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Foreword: Western Guilt Print E-mail
Saturday, 16 January 2010 12:17
By Rick Postma

Global warming is a topic which often leads to heated debate. Is the world truly warming up? If so, is it due to carbon dioxide emissions or are we just experiencing ‘normal’ climate cycles? Even those of us not too interested in following the latest political drama, can’t help but notice that policy decisions being contemplated on the national level as well as the international level will very likely have a large impact on...
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Fall 2009 Print E-mail
Tuesday, 20 October 2009 19:26

 

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Personal Finance Print E-mail
Monday, 19 October 2009 14:10
RRSPs, RRIFs and Charitable Giving: By Maria Vanderspek

This article is written for our Canadian Supporters – the tax implications related to wills in Canada are very different from those of citizens of the USA.
What are RRSPs and RRIFs?

A Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) is essentially a special savings and investment account authorized and registered with Canada Revenue Agency where an individual can contribute a percentage of his or her annual earnings. Amounts contributed in...
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Young @ Heart: New Beginnings Print E-mail
Saturday, 17 October 2009 11:32
As I packed my son’s school supplies last month, I took a deep sniff and smiled. The smell of a package of sharp Laurentien pencil crayons always reminds me of September. New books, fresh paper, old friends, and neat classrooms! Yes, you say, and tests, projects, early bedtimes, and lots of rules. Hmm…maybe you haven’t quite got back into the school routine yet.
Here at Word & Deed, a different routine continues around the world.

In Nkhoma, Malawi, pastors are being taught more about...
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Meditation: The Great Ransom Print E-mail
Saturday, 17 October 2009 11:28
By Rev. William Pols

For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. I Timothy 2:5-6
When we hear the word, ransom, we might think of kidnapping victims: innocent children stolen from their wealthy parents by evil men, demanding money in exchange for their lives. The very thought might stir our anger at such evil, and our compassion for innocent victims and anxious parents. Wouldn't you be willing...
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Foreword: Dead Aid Print E-mail
Saturday, 17 October 2009 11:25
By Rick Postma

Dambisa Moyo knows how to stir the pot. Moyo, a native of Zambia with degrees from Harvard and Oxford, makes the claim in her recently published book, Dead Aid, that after $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa over the last 50 years, the continent is not only worse off, but much worse off.

Moyo admits that numerous factors are having an impact: colonialism, corruption, tribalism, a lack of transparent and credible institutions...
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Summer 2009 Print E-mail
Saturday, 13 June 2009 15:51

Meditation: Of Drones and Worker Bees
Foreword: Volunteering in God's Kingdom
Impact
Among the Orphans in Malawi
High Hopes and Lots of Prayer
New Life in the Clouds
Joyful Determination
Dutch Soup and Oliebollen
Saluting Volunteers
Colombia Updates
Young @ Heart

 
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