“In Canada’s gospel ecosystem, the evangelist is an endangered and threatened species. I want to see that reversed.” Bill Hogg, who lives in Cloverdale, is doing his level best to train evangelists – but also to encourage all Christians to…
Three Christ City Church pastors offer some thoughtful guidance on not rushing back to ‘normal.’ While some churches are anxious to get back to their buildings and resume church as usual, quite a number are deciding to delay that…
Church leaders in Metro Vancouver responded immediately and with intensity to the killing of George Floyd and racial profiling / police violence in the United States (and in Canada). Some of the comments are not surprising; a number of the…
Most church leaders appear to be on board with the provincial government’s agenda as we embark on the second stage of our battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. But not all; some feel importance of attending church has been undervalued and…
Carolyn Arends and Spencer Capier have collaborated and toured as a duo for years, but they had to be particularly creative as they created their latest song. Carolyn emailed me, saying that: Some folks have been calling ‘After This’ a…
City in Focus sent out this request for support May 25 and I felt it was worth running it just as it is. Money raised will go to six reliable and well-established Christian ministries and 10 long-term care facilities, all…
Metro Vancouver is very well represented in The Blessing – Canada, our nation’s contribution to an international worship phenomenon. Since ‘The Blessing’ was written in early March, worship leaders in many nations, states and cities have banded together to lift…
Two virtual book launches sponsored by Regent College and Regent Bookstore next week will focus on ways to live effectively as ‘exiles’ in the modern world, and how to ‘think Christianly’ while doing so. Exiles on Mission Next Monday (May…
BC BookLook has just posted an interview with Lara Campbell about her new book, A Great Revolutionary Wave: Women and the Vote in British Columbia (UBC Press, June 2020). Women gained the right to vote in British Columbia in 1917.…
“Honest question – when would you attend a church service again?” Village Church senior pastor Mark Clark’s informal Twitter poll, May 12 – 13, offered two choices: Would you with 25% of room full, skip rows and wearing a mask…