Jesus demonstrated how eternity could look by taking seriously people’s needs here on earth.
As I Was Saying
This is The Banner's online opinion column, from a variety of different writers, published Fridays.
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Though our representation may be flawed, Christ can turn our weakness into his strength.
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Writer Charles C. Camosy echoes a call to courage for pro-life constituents to stand "clearly and firmly for prenatal justice regardless of the political consequences."
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Nature has the power to draw us out of ourselves.
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The real work in the church, just as in a family, is staying connected when things get hard, even if it gets painful.
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My family and I are choosing to trust that the COVID-19 vaccine is a gift from God and the best way forward.
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Giving gifts is a lifestyle to the Indigenous people of Canada.
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We know who we are: the Imago Dei. But will that make us humble and free us from offense? Wouldn’t it give us something to be proud of instead?
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What is interesting to me is that Jesus still had the wounds from his crucifixion. Why would Jesus keep these wounds?
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I was scared, and my fear overwhelmed me.
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My hope is that the church will hold onto what is good, true, and beautiful while calling out what is base, false, and ugly.
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In light of Mother’s Day, let’s take stock of how women have changed the world.
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“For the sake of future siblings and the comfort of your family, place George in an institution and forget you ever had him.”
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Even for us today, the darkness of Christ crucified remains mystifying. In the cross, God no longer makes sense to us.
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I have discovered that in the land of the lonely, one has an immense wardrobe of masks. It makes me wonder what the true face underneath is.
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Why have differing expectations recently caused friction in some churches?
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The time of COVID is challenging, but how we view our existence in it and how to structure our days is a spiritual discipline.
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By offering death as an option to those expected to die in the “reasonably foreseeable” future, Bill C-7, many disabled people fear, would provide an incentive for their mistreatment or even unwanted death.
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Could any of us have guessed, when all this started, that we would still be facing the wrath of the Coronavirus a year later?
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As details emerge about Robert Aaron Long, 21, the suspect in three Atlanta-area shootings, it seems that the man accused of killing eight people is a committed Christian.
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A Christian concerned with social justice is often seen as a “bleeding heart,” for compassion is considered a soft thing compared to the “strong” virtues of fairness, obedience, or lawfulness.
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Many Indigenous people across this continent use the spirit of the eagle in ceremonies and feel the eagle feather has special spiritual healing powers.
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In the wake of such devastating news, we feel the need to present quick and simple solutions. However, when we do this, we avoid the necessary but painful process of grief.
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Anti-Asian attacks have been skyrocketing at an alarming rate since the start of the pandemic. Yet there has been a gaping void of evangelical voices publicly speaking up to defend their Asian American brothers and sisters.