The Faith Today Podcast

​Effective ministry -- and good seminary education -- can both benefit from paying attention to local context, says Anna Robbins, president of Acadia Divinity College in Nova Scotia. She chats with host Bill Fledderus about a series of initiatives at ADC known as East Coast Theology.https://acadiadiv.ca/east-coast-theology/https://acadiadiv.ca/president/

​How can we all help reduce the internal and external obstacles that impede women from using their gifts? Cathie Ostapchuk has some ideas. She is cofounder of Gather Women Canada, author of the 2019 book Brave Women, Bold Moves: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Conformity, a consultant, coach and podcaster. She spoke with host Bill Fledderus about her work mobilizing Canadian women to influence th...

All Things Reconciled: South Africa - The Power of Prayer in South Africa - Series 3 - Episode 1 by Faith Today

​​Do you view yourself as a creative person? Do you wish you had more time to write poetry, paint, knit, work with wood or just colour a picture? This conversation with Canadian Creative Ann-Margret Hovsepian is all about getting you moving more deeply into your creative side -- with a bit of side dip into pondering why colouring has become an activity for adults...Ann-Margret is a Montreal-based...

​Canadian prayer networks have flourished in just the past two or three years. Hear from three national leaders about how their network developed and how they have come to cooperate together for initiatives such as Ignite Prayer and Worship Summits. Includes Chris Byberg (NHOP), Roger Helland (EFC) and Dale Winder (BGEA).https://www.billygraham.ca/pastors-prayer-forum/https://www.prayerwalkchallen...

David Guretzki is the new president and CEO of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, after serving as its executive vice-president and resident theologian since 2017 and a long stint on its board of directors. He speaks with Bill Fledderus about the EFC’s role in the Christian community across Canada and his hopes for the future (and also about astrophotography and his cat Scrunchy).

In November of 2020, Toronto-based Tim Challies and his wife Aileen received the call that is every parent's worst fear. Their 20-year old son Nick had died mysteriously and suddenly on a field at the seminary he attended in the States. Seasons of Sorrow: the pain of loss and the comfort of God is a chronicle of Tim's journey of grief, healing and finding the meaning in the saddest of th...

​Calgary theatre director Val Lieske (Fire Exit Theatre, Ambrose University) talks with us about the importance of training Christian actors and storytellers. She argues these professions are hugely influential in our society but that many Christians make the mistake of avoiding them for a variety of misguided reasons. https://ambrose.edu/profile/val-lieske-ba www.fireexit.ca

Reconciliation, at the core of the Gospel and mission of God in the world, intersects with the experiences we all live. Jeanette Bohm and Phil Wagler wrestle with the hope of reconciliation in their own stories and desire to be increasingly reconcilers in the world.

How does reconciliation move beyond ideas and even theologies to the practical everyday realities of society, politics, church life, family and creation care? Johannes Reimer, Director of the World Evangelical Alliance’s Public Engagement Department, unpacks the practical ways reconciliation impacts every area of life.

Can the life of an angry prisoner really be transformed into a witness of God’s reconciling mission? Johannes Reimer, Director of the World Evangelical Alliance’s Public Engagement Department, reveals how his life from unlikely beginnings became precisely that.

​How can the Church do better with mental health? That is a big and important question these days. Daniel Whitehead is our guest, CEO of Vancouver-based Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries. Sanctuary equips the Church to support mental health and wellbeing. Most recently that has meant the launch of the Sanctuary Course, an online, video-based study for small groups, designed to raise awareness and...

​​Have you ever wondered if you'd have what it takes to care for a loved one when called upon? Life is full of caregiving surprises, and sometimes more is asked of us than we think we can give. Marjorie J. Thompson has reassuring and encouraging words for us as we dig into the spirituality of caregiving. Author of the recently released Courage for Caregivers: Sustenance for the Journey in Com...

