July 2009 National Updates

July 2, 2009

Internet porn and the church
FOR MANY Christians, internet pornography has largely been a problem 'out there,' a crisis that wasn't thought to affect many within the Christian fold.
Mainse brothers step down from Crossroads posts during Ponzi investigation
TWO MEMBERS of the Mainse family have left their posts at 100 Huntley Street and Crossroads Television, following allegations...
OttawaWatch: A civil community
A BIT of Ottawa-centric trivia:
Singer Michael Jackson, the avowed "king of pop" died suddenly last week at 50 -- the same age as Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Quick news
• See Dead Sea scrolls live
• Mexican organizations pro-life
• Canadian Forces see the need
• more
National print news
• Jehovah's Witnesses and blood transfusions
• Polygamy court case
• Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum
• more

July 9, 2009

Christians disagree on how to respond to Vancouver Olympics
HOW SHOULD Christians respond to the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games?
Aboriginal TRC chair prepares for 'daunting task'
JUSTICE Murray Sinclair jokes that he tries not to think about how "scary" his appointment is, as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
OttawaWatch: Batters remembered
"THE PRIME Minister is in danger of losing his tough-a__ image."
Quick news
• Bishop makes lateral move
• More Cuts Coming
• Bargain camping
• more
National print news
• Stephen Harper and the communion wafer
• Roman Catholic Pope's latest encyclical
• The gay-pride parade and the Tory caucus
• more

July 17, 2009

Communion controversy overblown, says Senate speaker
PRIME Minister Stephen Harper did, indeed, consume the host during a funeral mass memorializing former governor-general Romeo LeBlanc, according to a top Parliamentarian who sat just a few rows behind Harper at that service.
A 'rebuilder of walls' reflects on his ministry
AT ONE point in his career, Brian Stiller was wrestling with what direction to take and began reading through the Bible with a notepad. When he came to Nehemiah, he wrote down, "Find a broken wall.
OttawaWatch: Ablonczy, Trost and Pride
THIS past week, two faith-related stories dogged the political scene, one rooted mostly in eastern Canada and the other, further west.
Quick news
• Faith Today goes digital
• Scrolls Abegg many questions
• A visit to Kandahar
• more
National print news
• Science and religion
• "Human rights" tribunals and the Catholic Church
• Euthanasia in Quebec
• more

July 24, 2009

Ethicist opposes bid to legalize euthanasia in Quebec
THE MOVE by a task force of Quebec physicians to explore the possibility of legalized euthanasia drew a rapid response from Margaret Somerville, a leading Canadian medical ethicist...
West Kelowna churches threatened, respond to wildfires
AS FOREST fires threaten a city in the BC interior, some churches are in the line of the fire, and others are trying to help out. Some are in both categories.
OttawaWatch: PAC and African governance
COULD it be that Canadian Christians might be playing a preparatory role for leadership development in some African nations?
Quick news
• Iran prayer guide
• Muslim outreach
• New Catholic web emphasis
• more
National print news
• The "Jesus freak" "sleeping bag killer"
• Gay-pride parades and the Tory caucus
• Islam and the West
• more

July 30, 2009

Hutterites left to ponder Supreme Court's photo ID decision
THE SUPREME Court of Canada decision requiring all drivers' licenses in Alberta to carry photo identification will "have a profound effect on the Hutterian Brethren...
Parish power struggle ends up at human rights tribunal
A CONTROVERSY involving a gay altar server, a Catholic church and a human rights tribunal may have more to do with a simple power struggle within the parish than with any sort of disagreement over Catholic teaching.
OttawaWatch: Mega-churchers at the Laurier
THIS WEEK, while Conservative MPs have been gathering in Ottawa for summer caucus at the Marriott, some 200 pastors and spouses have been convening on the other side of Parliament Hill, at the historic Chateau Laurier.
Quick news
• Out of sight!
• Fun on the Road
• Mennonites convince university they're worth studying
• more
National print news
• The United Church and Israel
• The Prime Minister and the communion wafer
• Gay-pride parades and the Tory caucus
• more

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