‘Hands off!’: Across Canada, protesters rally against Trump
Protesters rallied in several cities across the country on Sunday to demonstrate against Donald Trump's threats to Canadian sovereignty, as backlash to an American president who appears bent on upending the global order gains momentum.
Despite softer-than-expected tariffs against Canada last week and a more cordial tone from the White House over the past week, the echo from Trump's repeated remarks about making Canada the 51st state continues to ring in Canadians' ears.
Verse of the day: April 7
Galatians 2:20
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
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Seeking God's help
Psalm 27:7–12
While David’s first response to fear wasn’t a panicked plea for help, he didn’t live in denial. He merely chose to celebrate God’s power to recall His past triumphs. Eventually, however, David did ask the Lord for what he needed. No longer panicked, he expressed his desires with intense emotion.
Party leaders focus policy pitches on rent control, addictions treatment
The NDP promised to protect tenants through national rent control while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment Sunday.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in Halifax in the morning that his party would tie federal housing funding for provinces and municipalities to tenant protection policies like rent control.
The NDP says housing and rent prices in Canada have doubled since 2015 and the average asking rent hit $2,109 per month in January.
Ottawa man, 31, charged after Parliament Hill lockdown
Police say they've charged a 31-year-old Ottawa man with several offences following an incident that placed an area of Parliament Hill under lockdown on Saturday.
Ottawa police said in a media statement Sunday that a man entered East Block in downtown Ottawa at 2:40 p.m. Saturday and started issuing threats to those inside.
Security officials isolated the man in a security screening area while police evacuated the building, which mostly houses offices for senators and their staff.
Police said the man surrendered peacefully after hours of negotiations.
Youth ministry started by Michael W. Smith continues to thrive after 30 years
A youth ministry in the heart of Franklin, TN, is thriving 30 years after getting started by Christian legend Michael W. Smith.
Rocketown is a place for kids between the ages of 10 and 20 to find refuge, skateboard, play video games, get a hot meal, or just have a place to do homework.
Verse of the day: April 6
1 John 3:16
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters."
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Facing fear with a song of faith
Psalm 27:4–6
When fear has us in its icy grip, we quickly turn toward self-preservation. We hope to avoid loss, escape pain, or cheat death. Not David! His composition, preserved for us as Psalm 27, gives priority to eternal matters. Verses 4–6 revolve around the idea of David’s desire to maintain constant, intimate fellowship with his Lord.
Verse of the day: April 5
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
"For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."
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Facing fear with praise
Psalm 27:1–3
As David faced his fears and expressed them to God in Psalm 27, he began with worship, celebrating the power and faithfulness of his God.
Declaration of Praise
The key to the entire song is verse 1. It consists of two similar sentences, each ending with a rhetorical question.