The executive director of First United Church announced earlier this week that she would like to run against Ken Sim for mayor of Vancouver during the civic elections next fall. Amanda Burrows is seeking to be nominated as OneCity Vancouver’s…
This is my fifth local books round-up of 2025, covering 12 recent books from the Christian community. Again there is a very wide range of topics. The write-ups are primarily from Amazon and publisher / author sites. Dennis & Tikvah…
A couple of months ago I wrote that I was looking forward to taking part in the General Assembly of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) in Seoul, Korea (October 27 – 31) – and that I was particularly interested to…
Last week my headline was ‘Charitable status secure, but underlying attitudes could still lead to problems.’ That is, the Liberal government reassured faith groups that the government is not considering removing the advancement of religion as a qualifying charitable purpose.…
Advent begins Sunday (November 30), but Christmas-related events are already happening in churches all around us. The various gatherings focusing on Advent, craft fairs, sing-along Messiahs, Christmas fairs, blue Christmases, singing Christmas trees, concerts, plays, readings and Christmas carols are…
On August 7, 2025, the British Columbia Supreme Court released the landmark decision, Cowichan Tribes v Canada (Attorney General). While Aboriginal rights and titles had been upheld in significant court decisions before, this is the first case where Aboriginal title was…
He’s from Nazareth. In recent months, while the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) sought a new secretary general, I bothered the search committee with a suggestion: “Go down to Bethlehem and find a David, someone no one knows, but one the…