Frances Ceen-ne Carlick is happy that Pope Francis will be coming to Canada July 24 – 29, but she probably won’t make the trip to Edmonton to greet him. In fact, she has already seen him, at the Vatican. The…
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership, that gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church in Vancouver. One of the goals of this weekly article is to…
I will be giving you all a break from my weekly Church for Vancouver updates through the summer, so I thought I’d just point out a few highlights on the horizon. Open houses Two communities in south Surrey will be…
This article is from the Introduction to The Growing Season: Contemplations on Wine and the Soul, by Nelson Boschman. Who could have been more invested in physical life on earth than Jesus? I’ve been preaching lately on “consider the lilies…
A room full of pastors and Christian leaders from around Vancouver gathered June 16 at Tenth Church to learn more about the significance and potential of churches and ministries working together in the community. They enjoyed the opportunity, denied during…
Ed and Janice Hird devoted one chapter of God’s Firestarters (HIS Publishing, 2021) to E. Stanley Jones. This article first appeared as a ‘spiritual biography’ column in The Light Magazine and is re-posted by permission. What if we told you…
The Executive Director of First United Church will become Moderator of the United Church of Canada next month – although she has not yet been elected to the three-year position. Here is the explanation of that slightly unusual situation from…