Journey Home Community works with refugee claimants, those who arrive in Canada without sponsors. Also known as asylum seekers, they arrive with few resources and are at grave risk of homelessness. In its June newsletter (slightly modified here), Journey Home…
Journey Home Community (JHC) provides refugee claimants in Canada with housing and settlement support. Founder John Dyck says: In the last 16 years, Journey Home Community has helped resettle more than 160 refugees from Afghanistan. These are people who have…
“What goes on in North America is just a tiny fraction of what goes on in the refugee world.” James Grunau knows what he is talking about. He has spent many years welcoming refugee claimants to Metro Vancouver, while also…
Vancouver is hosting the annual five-day (April 24 – 28) TED Conference (which organizers say is “at the heart of TED”), and so we also hosted Pope Francis earlier this week. Speaking on themes of hope, inclusion and tenderness, his TED Talk…
Journey Home Community is making a real impact in Metro Vancouver, both through its work with refugees and as the host of Ride for Refuge in British Columbia. Refugee work Journey Home began life modestly, but the 10th anniversary party celebrated…
“. . . after a lifetime of deep commitment to the creation, cosmos and Christ, here is Loren’s most wonderful book.” Peter Harris, co-founder of A Rocha, wrote the Foreword to Loren Wilkinson’s Circles and the Cross: Cosmos, Consciousness, Christ…
At one time, it might have seemed odd to head along to church to hear some jazz music. Surely it was more suited to smoky night clubs? Non-smoky now, of course, but still not churches. Times have changed, though, at…
Benjamin Perrin is a particularly busy man these days, between teaching law at UBC, spending time with his young family and promoting his new book, Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial. But he made time last weekend to speak…
Faith Today recently interviewed Brian Doerksen, focusing on how he fits into the world of worship musicians and on his latest album. Doerksen, who lives in the Fraser Valley, is known around the world for songs such as ‘Faithful One’…
February is Friendship Month at Inner Hope Youth Ministries. They are sharing eight stories around the theme ‘Love Perseveres,’ from people who have benefited from and participated in their work. Following are three of them. Part of the family: Diana’s…