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…
“Do you wonder what COVID-19 can teach us about addressing the climate crisis? Or how we, as Christians, can respond?” If so, tune into the Earthkeepers webinar next Thursday (May 21). Hope in the Midst of Crises: COVID:19, Climate Action…
Times are tough in Britain, which just passed Italy and Spain for the highest number of coronavirus deaths. But a viral new worship video and an interview with the irrepressible Alpha leader Nicky Gumbel offer clear evidence that the church…
There is a lot of good will between most churches in Metro Vancouver, most of the time. And several ecumenical initiatives (More Than Gold, Voices Together, the Vancouver Consultation, for example) have drawn the Christian community closer in various ways.…
Pastor Peter (Jonghuen) Yang has been spending much of his time at Oppenheimer Park in the Downtown Eastside for more than a year, offering Sunday services and providing food, along with masks and sanitizer to protect against coronavirus. Now orders…