2022

Read about what The Alliance Canada is doing around the world and here at home. Use the filters below to view different categories, or scroll down to see the most recent posts.

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Ramesh’s Story

January 26, 2023 | 2 minute read

The Alliance Canada
In South Asia, our partners train men and women to plant faith communities through a five-week course at a training centre. The training centres are changing lives. Men and women…
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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…
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We Had Hoped

January 12, 2023 | 2 minute read

dsmartin
Luke 24:21 How hard to walk a bleak road           Do you not know? the path before us   uphill           Have…
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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…
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A Curious Kind of Community

December 29, 2022 | 2 minute read

pastor.bekah
“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.…
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Ordinary Things

December 22, 2022 | 2 minute read

The Alliance Canada
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…
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Fragrance

December 15, 2022 | 2 minute read

Bryan.Jessyka
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…
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Death and Resurrection on the Road to Emmaus

December 8, 2022 | 2 minute read

dsmartin
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…
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An In-between Time

December 1, 2022 | 2 minute read

joanne.beach
Disappointed, disillusioned, grieving, and perhaps undergoing a crisis of faith in the one they thought would bring redemption to their people. This is probably the experience of the two disciples…
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An Indigenous Reflection

November 24, 2022 | 2 minute read

Howard Jolly
I remember my mom telling my sister and me a scary bedtime story on a camping trip as a child. The story had suspense and mystery—it was captivating. It felt like…
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