Features
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 13:12 in
Columnist, Michael Coren, Profiles | Author:
Michael Coren The Interim
When Malcolm Muggeridge died in 1990, it can be said without any fear of hyperbole that one of the most sparkling minds and souls of contemporary Christianity and the pro-life movement had been taken from us. The body died, but the achievements live on, mostly in books such as Jesus, The Man Who Lives, Paul, Envoy Extraordinary, volumes of ... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 13:11 in
Book Review, Politics | Author:
Review by Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor
Sacrificed? Truth or Politics by Larry D. Spencer (Kayteebella Productions, $17.99, 172 pages)
Truth and politics – are they mutually exclusive? After reading Larry Spencer’s new book Sacrificed? Truth or Politics, the answer, unfortunately, seems to be yes. And that’s the main reason every concerned Canadian should read this well-written volume.... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 Jan, 2007 at 11:42 in
Features, Marriage and Family, Politics | Author:
Analysis by Paul Tuns Interim Editor Did Harper really want to win it or was he playing politics?
On Dec. 7, the Conservative government’s motion to re-open the debate on same-sex “marriage” was defeated in the House of Commons by a vote of 175-123. If you believe the pundits and the politicians, on Dec. 7, Canadians debated the issue of same-sex “marriage” for the last ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2006 at 11:35 in
Activism, Pro-Life, Profiles | Author:
Grace Petrasek
When Jim Hughes, Campaign Life Coalition president, hired Ann Liptok 27 years ago as his secretary in the first small, cramped CLC office in downtown Toronto, he was puzzled. When he asked her why she didn’t get a job closer to her faraway suburban home in Mississauga, she quietly replied, “I want to work for this cause. It’s very dear ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Dec, 2006 at 9:44 in
Activism, Pro-Life, Profiles | Author:
Pete Vere
Senior Reporter Juergen Severloh is a pioneer in Canada’s pregnancy crisis centre movement. The German immigrant will be 50 years old this March, having spent over half his life as one of Manitoba’s most well-known pro-life activists.
Juergen’s interest in pro-life activism evolved from his conversion experience four years earlier. “I became a Christian at ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Nov, 2006 at 7:29 in
Activism, Pro-Life, Profiles | Author:
Russ Kuykendall
The Interim
Peter Naglik, a long-time political party activist and devout Catholic, was killed in the early hours of Sept. 29 at the age of 39 in a single-vehicle accident en route to his home, near Ottawa.
The resident of Russell, Ont. was driving his 1995 Chrysler Concorde when he lost control of the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 14:24 in
Book Review, Politics, Religion | Author:
Godless: The Church of Liberalism by Ann Coulter (Crown Forum, $36.95, 308 pages)
Review by Kathy Shaidle
The Interim
Those who object to U.S. conservative columnist Anne Coulter’s torture-all-prisoners punditry are like pre-teen boys griping that Gone With the Wind has “too much ... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Nov, 2006 at 14:20 in
Book Review, Religion, Television Shows | Author:
Mark Wegierski
The Interim
The Truth Is Out There: Christian Faith and the Classics of TV Science Fiction by Thomas Bertonneau and Kim Paffenroth (Brazos Press, $23.99 pb, 272 pages)
Thomas Bertonneau and Kim Paffenroth are both well-respected American academics and committed Christians. Readers should not be put off by the 50s “flying saucer” image on the cover. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Oct, 2006 at 8:42 in
Columnist, Pro-Life, Profiles | Author:
Fr. Ted Colleton
Faith and Life
Upon my return from a recent vacation in Ireland, I received the sad news of the death of my most valued friend, the Rev. Ken Campbell.
I think most pro-life people in Toronto are aware that I am a Catholic priest and Ken was a Baptist minister. But on one vital issue, we were totally at one and that ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Oct, 2006 at 8:37 in
Activism, Pro-Life, Profiles | Author:
Pete Vere
Senior Writer
“When our three girls were adolescents, we moved to a small farm with no cable TV, gave them each a pig to raise, taught them to run a tractor and began an organic market garden.”
Thus began a fascinating interview with popular Interim writer Doreen Beagan.
Doreen hails from Prince Edward ... (Continue reading)
Written on 18 Sep, 2006 at 8:47 in
Book Review | Author:
Doreen Beagan
Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life
By Eugene O’Kelly and Corinne O’Kelly with Andrew Postman
McGraw-Hill, 2006, 179 pages; $25.95
Chasing Daylight opens with the startling words, “I was blessed. I was told I had three ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Aug, 2006 at 9:40 in
Profiles, Religion | Author:
Mark Wegierski
The Interim
George Parkin Grant (1918-1988) is one of the most important Canadian thinkers. His various works are worthy of close study, for persons interested in political philosophy; in Canadian history, politics and culture; and in the philosophical critique of technology and late modernity.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the appearance of George Grant’s last major book, Technology ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Aug, 2006 at 9:30 in
Activism, Profiles | Author:
Michael Coren
The Interim
It is to our great shame, as well as to our great loss, that Christopher Dawson is no longer a particularly well-known figure, even within the Christendom he so loved, appreciated and understood. He should, in fact, be placed in the same class and category as such champions as G.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc and Ronald Knox - a prophet and a scholar, the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Jul, 2006 at 11:48 in
Activism, Music reviews, Pro-Life | Author:
Tony Gosgnach
Assistant Editor
A music video produced by a Saskatchewan-based musician, speaker and author is promising to offer a new way to get the pro-life message out while giving pro-life organizations a unique fundraising opportunity.
Lorraine Hartsook has produced Bring That Child ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Jul, 2006 at 11:41 in
Profiles, Religion | Author:
Michael Coren
The Interim
In September 1986, I was completing my biography of the great British author Gilbert Keith Chesterton. He had died 50 years earlier and various supporters and devotees of his work had organized a conference around the man at St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto. I ... (Continue reading)
