied to these milestones. But what if society has it wrong? What if happiness isn't the goal at all? Mary Katherine Backstrom, best known for her viral videos and candid writing on...

February is a great month to do a wellness check on our relationships. It's a month that puts the focus on love. Today on Connections, Lucille Williams, a national speaker who has ministered to couples and families for over 25 years, shares how we can start working on our relationships and bring them back to God.

Jesus Revolution is a historical telling, bringing to life The Jesus Movement that swept the country in the late 60s and early 70s. This new film hits theatres nationwide on January 24, 2023. Today on Connections, Jon Erwin, director of Jesus Revolution, shares how this movie came to be and why we should check it out.

One day, one of Chris Brown’s colleagues told him, “All we see is this good-looking, all-American man born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who now has his own all-American family. People can’t relate to that. Your opportunities to this point appear to have been endless. You’ve had to have had a better life than most.” Little did this person know, Chris had lived a life of poverty, pain, and r...

In today's world, there is mental illness all around us. At the heart of that is often a caregiver offering their support to a loved one who is struggling. K.T. Griffiths knows all too well. Her daughter has been struggling with her mental health for years. She has recently written a book that she says will provide hope that there are brighter days ahead and that there is always beauty found amids...

Alicia Dougherty and her husband, Josh, experienced nine years of infertility and losses. This led them to foster care and adoption from foster care. Eventually, it spiralled into 10 children joining their family in just eight years. Six of their children are adopted from foster care, and four are their biological children. They call themselves the Dougherty Dozen. Today on Connections, Alicia sha...

In the 1970s, young Greg Laurie (Joel Courtney) is searching for all the right things in all the wrong places: until he meets Lonnie Frisbee (Jonathan Roumie), a charismatic hippie street preacher. Together with Pastor Chuck Smith (Kelsey Grammer), they open the doors of Smith’s languishing church to an unexpected revival of radical and newfound love, leading to what TIME Magazine dubbed a JESUS R...

When Jinger was growing up, she zealously promoted the Basic Life Principles of Bill Gothard, a man who would come to be accused by some of running a cult and using his religious authority to take advantage of young women (although never legally convicted). Jinger was convinced that obeying the rules of Gothard’s teachings was the key to success. However, in private, she suffered from social anxie...

The Barna Group recently released a first-of-its-kind international research study to help church leaders understand teenagers around the world. It focused on three crucial elements of the Christian faith: Jesus, the Bible and justice. They interviewed thousands of teens around the world, including in Canada. The results are surprising. Today on Connections, Daniel Copeland, associate vice preside...

Today is Valentine's Day, a time when couples use gifts and acts of kindness to show their love for one another. Why do we celebrate Valentine's day? Who is St. Valentine? Today on Connections, Dr. Patricia Janzen Loewen helps us to understand the origins of Valentine's Day and why we celebrate it.

The past couple of years had a significant impact on our children, especially when it comes to screen time. Many parents relied on tablets and television to keep their children busy while they were busy working from home or while they were in lockdown. Molly DeFrank is a mother of six and the author of Digital Detox: A Two-Week Tech Reset for Kids. She says it is time to flip the switch and get ou...

More than 22-thousand people have died in Monday's earthquake in Syria and Turkey, but survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. Some were trapped for more than 100 hours under crushed concrete in the bitter cold. Even though experts say trapped people can live for a week or more, the chances of finding survivors are dimming. Rescuers are doing everything in their power to help. Today on C...

Kelly Farley knows all too well what it feels like to lose a child. After a series of fertility treatments, Kelly and his wife became pregnant with their first child, Katie. That excitement quickly turned to sorrow when they lost Katie in the fall of 2004. About a year later, they decided that they would try to conceive again. This time it was a little boy and they felt blessed that little Noah wa...

As a white Afrikaner woman growing up in South Africa during apartheid, Idelette McVicker was steeped in a community and a church that reinforced white supremacy and shielded her from seeing her neighbours' oppression. But a series of circumstances led her to begin questioning everything she thought was true about her identity, her country, and her faith. She shares this long, slow journey of heal...

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Leeana Tankersley talks about how she went from living a life surrounded by darkness to one filled with hope.

Ron Fischer, and Darlene and Ron Overby talk about how a small initiative has had huge impact on their community.

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