OCTOBER 2025 NEWSLETTER

In October we enter the final quarter of the calendar year when the leaves turn beautiful colours and people begin to consider donating to various causes and charities. 

Please consider making a financial contribution to my work with Global Scholars Canada. Your contributions help to support the following:

1. I draw a small monthly salary from these funds to supplement my private and public pension income, and together they cover a portion of the time and energy put into the various responsibilities I have taken on.
2. The funds cover equipment, supplies, books, and other incidental expenses incurred in my work. The computer on which I work and the connected printer are two of the major pieces of equipment provided by your generous contributions.
3. I have resumed some work-related travel, most recently to the Washington, DC, area, on which I will elaborate below. Your contributions will help to support this travel, especially where resources in the host country are insufficient to cover the costs.

GSC's page for giving can be found here. Once you are in the page, scroll down to the heading marked DONATION DETAILS, and then choose one of the options under FUND. Americans may donate through our sister organization in the US.

Or, if you prefer, Canadian donors can donate publicly traded securities (shares or mutual funds) directly to charities without having to pay the capital gains tax. This is a cost-effective and painless way to make a donation that comes with a substantial tax incentive. By donating securities, donors pay no tax on capital gains, receive a tax receipt for the fair market value of the securities, as well as reduce their taxes. Watch this video for more information about this option: Link Charity Canada: Donation of Securities. If interested, please visit the Link Charity Canada Inc. website, and call for details at 1-800-387-8146. Link Charity Canada is a partner organization of Global Scholars Canada, so Link Charity can easily direct funds for my work.

If you cannot afford to give, please do continue to pray for my work. We know from experience that God graciously works through our prayers for each other.

The past month has seen us travelling in both Canada and the United States. Last month Nancy and I drove to Peterborough and vicinity to pursue one of Nancy's interests, namely, the lives of pioneer sisters Catharine Parr Traill and Susanna Moodie, immigrants from England who came to the region in the early 19th century. Then at the start of this month, I travelled to the Washington, DC, area to attend the semi-annual board meetings of the Center for Public Justice. While there I also attended the annual Kuyper Lecture, delivered by Gert-Jan Segers, who spoke on "The Afternoon of Democracy." I was pleased finally to meet Segers, who wrote a blurb for my most recent book, Citizenship Without Illusions. Segers is the former leader of the ChristenUnie in the Netherlands.

Following this I flew to Boston for a family reunion on my side. Nancy and I drove back together a few days later after visiting Gloucester and seeing the Atlantic Ocean in absolutely lovely weather.

Last month Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada would be officially recognizing a State of Palestine, joining several other countries which have taken similar action. This prompted me to weigh in on the issue here: Recognizing 'Palestine': right or wrong? Although Carney's statement is carefully worded, it has not prevented criticism from some quarters. Whether my own analysis is as careful, readers will have to judge for themselves. In the past few days, a ceasefire has been negotiated between Israel and Hamas, engineered by President Donald Trump and others. Let us pray that it will take hold and bring a modicum of peace to a chronically troubled region.

I met Anthony Bradley for the first time about a year and a half ago at Calvin University, although I've known of him for many years. He taught my first book to his students at King's College in New York and has continued to support my work. He recently wrote a review of Citizenship Without Illusions at his Substack: "The Christian Escape from the Partisan Trap." I hadn't expected this because he had already written a blurb for the book last year. I am, of course, grateful for Bradley's double endorsement. May God bless his work.

Christian Courier recently published my reflections on a childhood interest that I declined to pursue into adulthood: So many stars, which was given a different title in the online edition. The same periodical published a slight adaptation of something I originally wrote as a blog post three months ago: ICE and the rule of law.

Would Abraham Kuyper wear a MAGA hat? Someone posed this question in a Facebook group last month, and I decided to respond with a brief essay treating the subject. I expect it will be published shortly by Cateclesia Forum, in which I have published before. I will let readers know when it is out. This, of course, raises the issue of Christian Nationalism, which has come to some prominence in recent years in the United States. On tuesday, 4 November, 2 pm EST, I will be participating in an online discussion titled, An Evangelical's Guide to American Christian Nationalism. I hope you will tune in to what promises to be a fascinating and informative conversation. You can register for this event by clicking on the link above.

On the last day of September I completed my guitar journey through the tunes of the Genevan Psalter, a project I was not altogether certain I would be able to finish when I began in earnest late last year. The video performances can be accessed here: The Genevan Psalter. And here is a bit more explanation of this project as a whole.

As always, thanks again for your support for my work with Global Scholars Canada.

Yours in God's service,

David Koyzis, Global Scholar