Changing lives through love
by Jesse Hove Faith Columnist The policies of the Stephen Harper-led government do not fit the code of following Jesus. Harper wants to increase the amount of money spent on jails and increase jail...
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Human stories stand at the core of holy books
by Jesse Hove Faith Columnist The Bible has historically been a powerful, yet tricky book. Some argue it is the cause of countless wars. Others say reading it gives them a sense of peace...
My experience with homosexuality and the Bible
by Jesse Hove Faith Columnist While my family subscribed to the classic Christian “hate the sin, not the sinner” approach, I often felt that, in practice, it was more about hating those you don’t...
Wartime nurse shortage leaves lesson
By Jesse Hove Faith Columnist Being in pain sucks, but feeling no pain at all is even worse. According to Paul Brand, from his book 1997 book The Gift of Pain, leprosy is one...
Family reunion: spiritual and pop culture narrative
By Jesse Hove Faith Columnist In his new book The Moral Landscape, author Sam Harris argues rational scientific evidence should be what provides humanity with an absolute moral compass. Harris writes, “If there are...
Beyond the elitist discourse
by Jesse Hove Faith Columnist It doesn’t matter if you have specialized in the finer points of philosophy, a holy text or are a resident expert in everything Star Wars. Those who have studied...
From cerebral facts to visceral faith
by Jesse Hove Faith Columnist In the summer of 1963, 250,000 people showed up at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak. No invitations were sent out, and...
My God has breasts
by Jesse Hove Faith Columnist My first real reason to live came some- time between the ages of nine and 11. I was searching the Internet for a Calgary Flames website. What I found...
