Held Together by Love
There’s something special about Christmas. Everything seems to be a little bit more joyful during this time. A big part of it has to do with the love that this season has to offer. While for the rest of the year the world is trying to kill steal and destroy…
Judith Slivinski
Judith Slivinski is National Manager, Corporate Engagement with World Vision Canada, where she helps raise funds to address poverty and injustice for children and families around the world. Born and raised in Manitoba, Judith spent 7 years as a lawyer and magistrate, then 25 years in arts and culture in…
Ann Voskamp
Ann Voskamp is the four times New York Times best-selling author of The WayMaker, The Broken Way, The Greatest Gift, and the sixty-week New York Times bestseller One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies and has been…
Finding Peace
Isn’t it paradoxical that the season meant to usher in the most peace has become one of the most hectic times of the year? There are lights to hang, presents to buy, packages to wrap, parties to attend, guests to host, Christmas baking to complete, cards to write… the list…
God With Us
(Pictured: Jamal and his mother, Kinza. The names of both have been changed for privacy.) Over two thousand years ago, the Prince of Peace was born in an unassuming stable. Today, less than 300 kilometers away, lives a boy named Jamal. Jamal is seven, and his bright eyes and tender…
Make Space to Find Peace – Ann Voskamp
We can do more than just sing about peace on earth this Christmas. We can live peace on earth this Christmas. Maybe all we really want for Christmas is some heart-lifting peace. If Jesus left the comforts of Heaven to bring peace to earth, what comfort are we called to…
The Light of the World
In the ancient world, when someone very important was about to arrive, it was called an Advent. Many Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus for four Sundays with an Advent Wreath. We add the light of one fresh candle each Sunday until Christmas Eve. The wreath is round to symbolize eternity and…
Hope – The Birth of a Saviour
Among the wonderful things that have happened to me since I moved to Toronto two years ago are that I got a job at World Vision Canada and I met Melinda Estabrooks, a former employee of that organization and someone whom I have come to greatly admire for her courage…