September 2009 National Updates

September 3, 2009

Prodigal God to hit the stage
A FULL-LENGTH theatrical musical based on Luke 15 will be the flagship arts event for Christian outreach during the 2010 Olympic Games. Brian Doerksen's Prodigal God will hit the stage next February in the Vancouver area, then tour Canada.
Schools prepare for H1N1 onslaught
WITH CLASSES in most districts resuming the first week of September, Catholic schools in the Edmonton Archdiocese have been in preparatory mode for the H1N1 virus.
OttawaWatch: Faith and family
IT IS always interesting to evaluate the faith of our political leaders.
Quick news
• New logo has dignity
• Justice we are
• Why not? Christians believe in fellowship
• more
National print news
• First Nations issues
• Toronto Catholic schools
• Colin Thatcher and his new book
• more

September 10, 2009

Bergens take forgiveness message on the road
"FORGIVENESS frees me from being an emotional slave to my attackers." So says Eloise Bergen -- and she has much more to forgive than most people.
Christians respond to education decisions in Alberta, Quebec
WHETHER the classroom topic is religion or sexual relations, teachers and parents in two Canadian provinces are struggling with wide-reaching changes in the way such subjects are handled in their public school systems.
OttawaWatch: A Pearsonian Harper?
WITH ALL the Ottawa election talk -- and all the apparent objection to the idea from the rest of the country -- it might be time to take another quick look at history.
Quick news
• Art and then some
• This jewellery is the bomb
• Some years are prayerless
• more
National print news
• Toronto International Film Festival
• Islam and the West
• Ending the war between 'religion' and 'spirituality'
• more

September 17, 2009

Catholic leaders applaud tribunal decision upholding free speech
Catholics who fight for freedom of speech and of religion are applauding the recent tribunal decision that declared the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA) censorship provision unconstitutional.
Evangelical voters turning from Liberals to Conservatives, NDP: study
EVANGELICAL voters have been turning away from the Liberal party in droves over the past dozen years...
OttawaWatch: Chatting with the senator
IT WAS good to sit down with Senator David Smith last Tuesday, if only for old times' sake.
Quick news
• New handle for Crandall
• This program is close to a disaster
• Counselling two birds with one stone
• more
National print news
• Alberta Human Rights Commission and free speech
• The Year of the Flood
• Toronto International Film Festival
• more

September 24, 2009

Euthanasia bill will likely be defeated, say opponents
OTTAWA (CCN) -- Opponents of assisted-suicide and euthanasia bill C-384 are expressing hope that it will be defeated if it comes to a vote this fall.
Blue Like Jazz author enjoys 'editing' his own life
"THE unexamined life is not worth living," said Socrates. For Donald Miller, it's "the unedited life."
OttawaWatch: Investment clarification
EDNA AND I will be travelling for the next 10 days or so, and will be writing about that trip when we get back. Meanwhile, reporting that I did in July, with respect to a story that was breaking at the time, needs clarification.
Quick news
• Buono's winning ways
• What a hymn we have
• Will Guides go godless?
• more
National print news
• The quashing of the polygamy court case
• Anglicans from around the world
• The United Church and the controversy over Israel
• more

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