Brian Doerksen passed away in mid-summer (July 21, after having been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer), so this is not news. But as I read the many reflections, comments and eulogies after his death I realized how positive an influence…
On a sunny Thursday afternoon this past August, a group comprising Protestant and Catholic volunteers, addiction-recovery professionals, civic politicians, recovering addicts, representatives of a family-run philanthropic fund and a Catholic priest crowded into the living room of a modest home…
Peter Ash is recognized by the UN Human Rights Council as one of the “champions of the albinism cause.” Ash, whose Under the Same Sun (UTSS) group is based in Surrey, has been active in dispelling myths about albinism since…
Is ‘sex work’ really work? Not according to Cardus Work and Economics program director Renze Nauta in a new report – true work doesn’t undermine human dignity and the common good like prostitution does. Cardus is “a non-partisan think tank dedicated to clarifying…
This is my last weekly Church for Vancouver update until the fall. Have a good summer! First United will soon be moving back to its home base at Hastings and Gore, in the midst of the Downtown Eastside, following a…
When asked about tips for child-rearing (as we are, from time to time, when people hear that we have five children and 12 grandchildren), I sometimes say that we had just two rules – that everyone should treat each other…
The political climate in Canada, as in much of the world, has became less receptive to refugees – so it is good to see that the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), along with the Refugee Resettlement Roundtable, have made a …