Posts by Laura Loopstra

Dr. Kruse is a Registered Psychologist in Surrey, British Columbia. He specializes in Couples Counselling and integrating faith with counselling. He has an M.A. and Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from Biola University and an M.A with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Pepperdine University. He is also a pastor at Village Church and…

Dr. Jantz is the founder of the Centre – A Place of HOPE in Edmonds, Washington, voted a Top Ten facility for Depression Treatment in the United States. Dr. Jantz pioneered Whole Person Care in the 1980’s and it a world-renowned expert on depression, anxiety, eating disorders, technology addiction and abuse.  He is an innovator…

Jonathan is an author, children’s pastor, non-profit administrator, and a technology and marketing leader. A husband and father of three, Jonathan was born in New Zealand, lived in Toronto for 8 years, Finland for 5, and now resides in Guelph, Ontario. He loves books, music, movies, dark beer, good food, and long walks on the beach. Jonathan…

Tim is a lead pastor with more than thirty years of leadership experience. He is also an attentive mentor and coach, an inspirational recruiter and a painter of exciting vision.  As an author, Tim has written and self-published 8 books, as well as one screenplay and multiple sketches. As a musician, he has produced 5…

Mary is a Yale Law School graduate and the first in her immediate family to go to college. She is the author of the book “Dirt” about growing up in West Virginia, and the host of The Mary Marantz Show- which debuted in the iTunes top 200 podcast list.  Her writing has been featured by…

Moheen Lombard is an author, transformative speaker, facilitator, mediator, and educator in Restorative Practices working for over 15 years in partnership with the police, church, schools, and community. Moheen resides in Toronto, Canada and is a proud mother to her four children. Learn more at https://uniquelymoheen.com/ 

Peter is the Executive Director of Bethany Kids; a Christian mission transforming the lives of African children with surgical conditions and disabilities. Having lived in the Middle East since 2012, Peter now gives oversight to the organization’s international operations.

Alyssa is a Chinese-Filipino-Canadian living in Toronto, Canada. She is an alumnus of the University of Toronto’s Centre for Critical Development Studies where she studied International Development. Today, she works for Compassion Canada on their communications team. After travelling to visit her family’s sponsor child, volunteering and then sponsoring her own child, she feels so…