John Stackhouse
5 min read
Another Adolescent Decision in a Time of Grown-Up Challenges
The Baby Boomers strike again. This week, the Ontario Court of Appeal—the highest-level court in the country to consider a case of...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
What I Actually Told “The Walrus” about John Allen Chau
Canada’s aspiring magazine of ideas, The Walrus, recently printed a bowdlerized version of a letter I sent to them. To clip letters is...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Reasonable Accommodation Is a Two-Way Street
There’s a lot to dislike in the Quebecois government’s recent bill that would outlaw the wearing of religious symbols by public...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
The Perils of Public Prayer
According to The Washington Post, “State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz was on the ninth ‘Jesus’ of her opening prayer in the Pennsylvania...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
The End of Life—and the End of an Era?
We are approaching an inflection point. In geometry, an inflection point is where a curve starts to change its shape—say, from curving...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Beware the Quiet Call of Corruption
[This was originally posted in March 2019] In the Biblical book of Proverbs, two odd sayings, almost identical, appear just a few verses...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
A Bribe by Any Other Name Would Smell…
I’ve got some hard things to say, so let’s get a couple of things straight before I say them. First, I am not writing out of...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Climate Change? Well, for Starters…
A friend of mine, who has recently taken a job on behalf of a political party on the left side of Canada’s political spectrum, asked me...
John Stackhouse
1 min read
Show Me Going
“All units be advised: active shooter incident at 572 Main Street East. Units in the area please respond.” A moment’s delay while the...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Christianity Is Weird, but Perhaps Not as Weird as Your Think
Christianity has what I sometimes call a “double weirdness problem.” Elements of its teaching that are truly strange—such as the...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Learning from Rwanda
This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the massacre in Rwanda, a quarter-century since 800,000 people died at the hands of their...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Evangelicals, Ethics, and Supporting Donald Trump
Evangelicals—at least, we white ones—are having a hard time in the public eye these days. Perhaps you’ve noticed. Jerry Falwell, Jr.,...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Is Yoga Dangerous?
Still, is yoga in public schools something Canadian Christians should protest? Should anyone? Should everyone?
It depends.
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Why Slain Missionary John Allen Chau Might Be a Martyr
[The following appeared first via Religion News Service] Now that many more details have emerged about how John Allen Chau prepared for...
John Stackhouse
4 min read
Gay-Straight Alliances, Secrecy, and the Public Trust
The word out of Alberta about Gay-Straight Alliance clubs (GSAs) hasn’t been good of late. According to the Calgary Herald, the Alberta...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Should Missionaries Just Stay Away?
The recent death of young martyr John Allen Chau has focused world attention on the legitimacy of Christian missions. Chau arranged with...
John Stackhouse
2 min read
Why Gretta Vosper Isn’t the (Main) Problem
From time to time Canadian Christians look again at the Gretta Vosper phenomenon, especially the “church refuses to defrock aggressive...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
Are You Checking All the Ingredients?
I once enjoyed a fabulous vacation in France. It was our 25th wedding anniversary and we had saved carefully for three glorious weeks in...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
The Latest (Un-?)Reasonable Accommodation
It seems like a headline from The Onion, the American satirical website that daily tests our credulity, but it’s real: “U.K. student...
John Stackhouse
3 min read
News Flash: Dog Doesn’t Bite Man
Exactly zero news agencies would bother reporting that a local man encountered a dog who didn’t bite him, as he had feared it would, but...