Pacific Theatre keeps busy, even when it’s not actually on stage. The Stone’s Throw Theatre Festival will take place in four parts for the rest of the month and into early July. Here’s a description of how it will work:… Read more →
Vancouver might not be the most receptive city for messages which question current transgender theories. But over the next week or so two gatherings – at the Art Gallery and at UBC – will present their view that our culture… Read more →
Every three years the massive Women Deliver Conference gathers thousands of participants. This year they are meeting June 3 – 6 in Vancouver under the theme ‘Power.Progress.Change.’ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the gathering, and there were a number of… Read more →
That British Columbia is part of Cascadia has been recognized for some time (Vancouver Sun columnist Douglas Todd’s book Cascadia: The Elusive Utopia opened many local eyes in 2008), but the significance of that bioregional designation for the church has… Read more →
Everyone agrees that the court process is slower than it should be. The Liberals have proposed a massive piece of legislation (Bill C-75) which is intended to deal with that problem. The bill has passed Third Reading in the House… Read more →
Local Anglicans made a bold move in the reconciliation process with Indigenous communities during their biennial synod gathering, May 24 – 25 at the Italian Cultural Centre. Their “gesture of restitution and reconciliation” mandates that a portion of proceeds from… Read more →
Many churches are looking for creative ways to get to know their neighbours, but few have done as well as Brentwood Park Alliance Church, which has been running Connections Coffee House in a quiet Brentwood neighbourhood for the past eight years.… Read more →
“If the church doesn’t disciple the nations, the nations will disciple the church.” That was a key message delivered by veteran Singaporean church leader ‘Papa Khoo’ (Khoo Oon Theam is in his mid-80s) to a group of pastors last Thursday… Read more →
Why isn’t the movie Unplanned being shown in Canada? More than 200,000 people have signed a CitizenGO online petition demanding that Cineplex “Bring Unplanned to Canada and the World.” The petition, sponsored by National Campus Life Network in partnership with… Read more →
Hardly a day goes by without news reports about the troubled relationship between Canada and China – Meng Wanzhou and Huawei, Canadians held in prison, canola trade, money laundering. Pundits debate whether we should stand up to China, whether we… Read more →
