There wasn’t much lead time, but organizers of The Total Athlete with Jeremy Lin are pretty confident he’ll draw a couple of thousand young people to a ‘basketball and faith’ evening April 1. They put out the word just last weekend, and…
Vancouver Foundation is offering Neighbourhood Small Grants from $50 to $500 “to support projects that bring people together, share skills and knowledge, build a sense of belonging and responsibility, and respect and celebrate diversity.” One example of effective neighbourhood-reaching on…
Dr. Gemma Jones, a pioneer in dementia care, will be in Vancouver April 3 – 17 for a series of workshops, seminars and information sessions on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care, with the goal of establishing Alzheimer Cafés in Metro Vancouver and beyond. Dr.…
Have missionaries also been agents of secularization even as they have sought to introduce the gospel? How does the reaction of religious fundamentalism and terrorism to secularization affect the way we approach missions? Those are among the questions which will be…
Every spring the BC Leadership Prayer Breakfast draws more than 1,000 people together to offer support and prayer for those who serve in elected positions at municipal, provincial, federal and international levels. Here is the invitation to this year’s gathering, next…
Last Saturday (March 10) I and several other members of Earthkeepers: Christians for Climate Justice marched with thousands of people against the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. Led by members of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, as well as other nations from across…
The annual Laing Lectures are coming up next week (March 20 – 22) at Regent College. Derek Witten, senior writer and editor in Regent’s communications department, spent a few minutes on the phone with Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, getting a sneak peek into what…