Jason Byassee and Ross Lockhart will launch their new book, Better than Brunch, next Wednesday (January 27). In the meantime, Mark Glanville offers these insights. For a while now I have been hunting for a book that displays, thoughtfully, what… Read more →
Books
Local professors have written many fine books this year
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
One can never have too many books (ask anyone who knows me), but even I have trouble keeping up with the professors at our local Christian colleges. And many of their books would make great Christmas gifts, especially if purchased… Read more →
Exploring the faith journeys of Canadian-Born Chinese Christians
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
A major study of the faith journeys of Canadian-Born Chinese Christians finds that many are falling away from the faith and suggests some ways to reach and mentor them. Commissioned by CCCOWE Canada (Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelization), Listening… Read more →
Can I Believe? John Stackhouse doesn’t dodge the hard questions
by Paul Chamberlain • • 0 Comments
Oxford University Press published John Stackhouse’s new book in October, and Paul Chamberlain reviewed it for Christianity Today. The review is re-posted here by permission. The more you interact with people outside the Christian faith, the likelier you are to… Read more →
Remembering Dr. J.I. Packer, online and in print
by Alister McGrath • • 0 Comments
Regent College will be joined by some top notch scholars and theologians when they host Remembering Dr. J.I. Packer next Wednesday (November 18). Among the guests will be N.T. Wright, David Neff and Alister McGrath. McGrath’s participation is particularly timely.… Read more →
Pilgrim Book & Bible has served the church for 46 years in East Vancouver
by Jack Taylor • • 4 Comments
“You just know when it’s time. You feel it in your gut,” says Greg Wasmuth. The stock of books, Bibles, music, movies, greeting cards, trinkets and artwork at Pilgrim Book and Bible is definitely dwindling as the 35 percent off… Read more →
Recovering: call to connection can foster a ‘beatitude community’
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Aaron White has spent much of his adult life living and working in the Downtown Eastside. And now he has drawn on his experiences for his brand new book, Recovering: From Brokenness and Addiction to Blessedness and Community. He sent… Read more →
Rhythms for Life: Spiritual Practices for Who God Made You to Be
by Alastair Sterne • • 0 Comments
A brand new book by St. Peter’s Fireside pastor Alastair Sterne will be featured in a Book Launch and Roundtable hosted by Regent College next Monday (October 5). Following is an excerpt from Rhythms for Life: Spiritual Practices for Who… Read more →
Practice of hospitality essential in a pluralist, secular society
by Gordon T. Smith • • 0 Comments
Gordon T. Smith: Wisdom from Babylon: Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age (InterVarsity Press, 2020) Gordon Smith’s new book has received praise from several quarters – including from David Fitch, which pretty much assures quality – but I… Read more →
Barry Morris on urban ministry: A Faithful Public-Prophetic Witness
by Ron Dart • • 0 Comments
Barry Morris: A Faithful Public-Prophetic Witness: Dynamics, Challenges, and Ambiguities of Success in Urban & Community Ministries, Wipf & Stock, 2020 Barry Morris is one of those rare yet needful ministers who not only have been faithful to urban and… Read more →