In celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary, and to demonstrate the leadership role faith communities play in doing good for the benefit of all Canadians, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) has launched The Canadian Faith Communities Pledge Challenge, ...
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Lessons from Jesus feeding 5,000 people
“A boy gave Jesus five bread and two fish. I’ll give him 50 muffins a day,” says Caden, 5. Somebody likes muffins. “The people were surprised when they saw two fish and five loaves feed all of them,” says Alejandro, ...
Read More »A lesson from Jesus on learning
“Just like children imitate their parents, Jesus imitated His Father,” says Holly, 12. “We are the children of God. We can be loving, patient, caring and compassionate and have the love of God in our hearts.” No one has ever ...
Read More »Hindu: Truth won’t triumph without our help
“Truthfulness alone constitutes the spiritual discipline of the Kali Yuga,” the Hindu tell us. As we study the beliefs of our sisters and brothers, we realize how much we have in common—and how universal wisdom always points to truth. The ...
Read More »What is God’s favourite food?
In a poll of several hundred experts, angel food cake was voted the preferred cuisine of heaven. Angel hair pasta came in second. But Angel Food Ice Cream kept showing up as a favorite from kids in Memphis, Tennessee. Is ...
Read More »How can Jesus be 100% God and 100% man?
“He did things like his Dad (100 percent God) and He did things like we do (since he’s 100 percent man),” says Candice, 10. I’m impressed, Candice! You have succeeded where others have failed.fully God, fully man Probably no question ...
Read More »What is the lesson of David and Goliath?
Art Linkletter once asked the above question of a boy on his television show. He received a one-word reply: “Duck!” The giant Goliath could have used this advice when he fought young David in a story described in I Samuel ...
Read More »Jesus paid tax with a coin from a fish’s moth
Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught. This is a story of a fish everyone would like to catch, but there’s more to it than paying a tax bill. When Jesus called Peter to be his disciple, Peter ...
Read More »Why didn’t 2 of Jesus’ Disciples recognize Him?
“They didn’t recognize him because he was probably wearing raggedy clothes and it didn’t look like Jesus,” says Cory, 9. Maybe his clothes were different. We simply don’t know. It’s possible, but I think there’s a more probable explanation. Kids ...
Read More »CIJA applauds more funding for community security
In the March 22, 2017 federal budget, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced an increase in funding for the Security Infrastructure Program (SIP), which will receive an additional $5 million over five years, doubling the government’s support for the program.CIJA In ...
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