The Faith Today Podcast

The Canadian Missions Research Forum dug deep into how Canadian Christians do mission trips, and turned up some surprising finds, including who really benefits from short term trips. This podcast originally appeared as a Faith Today magazine article. Read it and more at: http://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/20170304?pg=40#pg40

Earl Phillips, director of TWU's hotly contested law school offers an early response to the June 15 Supreme Court of Canada decision. "We know who we serve. We can trust in God," says Phillips

Paul Boge is author of the newly released book "The Truth About Human Trafficking in Canada." He takes readers behind the scenes of human trafficking in Canada, dispels myths and sheds light on the realities of the Canadian sex trade.

Dispatches from Brian Stiller: Did We Find Peace in Assisi? Peace is hard to come by. Ask John Kerry and his Russian equivalent Sergei Lavrov in their intermittent successes at finding a Syrian cease-fire. In the 20th century 231 million died in wars and conflicts. Even so Stewart Pinker (Harvard) said five years ago, “we may be living in the most peaceful era in our species’ existence,” followed...

This year's March for Life in Ottawa was met with loud counter-protests, but thousands of marchers made their way through Ottawa's downtown core nonetheless. Here are several voices from that March, including Angelina Steenstra, National Coordinator of Silent No More

Dispatches from the Global Village By Brian Stiller Spiritual movements produce bizarre and often cult-like offshoots. Nowhere is this truer than in Brazil. The explosion of Christian faith in Latin America, and indeed in the world, occurs in an environment where ideas framed by hope, accelerate popularity of some giving influence to self-proclaimed prophets. The Universal Church of the Kingdom of...

By Julia Cheung Faith Today visits Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to understand what it is like to minister in this hard, hard place. Read this article and more at: http://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/20150910?pg=42#pg42

Interview with Mathew P John Mathew P John is the creator of an online course called Mosaic. He explains why it's important to understand other religions when we share our faith.

BY MEAGAN GILLMORE Thousands of Canadian churches responded to the plight of Syrian refugees by becoming private sponsors for the first time. Here are three stories. Read this article and more at: http://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/20160910?pg=46#pg46

Trading in picture-perfect faith for authentic experience with Jesus BY REBECCA GREGOIRE LINDENBACH Patrick grew up in the perfect Christian family. His dad was on the elders’ board, his mom ran all the fundraisers, and the kids volunteered to help with summer camp community programs. They led small groups in their home, sent their children to youth conferences and did family devotions together at...

Renee Embree discusses youth culture today and plans in Atlantic Canada

An interview with Dave Wells, general superintendent of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC). He is also a sports chaplain, and served as Canadian chaplain for the Olympic Games for multiple years, most recently in 2016, the Pan Am Games and the Commonwealth Games where he joined us by Skype from Australia’s Gold Coast. Dave spoke with us about the Humboldt Hockey tragedy, the nature of cha...

AIMEE PATTERSON PhD is a Christian ethics consultant with The Salvation Army Ethics Centre in Winnipeg. She spoke to Faith Today about sexual ethics in the Church, what pastors need to watch for and the #metoo campaign. Read Aimee's Faith Today Article at: http://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/20180102/MobilePagedArticle.action?articleId=1276036&app=false#articleId1276036

An interview with Preston Manning

What we learn as we walk with people in distress. By: Doug Koop A big part of my job as a spiritual health practitioner is to stay attuned to the suffering. Every day I encounter patients and family members enduring multiple types of personal distress – physical, emotional, spiritual. People who require hospital care almost inevitably find themselves struggling to come to terms with any of a varie...

Brazil is huge. A population of two hundred million live in a land mass slightly smaller than the United States or China. It’s Amazon basin, over seven million square kilometers is rich in unexplored terrain, home to more than a third of known species, expansive as “lungs” of the globe, its seeming endless river winds its way from the mountains of Peru, some 6,992 kilometers to the Atlantic Ocean....

An interview with Janet Warren, president of the Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation

Food is central in scripture, community and restoration How can churches do food ministry well? Lots of churches provide community dinners, but how can we do that better? We speak with experts on this topic, featured in "The Healing Plate," the Mar / Apr cover story in Faith Today magazine. Jenn Arnold, founder of 541 Eatery in Hamilton; Kristine O'Brien, Minister at Trafalgar Presbyterian in Oakv...

It doesn’t need to be only long prayers and joint Bible study. By: Sheila Wray Gregoire Read this article and more at: http://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/20170102?pg=36#pg36

Interview with Emily Reesor Read more at: https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Communications/Articles/March-2018/How-Fort-Langley-Evangelical-Free-Church-is-coping

Calvary Temple, How a maritime church is pushing back. Interview with Chad Nickerson Read more at: https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Communications/Articles/March-2018/How-a-Maritime-church-is-pushing-back-on-Canada-Su

The trouble with do-it-yourself transformation. By: Carolyn Arends Faith Today magazine column: Go with God

Dave Addison, executive director of Toronto City Mission discusses how the Canada Summer Jobs grant situation has impacted their ministry, and what they will do next.

Dead to Distraction I had just flown into Santa Barbara and met up with several colleagues for a working dinner. While others placed their orders with the waiter, our president Chris Hall and I both pulled out our smart phones for a quick email check. I noticed a positive response on a logistical matter we’d been concerned about, so I exclaimed, "Oh, good!" Unfortunately, it wasn’t until a nanosec...

Sid Koop discussed state of youth in Canada today. Youth Adult Transition Research https://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/YATR