mosaic invited two junior reporters to interview Tim Huff, author of the Compassion Series books, which are being used in elementary schools across Canada to educate and inspire children around challenging topics. Book 1 is entitled The Cardboard Shack Beneath the Bridge: Helping Children Understand Homelessness. Book 2 is entitled, It’s Hard Not To
A key element for me is remembering that we are all family together, brothers and sisters around the world, worshipping one God. We are part of a global prayer network. All things are possible with God, and he uses all of us in his mission. “We are affected people, helping affected people” said
THE SUN WAS SHINING, and a stiff breeze blew across the water as I stepped off the ferry and set foot on the historic Isle of Iona. It was my first visit to this holy place where St. Columba established a Christian community in the year 563. Today this beautiful island off the west
compassion is a powerful force. Stories of compassion are often found in places of tragedy and suffering. These are the locations of wounded and broken people.
By Laurena Zondo Sheikh Muhammad Abu Zaid, President of the Sunni Religious Court in Saida (city in South Lebanon) and leader of a local mosque, and Martin Accad, Director of the Institute of Middle East Studies of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS) in Beirut are building bridges of friendship and understanding among Christians
KINGSWAY BAPTIST CHURCH IN ETOBICOKE, Ontario recognized a particular need in their community and are reaching out to fill it. The recess Program provides children with special needs and their siblings a safe place to share one-to-one play time with a buddy chosen just for them. Brothers and sisters, who often shoulder greater responsibility
My heart has been heavy lately. I have been feeling a deep heaviness for the trouble around us: the hateful killings that took place in Orlando the cases of sexual assault where justice seems elusive the confusion around what it means to welcome and care for refugees and newcomers the profound sadness that seems
Compassion is a powerful force. Stories of compassion are often found in places of tragedy and suffering. These are the locations of wounded and broken people. Members of a small Baptist Church in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon know about compassion. They saw over a million Syrian refugees pour into their country - desperate
The truth is that there are such things as Christian tears, and too few of us ever weep them. ~ John R.W. Stott What moves you? What is it that summons you, deep within your heart, to get up and act? Is it a holy longing or perhaps just a gentle nudge? In our
