Ellen Paulley
So I went to see What Would Jesus Buy last night. The poster at my office didn’t give much of a description so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I assumed it would be about consumer awareness and decreasing our rate of consumption. It was about those things but presented them in a [...]
Reflections on What Would Jesus Buy
Re-thinking peace on earth
Esther Epp-Tiessen
Yesterday, an editorial in our local paper linked the Christmas message “peace on earth” to the Bali conference on climate change. The writer, Penni Mitchell, was criticizing folks who associate “peace on earth” with the typical Christmas warm fuzzies – happy families around the turkey, beautifully wrapped gifts, colourful greeting
cards – and who are [...]
Oh Canada – what’s going on?
Angela Klassen
Have you been following the news from Bali? There’s a major UN conference on climate change happening right now, and Canada is making headlines. Unfortunately, it’s headlines for stalling the process rather than being a leader on this issue. Canada has been given numerous fossil of the day awards for being the country that [...]
A Christmas Revolution
Jesse Epp-Fransen
There are many ways to deal with the “Christmas problem.” The problem being that Christmas is all about gifts and gluttony and not about hope for a world in need. One way of addressing the problem is to not buy anything. I have tried this and found it a very humbling experience. I have [...]
