Update: I have just learned that First Baptist Church has a Strike Camp as well. I’ve added a brief description and link at the end of the article, and will add others as I become aware of them. No doubt…
Strike camps spring up in local churches
Author: Flyn Ritchie
Ron Reed, and upcoming movies, take on the Tolkien-Lewis Project
“It is still one of the finest jests of the modern muses that this fogged-in English don was going home nights to work on perhaps the most popular adventure story ever written, thereby inventing one of the most successful commercial…
Local Iraqi Christians ask Canadian government ‘to be our voice’
Update: Iraqi Christians in Metro Vancouver are again asking the local community to join them in fasting and praying for the persecuted in Iraq on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery, from 11 am to 2 pm this Saturday…
Around Town: Soccer finals, Folk Fest, gender dysphoria & Catholic schools . . .
The fullest of full moons rose over the Burnaby Lakes soccer fields as the sun set on another perfect day, last Friday (July 11). Six teams from the BC Christian Soccer League battled it out for supremacy in the three-division…
Folk Fest’s ‘Glory Bound’ Sunday service sure to lift the spirits
Every year I enjoy scanning the roster of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival for signs of faith. While I love the diversity of musicians – there’s no better way to get a taste of world music in Vancouver – I…
July 7 – 13: Makoto Fujimura, Regen, Passing the Mantle, Soccer, Science . . .
Usually things slow down during summer. Not this week though. We do have the beautiful weather, but we also have a surprisingly full calendar. In what should be a delightful interlude, Image Journal will host Caring for the Culture: Why…
Around Town: Triumph at the Jessies, Church on the Street, Grateful Dead . . .
Now that’s the way to celebrate your 30th anniversary! When the dust settled at the Commodore Ballroom last Monday (June 23), Pacific Theatre had won four Jessie Awards in the Large Theatre category for plays from their 30th season. And…
10 examples of artistic creativity around the city
How many times have I heard people bemoan the lack of art – or even the appreciation of art – in the modern church? That may have been legitimate in the past, but the tide has clearly turned. Here are…
June 23 – 29: Religion and Politics, Chapel at Westside, Certainly? Not! . . .
No one can say that Jonathan Chan and his Company of Disciples are afraid of a little controversy. Their “community of business and working professionals” does offer the tried and true – Bible studies, seminars, prayer – but they also…
Around Town: Carolyn’s gift, Chinese Mennonites, transgender politics . . .
It’s Christmas in May for Carolyn Arends, but those bearing gifts will be repaid later this year. The local musician has created lots of music over the years – 10 albums and counting – though she clearly has a particular…