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Syria-Turkey Earthquake Response Update

March 13, 2023 | 2 minute read

The Alliance Canada
Our response to the aftereffects of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria is ongoing and through partnerships on the ground. Thank you for your participation. In Turkey, we are working with some long-term Canadian Alliance business people who are connecting us to local churches and an association in a few…
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Best-Laid Plans

January 19, 2023 | 2 minute read

Owen Scott
“I’m really sorry, the buyer walked.” As a homeowner, these are never words you want to hear, especially when you’re trying to sell your home to move to where Jesus is calling you. Amanda and I are the campus pastors for PAC Dauphin, a New Venture initiative partnering with Prairie…
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We Had Hoped

January 12, 2023 | 2 minute read

D.S. Martin
Luke 24:21 How hard to walk a bleak road           Do you not know? the path before us   uphill           Have you not heard? With talk of dreams   all past tense           our feet come to…
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Kingdom in a Box

January 5, 2023 | 2 minute read

Anna Sinclair
Imagine spending your whole life believing some things to be true. Having heard stories as you grew up, you developed a sense of certainty about the world. The ideas and frameworks passed down through generations shaped a particular set of values and formed your worldview. For some, this is not…
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A Curious Kind of Community

December 29, 2022 | 2 minute read

Bekah Hagan Ahenda
“I love it when Jesus calls people ‘you fools!’” said my husband Mark with a smile.   We were sitting around the dinner table, discussing the theme passage of this publication. It’d been a while since I’d read the passage, and I’ll confess I’d never paid much attention to that part…
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Will we follow him?

December 28, 2022 | 2 minute read

The Alliance Canada
  Will we follow him? The Alliance Canada is at an important point in its historical journey. There are many incredibly good things happening, of course, challenges as well. But I’m hearing story after story of God’s people on the move. There is so much potential for greater things to…
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Ordinary Things

December 22, 2022 | 2 minute read

Bryan and Jessyka
I have read this passage of Scripture numerous times. I have heard many pastors offer different takes and have sat in lectures while Ambrose University professors gave their assessments. I thought I had a good grasp on this passage and its meaning, yet as I looked at it again, I saw…
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Fragrance

December 15, 2022 | 2 minute read

D.S. Martin
Working the dough in a bowl seems more poetic than having a machine do the kneading   Now a mechanical whir replaces whacking it   & watching it rise    beats returning it to the hot oven   & pulling it out at just the right time I tinker with recipes & assess consistency  …
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Death and Resurrection on the Road to Emmaus

December 8, 2022 | 2 minute read

Colin Toffelmire
I found myself on a bench on the banks of the Elbow River, dappled sunlight falling through the leaves of the trees onto my disposable coffee cup, sitting in anguished silence beside my wife. She had just completed the first diagnostic test scheduled for that day, and we were waiting there…
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The Global Advance Fund at work abroad

December 8, 2022 | 2 minute read

The Alliance Canada
Support 150+ international workers The Global Advance Fund supports workers around the world, including our marketplace, international church, business for transformation, and more as they bring the Gospel in 34 countries—half of which are creative access—and 65 people groups are covered in that. After being part of Global Ministries as…
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