​Al Lopus wrote the book, literally, on what a flourishing workplace is. He talks with us about his two decades of work at Best Christian Workplaces Institute and how toxic workplaces can change into places where people love what they do and find deep satisfaction.

​Do you ever think about writing your life story? Dipping your toes into the waters of memoir? A lot of us do, and for good reason. We can share our stories with our children or extended family, or even just use this kind of important writing as a way to understand ourselves and our place in the world better. Carla Funk is a Canadian poet and memoirist who is author of Every Little Scrap and Wonde...

The All Things Reconciled podcast is a mini series facilitated by Faith Today PodcastEpisode 4 - From CanadaZlata Zolotarova came to Canada from Ukraine as a college student. She now finds herself unexpectedly working with churches in her British Columbian city welcome, lament with, and understand her people as they arrive because of the war. Zlata's parents remain in western Ukraine, she exp...

The All Things Reconciled podcast is a mini series facilitated by Faith Today PodcastEpisode 3 - From Western EuropeRuslan Maliuta, who helped launch World Without Orphans, is a Ukrainian serving the World Evangelical Alliance's crisis response among the 10 million people displaced by the war. He and his family left Ukraine by God's surprise leading before the war began and now support t...

The All Things Reconciled podcast is a mini series facilitated by the Faith Today podcastEpisode 2 - From RussiaVitaly Vlasenko is the Secretary General of the Russian Evangelical Alliance and wrote an open letter of objection to the war, apologizing to the Ukrainian people. In this interview, Vitaly Vlaskenko shares the background to his decision to release the letter of apology, its impact, and...

The All Things Reconciled podcast is a mini series facilitated by FT PodcastEpisode 1 - From UkraineMaxym Oliferovski leads the New Hope Center team in Zaporizhzhia, 30kms from the frontline. They welcome refugees fleeing the Donbas region while awaiting what might yet be coming their way. Maxym speaks of the despair, the hope, and the spiritual readiness needed to be a reconciler when your homela...

​​After 199 episodes of interviewing other people, our podcast host Karen Stiller takes the mic for herself and shares some of what she's learned through this podcast about listening, and from listening to others. And if you don't like being interrupted, this one is for you. Karen references and pulls clips from several previous podcast in this episode. Holly Fortier: https://www.faithto...

​Victim-advocate Melodie Bissell, who is also president of Plan to Protect, is currently working with victims connected with The Meeting House situation. Stories about clergy sexual abuse are so hard to hear and to bear. It's almost impossible to imagine what victim-survivors go through and the long journey toward healing. Melodie joins us, answering what she can, and helping us understand ho...

Do you ever wonder if, amidst controversy and a sometimes questionable reputation, we should just ditch the word 'Evangelical?' John G. Stackhouse, Jr. answers that question and more in this conversation. John is professor of religious studies at Crandall University in Moncton, a favourite and well read Faith Today columnist, and a scholar and author of many books, including the new Oxfo...

Why does the Christian life always seem to involve suffering? How is Jesus present in our sorrow and confusion? And...we also talk about adorable lambs. Ann Voskamp is a New York Times bestselling author who lives and writes on a working farm in Ontario. Her latest book is WayMaker: Finding the Way to the Life You’ve Always Dreamed of(Thomas Nelson, 2022). Visit Ann's site here: https://annvo...

​Thank you. I'm sorry. Tell me more. They are such simple phrases but they carry a lot of meaning. Author, psychologist and pastor Rod Wilson unpacks them for us in this podcast and shares some practical tips on how to do all three well. We drill down on how to apologize well and how to interact politely (but firmly) with people who talk too much. That was Karen's favourite take-away. Fi...

​​We've all had a dream not come true, or experienced some kind of deep disappointment in life that stopped us in our tracks. You're at the right podcast. This episode, featuring Scott Erickson, author of Say yes: discover the surprising life beyond the death of a dream, is full of great advice, including something called ‘the wonder hack’ and a creepy but illuminating ‘death practice.&a...