Let’s show our support for our Muslim neighbours! Our major celebrations of worship each week as Christians typically happen on Sunday mornings, as we celebrate the good news of the resurrection. Our friends, neighbours, and fellow citizens who are Muslim gather on Fridays, just after mid-day for their principal service, called صلاة الجمعة‎ — ṣalāt…

Even as we prepare to celebrate God making God’s home with us, the God we meet in Jesus Christ, we all have important personal traditions. For many, it’s a special feast; for others, travelling; still others can’t imagine Christmas without a particular carol. Some folk need to watch Elf or Alister Sim in Scrooge (……

On July 28, 1914, the First World War began. On August 4th, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, bringing the then Dominion of Canada into the war. Speaking with a friend the night before, the British Foreign Secretary—Sir Edward Grey—remarked that “The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them…