COVER PHOTO: A close-up shot of a fountain, with water running strong, clear and cool. Owen Hayes, Vancouver.
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One in Five
By Marian Archibald. Almost one in five children and youth in Ontario has a diagnosable mental health disorder. Church members who are uncomfortable with people who are different need to seek more compassion and understanding of those who suffer mental challenges. … Read more
Celebrate Recovery!
By Scott Donaldson and Heather Parker. Celebrate Recovery, a twelve-step, biblically-based recovery program which focuses on principles from the Beatitudes, is a proven ministry which began at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California. This is the account of work at Lakeshore St. Andrew's Church near Windsor, Ontario. … Read more
The Revival of Storytelling
By Fred Ash. There is a revival afoot, a return to the simplicity of storytelling by which one person sits (or stands) before a group of listeners and tells them a story — no fancy equipment, no elaborate props, no information technology, just a storyteller and her voice. … Read more
Healing from Wounds
By Brian C. Stiller, pictured on the cover. This article is an introduction to Jesus, the healer of pain. No person can reach into our inner caves of hurt, dark with foreboding and fear, and light a lantern of truth. Only the Creator, who knows us beyond our knowing, can right the wrong and restore the broken heart. … Read more
Breaking Free
By Bruce Twining. Dr. Archibald Hart modelled personal sharing, encouraged creative habits, and valued openness to the Holy Spirit's renewal work of breaking us and transforming us into greater Christlikeness. Healing comes from dealing honestly with our wounds. … Read more
Landmines in Ministry: Proceed with Caution
By Evelyn M. Forsyth. There is a significant "paradigm shift" in all institutions in our society which is profoundly affecting the way we do things in our churches: the challenge to authority structures and traditional notions of professional relationships. … Read more
Ministering to Those with Life-Threatening Diseases
By Kenneth Oakes. Do we have the answers to all this suffering? – No! But we know we have One who is forever with us, through our suffering; the Lord. Surely that is “good news” for us to share with those who are suffering with a terminal illness! … Read more
Suffering and the Search for Renewal
By Jack Archibald. The one great redemptive gift of suffering is renewal: in faith because suffering forces us to lean more on God, in hope, because suffering brings us face to face with our mortality, and in our love for God because we are more grateful for his grace. … Read more
Life Begins at Forty
By Howard Mcllveen. Women go through a mid-life phase that is inevitable. It is hormonal and chemical. The “problem” is not nearly so easy to identify or localize for men. … Read more
Unfinished Business Is His Business: Helping Adults Resolve Their Painful Pasts
By Bob Moeller. The adult children of dysfunctional homes are known as ACOAs – an acronym for adult children of alcoholics, though the term is applied to a wide variety of dysfunctional home settings. … Read more
A People’s Guide to Our New Understanding of Mental Illness and Suicide
By George Nichols. Grief needs sympathy, problems need counseling, and depression needs medical care. Depression is a highly curable medical illness which ends fatally for about 10 to 15 percent of the people who have it and are not treated. … Read more
Worship Workshop: An Easter Witness
By Calvin Brown. … Read more