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February 18, 2015
Richard Handler, "The Stubborn Agnostic," responds to the latest Context episode. With Trinity Western University on trial, are Christians becoming more marginalized than gays? Read More
Marginalized Christians
By: Richard HandlerRichard Handler, "The Stubborn Agnostic," responds to the latest Context episode. With Trinity Western University on trial, are Christians becoming more marginalized than gays? Read More
February 10, 2015
Margaret’s story isn’t a story in a full sense—there is no end to it, yet. Lorna and her husband visited the family a few months ago, but the story received its airing on the website because of The Supreme Court’s ruling, striking down assisted suicide. Read More
Assisted Suicide
By: Richard HandlerMargaret’s story isn’t a story in a full sense—there is no end to it, yet. Lorna and her husband visited the family a few months ago, but the story received its airing on the website because of The Supreme Court’s ruling, striking down assisted suicide. Read More
February 3, 2015
Christian Blind Mission is now CBM — and it has vastly expanded its outreach to work with people with disabilities in developing countries. The organization, through its various members and associates has reached more than 10 million people. Read More
Behind The Acronym
By: Richard HandlerChristian Blind Mission is now CBM — and it has vastly expanded its outreach to work with people with disabilities in developing countries. The organization, through its various members and associates has reached more than 10 million people. Read More
January 27, 2015
What’s a vampire writer doing visiting the good Christian studios of Context, talking with Lorna, who was clearly both delighted and unsure of what to expect? As she admitted to both the audience and Anne Rice, the old Mennonite in her (and the present evangelical) was clearly ambivalent about this whole “sex and blood” vampire enterprise. Read More
Anne Rice: Queen of Vampire Writers
By: Richard HandlerWhat’s a vampire writer doing visiting the good Christian studios of Context, talking with Lorna, who was clearly both delighted and unsure of what to expect? As she admitted to both the audience and Anne Rice, the old Mennonite in her (and the present evangelical) was clearly ambivalent about this whole “sex and blood” vampire enterprise. Read More
January 19, 2015
Karen Armstrong seems to be the St. Paul of religion historians. Even before her breakthrough best-seller A History of God was published in 1993, she visited studios and assemblies, small and large, speaking, being interviewed, and proclaiming her positions. Lorna had time to catch up with her recently in Toronto to talk about her new book, Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence. Read More
Fields of Blood
By: Richard HandlerKaren Armstrong seems to be the St. Paul of religion historians. Even before her breakthrough best-seller A History of God was published in 1993, she visited studios and assemblies, small and large, speaking, being interviewed, and proclaiming her positions. Lorna had time to catch up with her recently in Toronto to talk about her new book, Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence. Read More
January 13, 2015
My own feeling when I see these individuals is complete and utter sadness. How in the one of the most prosperous countries on the face of the earth, in a world of poverty and not enough to eat, can these people starve themselves? I know they are ill; it’s not their fault because, as we hear on this last episode of Context, the plague of eating disorders is “complicated.” This means there is no single cause for any of them. Read More
Dying to be Thin
By: Richard HandlerMy own feeling when I see these individuals is complete and utter sadness. How in the one of the most prosperous countries on the face of the earth, in a world of poverty and not enough to eat, can these people starve themselves? I know they are ill; it’s not their fault because, as we hear on this last episode of Context, the plague of eating disorders is “complicated.” This means there is no single cause for any of them. Read More
January 13, 2015
Abella's Story was written by Kristina Evanov for children ages 8-12 who are struggling with body image. Kristina is the audience coordinator here at Context with Lorna Dueck and has wrestled with the issue of body image in the past. You can hear her story on our latest episode: Dying to be Thin Read More
Abella's Story
By: Kristina EvanovAbella's Story was written by Kristina Evanov for children ages 8-12 who are struggling with body image. Kristina is the audience coordinator here at Context with Lorna Dueck and has wrestled with the issue of body image in the past. You can hear her story on our latest episode: Dying to be Thin Read More
January 5, 2015
Lorna goes back and forth with our 'Stubborn Agnostic' blogger Richard Handler on the existence of angels and the nature of belief and spirituality. Read More
The Stubborn Evangelist VS The Stubborn Agnostic
By: Lorna DueckLorna goes back and forth with our 'Stubborn Agnostic' blogger Richard Handler on the existence of angels and the nature of belief and spirituality. Read More
December 31, 2014
One of the things I love about being your Stubborn Agnostic blogger is that I work in a warm but alien environment. Almost by definition, alien environments are supposed to be hostile. One doesn’t think of them as welcoming. But Context IS welcoming -- it invited me in. My friend Lorna Dueck said to me, in the late spring, “It would be good to have some pushback.” Pushback that is, from a stick-in-the-mud secularist.
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2014 Reflections
By: Richard HandlerOne of the things I love about being your Stubborn Agnostic blogger is that I work in a warm but alien environment. Almost by definition, alien environments are supposed to be hostile. One doesn’t think of them as welcoming. But Context IS welcoming -- it invited me in. My friend Lorna Dueck said to me, in the late spring, “It would be good to have some pushback.” Pushback that is, from a stick-in-the-mud secularist.
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December 23, 2014
Author John Geiger, an unlikely spiritualist, speaks of encounters with hidden forces in his book The Angel Effect: The Powerful Force that Ensures We Are Never Alone. Geiger, a former Globe and Mail journalist, told Lorna he that has never experienced the angel effect himself, but he has experienced intimations, felt presences. Whether these are real angels or psychological effects, stimulations in the brain’s cerebral cortex, we can leave till another time of year. Why play the secular Scrooge just to spoil the Christmas cheer! Read More
Angels: The Secular Version
By: Richard HandlerAuthor John Geiger, an unlikely spiritualist, speaks of encounters with hidden forces in his book The Angel Effect: The Powerful Force that Ensures We Are Never Alone. Geiger, a former Globe and Mail journalist, told Lorna he that has never experienced the angel effect himself, but he has experienced intimations, felt presences. Whether these are real angels or psychological effects, stimulations in the brain’s cerebral cortex, we can leave till another time of year. Why play the secular Scrooge just to spoil the Christmas cheer! Read More
December 23, 2014
Christmas is about the gift of new beginnings. We’ve loaded endless tinsel around the season, but the universally accepted tradition of giving gifts happens because God gave humanity a gift. Read More
A Fresh Start
By: Lorna DueckChristmas is about the gift of new beginnings. We’ve loaded endless tinsel around the season, but the universally accepted tradition of giving gifts happens because God gave humanity a gift. Read More
December 15, 2014
Iraq was once home to 1.5 million Christians. Most have fled; some have been killed. There are now an estimated 250,000 Christians left -- many of them displaced in their own country. Of those who left, White assured us, almost all don’t want to return. The Christian community is heading for extinction. Read More
The Vicar of Baghdad
By: Richard HandlerIraq was once home to 1.5 million Christians. Most have fled; some have been killed. There are now an estimated 250,000 Christians left -- many of them displaced in their own country. Of those who left, White assured us, almost all don’t want to return. The Christian community is heading for extinction. Read More
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