by Terry Smith | Aug 8, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: the following column may contain material that could be disturbing to some readers. In his book, “Christ the Stranger: The Theology of Rowan Williams,” Benjamin Myers tells a fascinating story. A Scottish theologian, Elisabeth Templeton, asked a...
by Terry Smith | Nov 13, 2018 | Opinion
In the schoolyard behind my wife’s classroom, her 10-year-old pupils engage in a daily rite of interfaith dialogue. Tenzin is a Tibetan Buddhist. His mom and dad emigrated to Canada four years ago. He is playing with Mousa, an Eritrean Muslim girl who wears her hijab...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 20, 2017 | News
Terry Smith is executive director of Canadian Baptist Ministries. 1. Where did you grow up? I was a cross-border kid, spending the first 10 years in Toronto, then eight years in Grand Rapids, Michigan, before returning to Ottawa, Canada, for university. 2. What is...
by Terry Smith | Feb 26, 2014 | Opinion
For nearly 10 years (1991-99), the country of Algeria was plunged into a horrific civil war. The brutality was unimaginable as an estimated 60,000 to 200,000 people were killed. Ironically, few in the Western world were aware of what was happening until Cistercian...
