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Our Annual Winter Sadness

It’s been a cold, long winter. Like my kids, I smiled at the first snowflakes in November. Through December, I appreciated the extra opportunities for shovelling; I needed the exercise. Then January came, and the Christmas lights came down. The past two weeks have been some of the coldest on record. My face hurts when I go outside. It’s dark, too dark. It’s that time of year. The Season of Darkness Around 15% of Canadians will report at least a mild case of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). It’s a form of depression due to reduced sunlight. Many of us find...

Andrew Noble

Five Practical Tips for Pastors

Matthew Ruttan

Let’s be honest. Pastoring is like heart surgery. It is serious business. The Lord is the great Physician, and we pastors are his assistants. People live or die on the table, so to speak. With that in mind, what I’m about to suggest may seem trite. And yet, much of the genius of ministry includes doing small things well, things which keep you focused on what and Who matters most on a daily basis. In 2007, Casting Crowns released a song called “Slow Fade.” Small decisions and habits lead to increasingly entrenched sin. Rarely does it happen overnight. In a...

5 Books That Impacted Me In 2025

Paul Carter

Some books are read and quickly laid aside, leaving little trace on the thought-life of the reader. Other books settle deeply into the leafmould of the mind and exert an enduring influence. As requested by the editor, here are 5 books that impacted me deeply in 2025. Barclay, John M.G. Paul & the Power of Grace. William B. Eerdmans, 2020. Had my instructions been to write a brief review on 5 books that I read in 2025, this one would not have been included on my list as I technically read it in 2024. However, I am currently listening to...

Thirty Minutes a Day: A Reading Challenge for 2026

Jon Cleland

If you are looking for ideas on what to do in 2026, here’s one—read. Reading, in many ways, is a lost art in today’s society. People are more inclined to watch videos than they are to read books. According to the Canadian Leisure & Reading Study 2024, which surveys people who have read at least one book in the previous year, respondents displayed that watching videos is the most popular way that they spend their leisure time on a weekly basis; reading is listed at number eight. And this statistic is of people who read! But if all one does...

Join Me in 2026 for the Christian Reading Challenge

Angie Velasquez Thornton

I’ve always loved books. However, until recently, I was not an avid reader. That all changed when I invested in an audiobook app called Everand. Some would argue that listening to books doesn’t qualify as reading. I would counter that throughout history, books have been valuable and scarce. Literacy rates were long lower than they are today in the West. And most of our predecessors received the written word as it was read to them. This is especially so with the Scriptures. Think of Paul’s exhortation to Timothy: Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to...

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