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 in the Ordinary Events of Everyday Life (NavPress, 2024). She talks with her Faith Today coworker Bill Fledderus about holiness in ordinary life, how all believers are holy even if we don't feel that …

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 is theological and practical. As it turns out, gratitude journals work! So does thoughtfully pursuing moments of joy in our daily lives and paying attention. Sterne has a book releasing in October 20…

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 Saturdays are facilitated, and strategy on how to bring together a united gathering for young Christians.Dunamis Army is behind the worship band Dunamis District and the JON Festival (Jesus of Nazareth), a…

Welcome to a quiet and gentle conversation about mental health. Vivette Henry, PhD is a clinical counsellor/psychotherapist who also teaches psychology at Tyndale University in Toronto. She walks us through how to stay in touch with our own wellness, people in the Bible who struggled and what helps us all keep on keeping on.…

Brenton Diaz is a trauma therapist in Ontario who works with people who have trauma history including coming from communities where there has been genocide. He serves as the coordinator of the Newcomers' Health and Well-being Program at a charitable community health organization north of Toronto. He teaches on trauma at Tyndale University in Toront…

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 it. Hastings wrote Pastoral Ethics: Moral Formation as Life in the Trinity. We dive into that and then just keep going. If you wonder what pastors really need and how they can nurture it, you will find…

The Chosen has been watched 600 million times across various apps, has 10 million social media followers, and calls itself the most successful crowdfunded TV series of all time. Ryan Swanson and Tyler Thompson write the series together with creator/director Dallas Jenkins. The fourth of seven planned seasons debuted in theatres in Februrary 2024 (s…

The most successful crowdfunded TV series of all time has been watched 600 MILLION PLUS times across tons of apps, has 10 MILLION social media followers, and has made its way onto major platforms like Peacock, Amazon Prime, Netflix and the CW.Creator/Director, Dallas Jenkins, has been named one of the Top 50 Showrunners in 2023 by The Hollywood Rep…

We've heard about third party investigators into church, seminary or ministry organization abuse scandals, and now we get to hear directly from two investigators about what happens during an investigation, how they carry out their work, and why they feel called to do it. Bob Stenhouse is CEO of Veritas Solutions who brings years of policing experie…

We are all weary of abuse rocking our churches, seminaries and ministry organizations. Offences range from sexual abuse to bullying and harassment. Our guest Lydia Fawcett brings years of experience in social work and more recently in abuse prevention with the Mennonite Central Committee. She helps us understand what abuse looks like and feels like…

"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 in the Church. In this podcast Karissa, an author, counsellor and facilitator from Victoria, B.C., is joined by Calgary's Barry Danylak, executive director of SEE Global, a ministry that equips the C…

"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 in the Church. In this podcast, Karissa, an author, counsellor and facilitator from Victoria, B.C., is joined by Calgary's Barry Danyluk, executive director of SEE Global, a ministry that equips the …

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 home and valued? Faith Today's Ilana Reimer, also editor of Love is Moving magazine, interviews Janet Noel-Annable, CEO of Karis Disability Services (formerly Christian Horizons).Find out more about Kar…

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 Christian Publishers Association. He came to the ECPA from his position as publisher at IVP and brought with him years of experience within the Christian publishing industry.Jeff speaks to Karen Still…

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 the Bible Society was the translation of the Gospel of John in Mohawk by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1804. In 1880, the four Gospels were translated by Sosé Onasakenrat of Kanesatake, In 20…

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 engages in conversation with Karen Stiller about holding onto God and others in our hardest moments. Philip Yancey visited Canada recently on a speaking tour for Effect Hope, a charity that addresses negle…

FTP Ep. 217. Ephraim Radner is professor emeritus of historical theology at Wycliffe College in Toronto and author of "A Time to Keep: Theology, Mortality, and the Shape of a Human Life" (Baylor, 2016). An Anglican cleric, he has served as a missionary in Burundi and Haiti, andtaught and pastored in the United States. He spoke with Faith Today’s Bi…

​Anthony Siegrist (https://anthonysiegrist.com/) is the Ontario director of A Rocha (https://arocha.ca/portfolio-items/anthony-siegrist/), a Christian environmental network. He talks with host Bill Fledderus about why some Christians are hesitant to engage in environmental issues, and what churches and individuals might do to start to be engaged.…

On September 19, 2023 tensions exploded between Azerbaijan and Armenia over a small territory within Azerbaijan that is home to ethnic Christian Armenians. Craig Simonian, PRN Caucasus Regional Coordinator, joins All Things Reconciled to share the history and reality of this live crisis facing the world's oldest Christian nation, it's impact on the…

​​Martin Kapenda is African Regional Coordinator of the World Evangelical Alliance's Peace & Reconciliation Network and lives in Zambia. Martin's work with children's advocacy and the ministry of peace and reconciliation in Africa, and his vision of the African concept of ubuntu and the African hut as pictures of the way of Jesus are inspiring.…

​​Arkanjelo Wani Lemi serves the Evangelical Alliance of South Sudan. As new conflict and people migration impacts his country and Sudan to the north, he has been training pastors and churches to be peacemaking communities. The story of the Prince of Peace at work in South Sudan is a powerful call to church everywhere.…

​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 the Nazi occupation and outbursts of violence passed from father to son. His journey included leaving the Reformed tradition in which he was raised for the peace-oriented Mennonite tradition and now wo…

​​"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 author reads the article for us in this podcast. Susie Colby has worked with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for over 30 years in Canada, the US and around the world. Originally from California, she n…

​​The genocide in Rwanda in the 1994 left an indelible mark on the African country. Joseph Nyamutera, who lived through the horrors of that nightmarish spring and summer, shares of his own transformation and of the growth of a reconciled and reconciling people and ministry from the ashes of mourning and lament.…

​​​​​​A Short Guide to Reading the Bible Better is a new book by George Guthrie, a professor of New Testament at Regent College in Vancouver. We talk to him about how we can overcome the obstacles the prevent us from using the Bible to grow in our faith.https://www.regent-college.edu/faculty/full-time/george-guthriehttps://www.bhpublishinggroup.com…

​Effective ministry -- and good seminary education -- can both benefit from paying attention to local context, says Anna Robbins, president of Acadia Divinity College in Nova Scotia. She chats with host Bill Fledderus about a series of initiatives at ADC known as East Coast Theology.https://acadiadiv.ca/east-coast-theology/https://acadiadiv.ca/pres…

​Effective ministry -- and good seminary education -- can both benefit from paying attention to local context, says Anna Robbins, president of Acadia Divinity College in Nova Scotia. She chats with host Bill Fledderus about a series of initiatives at ADC known as East Coast Theology.https://acadiadiv.ca/east-coast-theology/https://acadiadiv.ca/pres…

​How can we all help reduce the internal and external obstacles that impede women from using their gifts? Cathie Ostapchuk has some ideas. She is cofounder of Gather Women Canada, author of the 2019 book Brave Women, Bold Moves: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Conformity, a consultant, coach and podcaster. She spoke with host Bill Fledderus about …

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​​Do you view yourself as a creative person? Do you wish you had more time to write poetry, paint, knit, work with wood or just colour a picture? This conversation with Canadian Creative Ann-Margret Hovsepian is all about getting you moving more deeply into your creative side -- with a bit of side dip into pondering why colouring has become an acti…

​Canadian prayer networks have flourished in just the past two or three years. Hear from three national leaders about how their network developed and how they have come to cooperate together for initiatives such as Ignite Prayer and Worship Summits. Includes Chris Byberg (NHOP), Roger Helland (EFC) and Dale Winder (BGEA).https://www.billygraham.ca/…