We still live with the legacy of historical, heretical beliefs. But God can make us new. In 1882, Canada’s first prime minister John A. Macdonald said to the House of Commons, “I have reason to believe that the agents as a…
Roman Catholic Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, released the following pastoral letter June 7 in response to demonstrations against racism in Vancouver in recent days. As protests against racism, injustice and violence are taking place in the United States, Canada…
To hope there is some sweeping solution at this point is a pipe dream. We should weep, be speechless and empathetic, for once. The collapse of the Kingdom of Judah at the brutal hands of Babylon is honestly footnoted: Surely…
As the management and staff of St. Paul’s Hospital look forward to a new home in a new setting, some are remembering its rich history. An October 7 Vancouver Sun article pointed out that fundraising for the new project is…
Ron Reed has crafted a powerful play focused on the relationship between two of the 20th century’s most influential writers. Tolkien is the play’s name, but it could have been Tolkien-Lewis (apart from awkwardness) because so much of it is based…
Acclaimed novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson will deliver Regent College’s 2017 Laing Lectures at UBC’s Frederick Wood Theatre February 8 – 10. The three-part lecture series is titled Considering the Theological Virtues. Following is an excerpt from Iwan Russell-Jones: “The…
Last Tuesday evening (March 7), the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver (JCC) was targeted. After an emailed bomb threat, the building was evacuated. A few hundred adults attending a concert and a few dozen teens playing sports were inconvenienced.…
Church leaders in Richmond are encouraging their members and people from the broader community to join them at noon this Friday (December 9) at the Richmond Library to demonstrate unity in the face of anti-Chinese flyers being distributed in their…
Sharing a peninsula with Stanley Park and the West End in the north-central part of the city, Downtown is bounded by Burrard Inlet to the north, False Creek to the south, the West End (along Burrard and Georgia) and Stanley…
“With a belief in the love of God, as spoken of in John’s gospel (John 3:1-17), you have to wonder how we got things so wrong, in Canadian history, through the Indian Act and the legacy of residential schools.” Peter…