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A Three Act Play: "We are Wellness Chaplains"
God is a playwright who is deeply interested in character development; and he uses all sorts of plot twists and genres and devices, things we can see, in order to bring about the changes we ca...
Standing in the Gap for Burundi
Jean de Dieu is one of the key young African leaders of his generation. Against the odds, he has pursued higher education, worked tirelessly many jobs that barely met his family’s needs, and ...
This is my Story: Fisherman to Fisher of Men
Meet Craig Kraft. The Executive Director of Outreach Canada. This is his story...
Growing up as a pastor’s kid seemed like a special privilege to me. I became a follower of Jesus at a ver...
Mapping the Future
Mapping the Future is a robust, pro-active vision, a legacy document of what we might become, and how we might build out from where we a...
New Life in the Church
In this book, Kraft draws upon his experience as pastor, missionar...
Understanding and Loving Punjabi Sikhs
A collection of video resources designed to inform churches about their Sikh neighbours.
The Global Gospel
The Global Gospel describes how the honor/shame dynamics comm...
The Great Escape from Nihilism
This book is about a journey: out of the confines of nihilism into the heart of meaning. It presses the question: Does nihilism have the last word? The book addresses a contemporary crisis of faith...
Mapping the Arenas of Discipleship in the 21st Century
This is part of the Discipleship Project within Outreach Canada, a think tank on future possibilities and opportunities within Canada. In this article, I try to map the fruitful arenas of disciples...
Conversations with a Chaplain
“I don’t know where my anger is coming from.”
Randy looked down intently at his French Vanilla Whipped Cream Extravaganza supersize coffee supreme as we sat at a Tim Hortons, not too far ...
Our Big Thing
I am often asked to describe what OC is or what we do. It can be hard to describe, like the engine of a car. Our team is made up of a lot of different parts that work together to accomplish on...