The book explores the rise of participatory democracy in Canada, highlighting the active involvement of citizen groups, unions, environmental organizations, and Indigenous peoples. It emphasizes how this movement is reshaping democratic practices, making them more inclusive and responsive to the public's needs. The narrative showcases the potential for a transformative shift in governance, advocating for a system that truly reflects the voice of the people.
Focusing on the dynamics of war and the quest for peace, the book explores how empires, particularly the United States as the current superpower, have historically employed military force for domination. Despite possessing unmatched military strength, the U.S. faces increasing resistance and struggles with guerrilla warfare and insurrections, raising questions about the effectiveness and sustainability of its approach to conflict.
"The Cross and the Self" describes the depths of the self-life while at the same time showing God's way of dealing with it. God's way is the cross. God does not leave us to ourselves. He deals with us to transfer us out of our self-life into Himself as our source. This book helps us to understand the experiences of the cross in our daily life.
In the spirit of many classic devotionals, "The Supplied Life" provides the reader with 366 daily readings that are fresh, heart-searching, and life-giving. This daily devotional reveals again and again that the Christian life is a supplied life - it is Christ Himself supplied to us day by day in every possible kind of human condition.
In this exciting tale set in the 1870s, John and Meg Bains and their friend Canso arrive in Nova Scotia to find that Canso's father has died and his schooner seized for debts. Refused credit for a fishing trip by the merchant Hunter, they take the schooner and flee to Tower Rock, Newfoundland, intending to make enough money fishing to repay the debts. But then the law arrives and Canso is jailed. Their only hope is to persuade the women of Tower Rock to catch cod with them. And that is just what happens. The story ends with Canso's trial and the final showdown with Hunter.
John and Meg are shanghaied on board the sailing ship Scotian in Quebec City, and have adventurous voyages to Jamaica and England before they reach safety in Nova Scotia.