|
|
Giving voice to Darfur’s youngTHE IMAGES bear all the hallmarks of typical
children’s art: bold use of colours; disregard for perspective; crude
but charming likenesses of buildings, animals and people. |
| |
Canada’s Christian writers, booksellers face
tough timesPUBLISHER Larry Willard sees a possible way out for
struggling Christian bookstores, which have been hurt by lost sales of
popular American titles – such as the Left
Behind series, The
Prayer of Jabez and The
Purpose-Driven Life – to retail
giants like Costco, Wal-Mart and Indigo. |
| |
| |
Schaeffer far from today’s ‘Right,’
says sonFRANK SCHAEFFER, the sometimes controversial author of Addicted to Mediocrity and Baby Jack, has just released a
book which will challenge many people’s views of his famous father,
Francis. |
| |
Quebec struggles with ‘accommodation’ A WIDESPREAD debate on the ‘reasonable
accommodation’ of minorities has convulsed Quebec society – and
could set precedents that impact all of Canada. |
| |
To veil or not to veil votersA FEDERAL bill requiring all voters – including
Muslim women – to uncover their faces before they vote is a lot of
hype over nothing, and may reflect an increasingly bigoted approach to
visible signs of religious faith, according to one prominent Muslim. |
Anglicans in ‘full-blown schism’ THE DIVISION in the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC)
became a formal reality at the end of November, when theological
conservatives set up an alternative church structure. |
| |
CIS 25th anniversaryAs Christian Info Society (CIS) marks a quarter
century, BCCN founding
editor Lloyd Mackey
provides some perspective on the ministry’s past and future. |
| |
| |