“Jesus talked about faith as the leaven that raises up the whole loaf; the light from the mountain that illuminates the valley below … a treasure that one discovers through constant searching; a gift from a God who invites all especially the poor and sinners to a banquet of rich foods and fine wines. This [...]
When Darrel Reid was defeated as a Conservative candidate in 2006, he became “Vice President of Project Development for the Work Research Foundation, an organization with the stated mission to “influence people to a Christian view of work and public life.””(1) I must admit that I’d never heard of the ‘Work Research Foundation’ and wasn’t [...]
In 2004, a twelve-year-old Ohio boy, James Nixon, won the right to wear a T-shirt to school, that read: Homosexuality is a sin, Islam is a lie, abortion is murder “, after his parents sued the school, who asked him not to. (1) His case was handled by the Alliance Defense Fund, who challenged the [...]
“A program can’t run without money and we’ll keep pressing the government until all the funding for this useless program is cut off completely.” On September 22, 1998, a large group of what I will call “gun enthusiasts” marched on Parliament Hill. They billed it as Fed Up II, so I can only assume there [...]
“Any country that accepts abortion, is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what it wants.” Mother Teresa (1910-1997) I find that quote used often on pro-life websites to equate abortion with violence. However, it doesn’t ring true for most of these sites, that all too often support war [...]