Whatever our family dynamic looks like, we’re all shaped by our relationship with our parents — it’s a relationship that can influence how we relate to everyone else in our lives. How do we overcome the tough stuff and build on the good stuff? Why is it so important?

It’s becoming increasingly evident that the always on, work hard/play hard, keep it busy lifestyle our culture has worn as a badge of honour is not the way we’re designed to live. Could it be that our drive to be the best we can be actually calls for a radically different strategy — one that allows us to rest and be refreshed?

What’s in a name? There’s something powerful and disarming about being called by name … When someone addresses you or even mentions you by name, it implies connection and value — and the way we address or speak about someone else communicates what they mean to us.

Our culture supports diversity and individuality … We’re each free to shape our life according to our own sense of what fits us. If the foundation we’ve built on doesn’t support the life we want to live, the expectations we have of our life, shouldn’t we just re-design that foundation so it does? Does that solve the problem?

We can say what we want about our priorities, but how we live will always trump what we say. The truth about what — or who — is most important to us is often most accurately revealed by how we spend our time and our money … What do our calendar and our bank statements say about where we place our loyalty and our trust?

So, if God is perfect, omnipotent, outside of time or space, a mystery we can never fully comprehend … Why try pursuing Him? Can we ever bridge the gap between ourselves and all He is?

Few books have been subjected to as much scrutiny as the Bible. Its poetry and allegory … its cultural and human commentary … its genealogies and historical accounts. How does it stand up to all the analysis?

People throughout history have believed a lot of different things about who Jesus Christ was … Wise rabbi? Well-intentioned revolutionary? The Son of God? Following Him comes down to deciding who He really is.

In today’s diverse North American culture, we value spirituality and tolerance. The prevailing position is that what’s true for me isn’t necessarily true for you — that you’re as entitled to your belief system as I am to mine. How do we navigate the perception of Christianity as narrow and exclusive?

There’s no denying the existence of pain … The question is whether the reality of pain and suffering in our world is compatible with the reality of a loving, powerful, purposeful God.