Steve Almond has been producing print publications for decades, so he is sorry to announce that the current issue of Light Magazine will be the last. But he is quick to add that its days are far from over. In…
Roughly 40 percent of all charitable organizations in Canada are religious. Their status was threatened just before Christmas, when the Standing Committee on Finance released its “Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Budget” in the House of Commons on…
Union Gospel Mission (UGM) has dramatically increased its work with women over the past few years, and they recently announced another initiative. Speaking with Stephen Quinn on CBC Radio’s Early Edition, a UGM spokesperson described their temporary new overnight Women’s…
This article is part of a series called ‘Christianity: a missionary religion.’ As I said in the introduction to the series: Mostly, I’ll look at recently published books. It is encouraging to see that, while most churches and Christian bookstores…
Merry Christmas everyone. Following is the December 25 reading from A Year With C.S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works, which Margaret and I have managed to (almost) complete – with considerable pleasure, albeit also with catch-up sessions. (Is…
The BC Conservatives did really well in the recent election. But virtually all of their 44 MLAs are new to the party, and many are completely novice politicians. Thus there will be some trials and tribulations as they get their…
Christ Church Cathedral has a unique power of attraction – not just because of its location in the downtown core, and not just because it is Anglican, a denomination which has, at times, stood in for Canada’s national church. Arguably…
This is my sixth local books round-up of 2024, covering nine newly published books from the local Christian community. Again there is a range of topics – one is even a Christmas book. The write-ups are primarily from Amazon and publisher…
Regent College has chosen one of its own to take on leadership of the school. Their Board of Governors announced November 3 that Dr. Paul Spilsbury has been appointed as the sixth President of Regent College. He is currently Vice…
I posted seven articles earlier this year in a series called ‘Christianity: a missionary religion.’ At the time, I said the seventh one was the last – but I’ve changed my mind, having discovered that many good books on missions…