The Faith Today Podcast
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Best episodes of season 9
Among the conversations we've had this year, which were the most urgent, mind-changing or practical? Podcast coordinator Sammy Kyereme and host Bill Fledderus reflect on what has stuck with them. This short episode is a great way to find which of ...
Tackling global hunger through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Andy Harrington is the executive director of Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a partnership of 15 Canadian churches and their agencies working together to end global hunger. He describes the challenging state of global aid work, government funding and ho...
The Pastorate, a Canadian pastor support network - Ep 260
Jason Ballard of Vancouver is the director and founder of The Pastorate (formerly Canadian Church Leaders Network), an organization that comes alongside pastors in Canada to strengthen their heart, skill and vision to equip them for a lifetime of ...
Working for citywide Christian unity
Mark Peterkins is executive director of One Way Ministries in Ottawa. He speaks with host Bill Fledderus about Pray Ottawa, Love Ottawa, the Big Give, networks for workplace and pastoral leaders and other efforts to spur on gospel action in their ...
Christian creativity as witness
Patty Bowman Kingsley of Ajax, Ont., is an artist who uses her painting and public speaking to encourage community transformation. She talks with host Bill Fledderus about: Why creativity matters to God How art can be a prophetic and practical too...
Sacred Assembly and the cultural baggage we bring to Christianity
Adam Kline is director of intercultural missions at the Free Methodist Church in Canada. Jonathan Maracle is a Mohawk musician from Tyendinaga, not far from Kline's home in Belleville, Ont. They reflect with host Bill Fledderus about how our ethni...
Understanding persecution in the global Church
Floyd Brobbel leads Voice of the Martyrs Canada and has worked with the ministry for more than two decades. He joins host David Guretzki to discuss the current mission and purpose of VOMC and ongoing ways to support Christians worldwide who are b...
Coping with misinformation - Ep 255
Molly Thomas is the host and producer of Big [If True], a weekly show launched in November 2024 on TVO that tackles misinformation, disinformation, conspiracies, hoaxes and scams. She talks with host Bill Fledderus about how Christians can be take...
Right relationships: One friendship at a time - Ep 254
How can Christians benefit from Indigenous transformational approaches to relationship, compared to Western transactional approaches? Dan Collado of in Napanee, Ont., is Indigenous Peoples coordinator for Mission Canada (The Pentecostal Assemblies...
What's Christian about foreign aid? - Ep 253
Global aid is not just charity, but a shared responsibility and strategic investment rooted in the biblical call to stewardship, compassion, and justice, says Laura Solberg, executive director of Kentro Christian Network, the national hub represen...
Suffering, Identity & Hope: Christian Approaches to Caregiving - Ep 252
Keith Dow is a theologian who focuses on care and community, as he does in his book "Formed Together: Mystery, Narrative, and Virtue in Christian Caregiving" (Baylor, 2021) and in his work with Karis Disability Services. He talks with host David G...
Reaching and supporting migrants with the gospel - Ep 251
Guest host David Guretzki chats with Shoaib Ebadi about reaching and supporting migrants with the gospel. Since 2010 Shoaib Ebadi and his wife have, from Canada, been running an evangelical TV program called Secret of Life, which is broadcast in A...
Pastoral shortages? Calling and training for ministry - Ep 250
Rick Hiemstra is a former Wesleyan pastor who now directs the EFC's Centre for Research on Church and Faith. He and host David Guretzki reflect on increasing concerns over upcoming pastor retirements and the shrinking numbers of future pastors. Th...
Christians in Montreal today and across history - Ep 249
Glenn Smith is the director of the graduate program in practical theology at McGill University. He recently published Christians in the City of Montréal, a book that documents the roots of Christianity in Montréal while focusing on the present exp...
Christian living in secular Canadian society - Ep 248
Guest host David Guretzki speaks with Dom Ruso, who leads a church called The180 in Laval, Que., that he helped to plant in 2016. Ruso was born and raised in Montreal, holds a PhD in historical theology and has also worked pastoring young adults. ...
Jesus and the revolutionary kingdom of peace - Ep 247
Jesse Nickel of Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, B.C., published a compelling book last year about how Jesus' ministry and presentation of the Kingdom of God contrast with human understandings of power (A Revolutionary Jesus: Violence and Pea...
Elephants, tigers, rabbits and the Great Commission in Canada - Ep. 246
Lisa Pak serves at Finishing the Task, a Great Commission initiative led by Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church. Her title at that “network of networks” is director of partnerships in Asia, for young leaders and women. She talked with guest ...
Strengthening Canadian Christian Education - Ep 245
Greg Needham of Salmon Arm, B.C., and Lauralynn Mercer of Ontario are educators leading the Canadian Christian Education Movement, a project of the global education ministry Teach Beyond (cemovement.ca). They spoke with host Bill Fledderus about C...
Thinking about church and mission - Ep 244
Guest host David Guretzki chats with Sarah Han about how church members can think about the church being intercultural and missional. Dr. Han is assistant professor of pastoral ministry at Tyndale University. She considers herself to be "third cul...
Coping with stress in an increasingly unstable world - Ep 243
Many Canadians are feeling burdened by global economic and political turmoil. Jennifer Bowen of Shalem Mental Health Network chats with host Bill Fledderus about how such stress can impact mental health, relationships and faith communities. She of...
Helping kids grow in faith at home through little habits - Ep 242
Christie Thomas is an author, parent and children’s ministry leader in Alberta (littleshootsdeeproots.com). Her latest book Little Habits, Big Faith: How Simple Practices Help Your Family Grow in Jesus was published by NavPress in 2024. She chatte...
Journalism serving the Church: Reflecting on the past 12 years at Faith Today - Ep. 241
The hosts of the Faith Today Podcast -- Karen Stiller and Bill Fledderus -- sit together to reflect on their personal highlights of hosting the podcast and preparing Faith Today magazine editorials over the years.
When Pastors Work too Much - Ep. 240
Workaholism in pastors is a form of spiritual dysfunction. It's also deeply rooted in the life and work of pastors and the expectations of many churches. Dysfunction in the Name of Jesus: Confronting the Idol of Pastoral Workaholism is a new book,...
Michael Messenger of World Vision on good work and big life changes - Ep. 239
How do we make big life changes? How is our purpose bigger than our job? Michael Messenger has travelled the world doing very good work, leading one of Canada's largest Christian charities. Messenger is now moving onto new things and a new season...
What Will a Healthy and Vibrant Canadian Church Look like in Ten Years? - Ep. 238
Host Karen Stiller moderates a discussion among church specialists EFC President David Guretzki, Tyndale Intercultural Ministries Centre director Dorothy Pang and Dr. Lee Beach from McMaster Divinity College. The episode also features a Q&A sessio...
