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The Faith Today Podcast
The Faith Today Podcast-Conversation inspired by Canada's Christian magazine. The podcast features interviews with Canadian Christians as they sort through the pressing issues of the day and topics like spiritual growth and health, other religions, religious freedom, vocation, and tough questions o...
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Christians in Montreal today and across history
Glenn Smith is the director of the graduate program in practical theology at McGill University. He recently published Christians in the City of Montré...
Christian living in secular Canadian society
Guest host David Guretzki speaks with Dom Ruso, who leads a church called The180 in Laval, Que., that he helped to plant in 2016. Ruso was born and ra...
Jesus and the revolutionary kingdom of peace
Jesse Nickel of Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, B.C., published a compelling book last year about how Jesus' ministry and presentation of the Ki...
Elephants, tigers, rabbits and the Great Commission in Canada - Ep. 246
Lisa Pak serves at Finishing the Task, a Great Commission initiative led by Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church. Her title at that “network of n...
Strengthening Canadian Christian Education - Ep 245
Greg Needham of Salmon Arm, B.C., and Lauralynn Mercer of Ontario are educators leading the Canadian Christian Education Movement, a project of the gl...
Thinking about church and mission - Ep 244
Guest host David Guretzki chats with Sarah Han about how church members can think about the church being intercultural and missional. Dr. Han is assis...
Coping with stress in an increasingly unstable world - Ep 243
Many Canadians are feeling burdened by global economic and political turmoil. Jennifer Bowen of Shalem Mental Health Network chats with host Bill Fled...
Helping kids grow in faith at home through little habits - Ep 242
Christie Thomas is an author, parent and children’s ministry leader in Alberta (littleshootsdeeproots.com). Her latest book Little Habits, Big Faith:...
Journalism serving the Church: Reflecting on the past 12 years at Faith Today - Ep. 241
The hosts of the Faith Today Podcast -- Karen Stiller and Bill Fledderus -- sit together to reflect on their personal highlights of hosting the podcas...
When Pastors Work too Much - Ep. 240
Workaholism in pastors is a form of spiritual dysfunction. It's also deeply rooted in the life and work of pastors and the expectations of many church...
Michael Messenger of World Vision on good work and big life changes - Ep. 239
How do we make big life changes? How is our purpose bigger than our job? Michael Messenger has travelled the world doing very good work, leading one...
What Will a Healthy and Vibrant Canadian Church Look like in Ten Years? - Ep. 238
Host Karen Stiller moderates a discussion among church specialists EFC President David Guretzki, Tyndale Intercultural Ministries Centre director Doro...
Faith in the world of journalism and media - Ep 237
John Longhurst has written a faith column for the Winnipeg Free Press for 20 years, and a book of his selected columns was recently published by Canad...
What we can do about poverty in Canada - Ep 236
Angie Peters is the president and CEO of Yonge Street Mission and author of the new book Just Act: We Are the Solution to Poverty. The book is an insp...
Book of Common Prayer and writing obituaries - Ep 235
Have you ever felt like connecting with God was difficult? Our guest Julie Lane-Gay explains how simple praying with the Book of Common Prayer can be...
A new kind of evangelism - Ep 234
A new kind of evangelism
Have you ever felt intimidated to share your faith with a co-worker, a friend, loved one or neighbour? Judy Paul...
Intercultural Competency in Canadian Churches - Ep 233
Does your church look like the neighbourhood where you live? Hosts Karen Stiller and Sammy Kyereme speak with Dorothy Pang, Director of the Tyndale In...
Season 7 Recap - Ep 232
Join the hosts of the Faith Today Podcast as they reflect on some of their favourite moments from season seven. Features Karen Stiller, Bill Fledderus...
Holiness is for all of us, says new book by Karen Stiller - Ep 231
In addition to being a senior editor at Faith Today, Karen Stiller of Ottawa is an author of several books including Holiness Here: Searching for God...
Longing for joy with author Alastair Sterne - Ep 230
Are you predisposed to grumpiness? Does joy feel like an elusive dream? B.C.-based author Alastair Sterne leads us through a contemplation of joy that...
