Upcoming Guests
Friday July 18, 2025
Keith Ketchum
Canadian Christian Aviator
Mission Aviation Fellowship
Canadian Christian Aviator, Keith Ketchum, recalls how his crew helped to save millions from starvation and facilitated the largest humanitarian broadcast in history.
On July 13, 1985, the world tuned into Live Aid, one of the largest broadcasts in history.
Featuring over 70 musicians, the unprecedented benefit concert was broadcast to 1.5 billion viewers across 100 countries and raised $125 million for the devastating Ethiopian famine of 1984.
But few know that the global response began in part because of the humble work of young Christian pilots and mechanics flying an aircraft built in Toronto with engines built in Montreal.
At only 25 years old, Keith answered the call from God to join Mission Aviation Fellowship and fly desperately needed grain into remote famine-stricken areas in Ethiopia.
For months, he and the Canadian crew flew 12 hours daily to deliver the food that would save thousands of lives. But it wasn’t until October of 1984 that the world began to pay attention.
Keith was privileged to join captain Will Rew (an Air Canada pilot on a leave of absence) to fly a BBC film crew, including legendary photojournalist Mohamed Amin and news anchor Michael Buerk, to a remote feeding camp in northern Ethiopia.
Amin’s footage and the sombre narrative of Buerk, later aired on the BBC evening news, sparked global outrage and inspired Bob Geldof and his friends to launch Band Aid and Live Aid. “It shocked the world,” says Ketchum. “The BBC story came out the day before I proposed to my wife. I was back flying the next day, not realizing how God had used us to help ignite a global movement.” Today, Ketchum continues to serve with MAF, training engineers to maintain the very aircraft that still bring help, hope and healing to isolated communities around the world.
As we approach the 40th anniversary of Live Aid, and MAF celebrates its 80th anniversary since its formation, Ketchum reflects on how God miraculously used him during that period.
He is passionate about pouring into the next generation and provides thought-provoking perspectives on how Christians and churches should approach the crises of today.
http://www.maf.ca/
Thursday July 17, 2025
Graeme Illman
Executive Director, Ratanak International
Graeme Illman, Executive Director of Ratanak International, has a passion for overseas ministry that was birthed at a young age. Cambodia has taken a unique place in his heart because of the beauty and graciousness of a people who have suffered so much historically. He continues to be drawn to Ratanak’s willingness to step into dark places with a humble confidence that God is still on the move.
https://www.ratanak.org
Harvey Gabriel
Harvey was born in Kanesatake. His Mohawk name means "of the words". Harvey is a fluent Mohawk speaker. His parents were both Mohawks and fluent speakers. His father's clan was Turtle and his mother's clan was a Bear. In 1967 Harvey married and he and his wife Susan have four beautiful children and six beautiful grandchildren. Harvey worked off the reserve for 47 years as a die specialist, die designer and assistant estimator. He never left his community to work elsewhere who he commuted to work in Montreal every day. In 1982 Harvey was chosen by the clan mother to sit on Council on the Hereditary Clan system at the time. In 1991 when the system changed to an election system he was elected again on two different occasions. It has always been Harvey's ambition to translate the Bible in his language, the reason for this may be to keep the tradition his great grandfather Sose Onasakenrat-Joseph Swan who translated the four gospels in Mohawk. In January 1999 his ambition was turned to reality when Mavis Etienne asked him to join the group to translate II Corinthians, and from there he has translated 25 books from the Old Testament and 23 from the New Testament.
Wednesday July 16, 2025
Philip Yan
Director
Centre for Redemptive Entrepreneurship
Tyndale University
Philip Yan is the founder and director of the Centre for Redemptive Entrepreneurship (CRE) at Tyndale University. The vision for CRE is to equip Christian entrepreneurs as culture-shaping catalysts in advancing their redemptive ventures. A co-founder of two social enterprises, KLINK Coffee and Red Propeller, by selling services and products to employ people with barriers to employment, Philip sees the critical value of addressing service gaps with an entrepreneurial mindset. Additionally, Philip’s creative business at GenesisXD, his passion for young adults ministry, and his serving on several ministry boards have deepened his understanding and experience of the relationship between leadership, ministry, and innovation.
http://www.redemptivebusiness.ca/
Tuesday July 15, 2025
John Swinton
Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care
School of Divinity, History and Philosophy
King’s College University of Aberdeen
John is a former member of the AHRC panel review committee, the British and Irish Association of Practical Theology, the International Academy of Practical Theology and the American Academy of Religion. John is also a member of the Scottish Association of Healthcare Chaplains and a registered member of the NMC. (Nursing and Midwifery Council). John sits on the National Board of Social Responsibility within the national Church of Scotland and the local boards of mission and ministry.
John is currently one of the editors of the Journal of Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, and a former editor of Contact: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Pastoral Studies (Contact (Now re-titled Practical Theology) is the leading journal of practical theology within the United Kingdom). John was the founding editor of the Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplains. John sits on the editorial board of various other leading pastoral journals in Britain and the United States including: The Journal of Religion, Disability and Health, Contact, The Scottish Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy, The Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy.
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/j.swinton
Monday July 14, 2025
Anita Hanna
Personal Testimony
From age 2 Anita Hanna, suffered tremendous physical and mental trauma during the Iraqi war. As a young adult Anita became involved with the occult. A friend invited her to church in 2018, and during worship, Anita started feeling “God's heartbeat inside of me. And it was like something inside of me was literally coming alive.” She knew “Jesus Christ was real.” God later delivered her from demonic oppression through deliverance ministry. She now works as an administrative assistant at Lakemount Worship Centre helping to build the body of Christ.
Tim Whitehead
Author of “Love Personified: Exploring Biblical Models of REAL Love”
Executive Director of Galcom International
Experience is the best teacher. But some things are better learned from observing the actions of others, like whether the stove is hot or the milk has gone bad. Why put yourself through unnecessary pain? Just put yourself in someone else’s shoes and learn from them. True Christian love is a difficult concept to understand and even more difficult to put into practice. But there are those we can observe who have set an example for us to follow and have even personified the characteristics the apostle Paul used to explain this love in 1 Corinthians 13.
“Love Personified” lets us walk in the sandals of those who have gone before and demonstrated their love for God and for others through kindness and endurance, patience and hope.
“Love Personified” takes a deep dive to see how Joseph’s love suffered long, how Abraham loved God by hoping in His promises, and many more examples.
http://www.galcom.org/