Imagine working full-time (including overtime) and not being able to make enough money to give all of your children food for dinner. Imagine working from morning until night but never making enough money for “extras” like dessert or Christmas presents. Currently, 2 billion people live on less than $2US/day, and this is a severe threat [...]
Fair Trade is based on a partnership between people producing items such as coffee, tea, chocolate and handicrafts in poor countries and people wanting these items in rich countries.
How the KJV came to be known as the AUTHORIZED VERSION By Ian Howes There have been some 450 different English translations of the Bible Some have come and gone while others hold a special place on our bookshelves. But among all these versions, only the King James Version, published for the first time in [...]
Food for Thought | In the News In Canada we’ve said farewell to summer. The kids are back at school and the tan is fading as fast as the vacation memories. Now, instead of juggling which novel to read next on the beach, we’re scheduling meetings, extra-curricular activities and quickening our pace to keep up [...]
Food for Thought | In the News We are well into the season of Advent, with the promise of Christmas only days away. It’s a wonderful time to reflect, celebrate and share with family and friends. It is a privilege for us to be able to share some of our riches with you, so we’ve [...]
November 11th marks Remembrance Day here in Canada – a day set aside to remember the sacrifices our military personnel have made over the years. It’s marked by Remembrance Day services across the country, and by the wearing of a red poppy. There’s much to be learned from the stories of past and present conflicts, [...]
Benjamin Perrin is an assistant professor for the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia and executive director of The Future Group. His new book: Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking is a well researched look into how human trafficking happens in Canada and affects Canadians. The book acts as an [...]
Theologian Walter Rauschenbusch once wrote that it is “the will and power of God to redeem the permanent institutions of human society from their inherited guilt of oppression and extortion.” Have you ever thought of free market global capitalism as an institution of human society that needs to be redeemed? Have you ever thought of [...]
“J’agirai avec intégrité et respect dans toutes mes négociations, en accordant une importance primordiale à la transparence et en exigeant la même chose en retour….” “I will act with integrity and respect in all my dealings, making transparency paramount and demanding the same in return … It was a cool crisp fall day in Ottawa [...]
Food for Thought | In the News The routines and schedules are slowly settling into place as we move into fall here in Canada, and that brings lots of meetings, both at work and elsewhere. Boards and committees – from the school parents’ association to the health authority, the church to the scout troop – [...]
