Michael Munnik

Sep 4, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Roland De Vries |Cathy Smith |Michael Munnik |Brian Bork

A few weeks ago I made a telephone call to a courthouse here in Quebec. It was an important matter, involving questions I rarely have to think about in English, let alone in French. I asked the Clerk whether we could speak in English. This led to a series of questions since, with the recent passage of Bill 96, there are more restrictions on those entitled to receive services in English. She asked:“Are you an Indigenous person? Have you arrived in Quebec within the last six months?

Apr 24, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Brian Walsh |Sara Pot |Michael Munnik |Curt Gesch

Surrender: 40 songs, one storyBonoDoubleday, 2022. “I am in awe of the poetic power of the scriptures, how you can’t approach the subject of God without metaphor.” So writes Bono late in his wide-ranging and engaging memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. The artist cannot tell his story, or the remarkable story of U2, apart from Christian faith, or apart from scripture.

Mar 24, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Marian Van Til |Michael Munnik |Tom Wolthuis |Curt Gesch

What does community look like for creatives in the church? We asked Ruth Chan, a Toronto singer-songwriter musician and artist. Chan’s artist name is “Heather is Growing,” and she is releasing her first EP, Heather is Growing on April 28th. Christian Courier talked to Chan about her songwriting journey ahead of the EP release. Chan: I began writing the four songs for the “Heather is Growing” EP about two and a half years ago during a period where life became quite difficult and painful.

Feb 8, 2023 | christiancourier.ca | Meghan Kort |Angela Reitsma Bick |Peter Schuurman |Michael Munnik

Skip to content Could you tell if this editorial was written by a robot? I started asking this question in mid-December right around the time my husband, Jakob was spending his evenings talking to something (someone?) who wasn’t human at all. He had discovered ChatGPT, a large language model developed by OpenAI, a company co-founded by Elon Musk….