November 2008 National Updates

December 5, 2008

Crisis due to more than greed
What should Christians be doing about the current economic crisis? CC.com consulted a number of economic and socio-political leaders for faith-based perspectives on the subject.
OttawaWatch: Going beyond divisiveness
THERE is much to be said this week, given the turmoil taking place in Ottawa.
The Priests keeping culture alive
THE music The Priests sing is as pretty, as comforting, as pleasant as the aroma of fresh baked bread -- or a hug from your grandma.
Quick news
• Students grateful!
• Canadian named to WEA council
• Catholic Christian Outreach anniversary
• more

December 11, 2008

New Anglican church proposed
LEADERS of the Common Cause Partnership, a coalition of conservative Anglicans in the U.S. and Canada, released a draft constitution on December 3 for a new Anglican province...
Fixing the economic crisis - Part 2
What should Christians be doing about the current economic crisis? CC.com consulted a number of economic and socio-political leaders for faith-based perspectives on the subject.
OttawaWatch: Whither Quebec?
The QUEBEC election, which took place last Monday, has returned that province to virtual two-party status.
Quick news
• Kitschmas 08
• Canadian youth in Paraguay
• New Saskatchewan bishop
• more
National print news
• Stephane Dion and the "coalition"
• Mumbai attacks
• Ex-preacher charged with murdering a pastor's daughter in Alberta
• more

December 18, 2008

The economic crisis: What should Christians and the church be doing?
What should Christians be doing about the current economic crisis? CC.com consulted a number of economic and socio-political leaders for faith-based perspectives on the subject. Third and last in a series.
Pro-life issues still a campus battleground
TENSIONS on Canadian university campuses have intensified this year as pro-life clubs continued fighting for status while others were denied funding.
OttawaWatch: Conflict resolution styles
SEVEN is the name of a magazine jointly published by Promise Keepers Canada and Fellowship for Print Witness, Inc., the publishers of the ChristianWeek group of newspapers.
Quick news
• Anglican big guns turned into Canons
• Bishop moved to new space
• Gunn shoots down welfare rates
• more
National print news
• Christmas
• The financial crisis
• more

December 22, 2008

Seeking a Star in Christ's town
WE CAME to Bethlehem, seeking a Star.
Three not-overly-wise men, myself and two other Canadian Christian journalists - armed only with digital cameras -- were spending the morning of December 2 in the town of Christ's birth.
Seriously ridiculous for youth
THE JOB of a youth worker, and the call of Christians at large, is nothing less than "seriously ridiculous," according to speakers at the second annual Canadian Youth Worker conference in Toronto.

December 31, 2008

A journalist's pilgrimage through the Holy Land
AS I write this, war is intensifying in the Gaza Strip, between the Islamist militants of Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces. Most of the following article was planned and written before the current hostilities broke out.
STATE of the CANADIAN CHURCH I: The Church as we saw it
The church made news in 2008 -- but how, and why? And what do the news stories reveal about the state of the Canadian church, its priorities, its strengths and its weakness? First in a series.

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