Gathering young Christians with Israel Gimba - Ep. 229
Israel Gimba is an Ottawa evangelist and pastor. He talks with guest host Sammy Kyereme about the heart of the ministry Dunamis Army, how Ignite Satur...
How is your mental health? - Ep. 228
Welcome to a quiet and gentle conversation about mental health. Vivette Henry, PhD is a clinical counsellor/psychotherapist who also teaches psycholog...
How do we love our neighbour when they've survived trauma - Ep. 227
Brenton Diaz is a trauma therapist in Ontario who works with people who have trauma history including coming from communities where there has been gen...
The heart and soul of a pastor - Ep 226
How do pastors keep their hearts and souls healthy? That sounds like a huge topic, but with theologian Ross Hastings leading the way, we kind of did i...
A chat with the writers of the Jesus drama "The Chosen" - Ep. 225
The Chosen has been watched 600 million times across various apps, has 10 million social media followers, and calls itself the most successful crowdfu...
Inside investigations into spiritual abuse - Ep 224
We've heard about third party investigators into church, seminary or ministry organization abuse scandals, and now we get to hear directly from two in...
Responding to abuse allegations in seminaries and churches - Ep. 223
We are all weary of abuse rocking our churches, seminaries and ministry organizations. Offences range from sexual abuse to bullying and harassment. Ou...
Single in the Church? A discussion for everyone - Ep. 222
"What if singleness is a life to be lived, and not a problem to be solved?" writes Karissa Sovdi, in a recent Faith Today article exploring singleness...
What true inclusion looks like - Ep. 221
What does it mean for the church to truly welcome and include people who live with disabilities? How do we all grow stronger when everyone feels at ho...
The Longing of our Soul...and our longing for books - Ep. 220
Are you a book lover? Has Christian literature shaped your spiritual life? Jeff Crosby is an author himself, and president and CEO of the Evangelical...
The story behind the new Mohawk translation of the Bible - Ep. 219
It's been a 200-year journey for a complete Mohawk translation of the Bible to find its way into the world. The first translation in the history of th...
Finding Light in the Darkness with Philip Yancey - Ep. 218
How do we navigate deep disappointment and grief, and keep our faith intact? Does God send tragedy our way to help us grow? Author Philip Yancey engag...
Death is part of life, but euthanasia should not be - Ep. 217
FTP Ep. 217. Ephraim Radner is professor emeritus of historical theology at Wycliffe College in Toronto and author of "A Time to Keep: Theology, Morta...
Christians can take small steps in creation care - Ep 216
Anthony Siegrist (https://anthonysiegrist.com/) is the Ontario director of A Rocha (https://arocha.ca/portfolio-items/anthony-siegrist/), a Christian...
All Things Reconciled: Crisis in the Caucasus - Armenians Under Pressure
On September 19, 2023 tensions exploded between Azerbaijan and Armenia over a small territory within Azerbaijan that is home to ethnic Christian Armen...
All Things Reconciled: Welcome to the African Hut - Series 3 - Episode 4
Martin Kapenda is African Regional Coordinator of the World Evangelical Alliance's Peace & Reconciliation Network and lives in Zambia. Martin's work...
All Things Reconciled: Reconciliation in South Sudan - Series 3 - Episode 3
Arkanjelo Wani Lemi serves the Evangelical Alliance of South Sudan. As new conflict and people migration impacts his country and Sudan to the north,...
Making sense of an immigrant Christian upbringing - Ep 215
Arthur Boers, an Ontario professor and pastor, reflects on coming of age in 1960s and 1970s Canada in a Dutch Calvinist immigrant family scarred by t...
How to help people who are grieving - Ep 214
"Companionship in grief: How we can bring grace to a bereaved person" is an award-winning essay by Susie Colby, published in print last July. The au...
All Things Reconciled: Reconciliation in Rwanda - Series 3 - Episode 2
The genocide in Rwanda in the 1994 left an indelible mark on the African country. Joseph Nyamutera, who lived through the horrors of that nightmaris...