Justice Matthew Begbie is a larger than life figure in BC’s history, but he was also a man of his times. And the debate over who-from-the-past-should-be-remembered-where (Robert E. Lee, Edward Cornwallis, John A. Macdonald . . .) has now caught…
We have just entered the fall season, so we have also entered the Alpha season – dozens of local churches, probably more, are beginning Alpha Courses this month. The appeal of Alpha endures. Nicky Gumbel seems ageless, and is still at…
Canada, to its shame, offers no legal protection for children right up until the day they are born. Our politicians and our media elite ignore that reality – but we are fortunate that a few heroes keep up the seemingly hopeless…
“We’ve never said we do ‘Christian’ theatre. That word is a bad adjective but a good noun. I readily say I’m a Christian, but we don’t do Christian theatre. We do plays that explore spiritual questions honestly from a Christian…
Four years ago, following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, some 70,000 people braved the rain to take part in a Walk for Reconciliation. On September 24 we will have another Walk for Reconciliation. Sponsored by Reconciliation Canada and supported by an…
Well, you can’t complain that Vancouver City Councillors are a lazy bunch. While I was finishing off my weekly update, they were still hard at work. It was after 9 pm when they voted 7-1 in favour of rezoning the…
Several evenings featuring films and faith are coming up, two of them this Friday and two at the end of next week: Film and Faith Evening: Luther Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Vancouver will host a free showing of the…
Churches in the Tri-Cities area are supporting an initiative which draws inspiration from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), July 7 at Lafarge Lake Amphitheatre in Coquitlam. The Rising Eagle Reconciliation Concert “will include apologies, speeches [Kenny Blacksmith], celebrations, music [Art…
You know times are changing when the Roman Catholic Church hosts the first local celebration of the Reformation. The 500th anniversary will take place in 2017, but St. Mark’s Theological College on the UBC campus will be hosting The Catholic…
Pacific Theatre is hosting a like-minded theatre company early next month. Dark Glass Theatre (an initiative of the Humanitas Anabaptist-Mennonite Centre) is presenting Ruined, by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Lynn Nottage. Here is how they describe the play: Ruined explores the plight of…